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Tilton—Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Feb 22, 2015 12:00 PM UTC The 43 cars racing at Sunday’s Daytona 500 will use an estimated 5,375 gallons of racing fuel, according to NASCAR. But don’t start panicking about greenhouse gases yet — while that’s a startling amount of gas, it’s actually only a small chunk of the 360 million gallons-plus of gas used daily in the U.S. On top of that, NASCAR says the cars’ racing fuel, Sunoco Green E15, is specially blended to reduce the cars’ greenhouse emissions by 20%. In any case, NASCAR says it has plans to plant enough trees near its racetracks to offset carbon emissions for the next 40 years. That’s being done in an effort to quell concerns about racing’s environmental impact. It also isn’t clear if NASCAR will benefit from how cheap gasoline has been lately. The organization says the price of the E15 it gets from Sunoco is baked into a sponsorship deal, so the cost might have been worked out based on prices before the cost of oil took a plunge late last year. The Daytona 500 begins on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 1:00 p.m. ET, and will be broadcast by Fox. ### See the State With the Cheapest Gas in the U.S.  A gallon of gas went for $1.58 at this gas station on Jan. 15, 2015 in Nevada, Mo. Barrett Emke for TIME  A pump at the Pilot Travel Center on East Austin Road in Nevada, Mo. on Jan. 10, 2015. Barrett Emke for TIME  Murphy USA gas station in Nevada, Mo., Jan. 10, 2015. Barrett Emke for TIME  Arnone's Car Care Center & Phillips 66 in Kansas City, Mo. on Jan. 16, 2015. Barrett Emke for TIME  Pilot Travel Center on East Austin Road in Nevada, Mo. on Jan. 15, 2015. 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