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4 comments Thursday 03 Jun 2010 | Posted By Bill | Commentary

First, an answer to the question I asked in the poll recently. The majority was right, as currently Michigan (9.4) and Indiana (8.9) are above 7.5 cents, while Ohio is at 6.5. Now, the next question. Is being in a Speedway state a good thing? You do get roller coaster rides of prices, with big [...]

4 comments Tuesday 01 Dec 2009 | Posted By Bill | Commentary

Recently there was an article and news story on WCPO in Cincinnati about Speedway. In it they said a lot of things TheGasGame readers would already know, plus something I found interesting at first, and one outright falsehood. They come right out of the gate letting us know Speedway’s secret: Real estate. “We wanted to [...]

2 comments Monday 02 Nov 2009 | Posted By Bill |

More information on the formulas used to figure the taxes and fees adjustments can be found below. Click on a picture to the right to see a larger view. —————————- Updated 05/23/13 11:47 PM EST Spike Line Statistics for 5/23/2013 ($USD) Indy, Indiana, Michigan Chicago Spot $3.1481 Change UP $0.0487 USA Average $3.680 ($USD) Indy [...]

0 comments Wednesday 21 Oct 2009 | Posted By Bill | Predictions

Chicago Spot: $2.11 UP 0.0616 Fair price adjustment: 0.7948 Fair Price: 2.7662 Average selling price 2.7150 Margin over cost + profit: -0.0512 We are in dangerous territory. The commodities market is up yet again, this time on a weak dollar. Fair price is at break even, which can mean a spike is close at hand. [...]

1 comment Thursday 15 Oct 2009 | Posted By Bill | Predictions

I meant to post this last night, but I got called away for diaper duty, and then bedtime. My apologies. There was no DOE report yesterday because of the Columbus Day holiday. So will Speedway treat today as a Thursday or a Wednesday? If it is a Wednesday, they may wait for the DOE report [...]

8 comments Wednesday 30 Sep 2009 | Posted By Bill | Commentary

Recently I came upon an article that stated Speedway was ranked the number one gas brand for the fifth quarter in a row. It is a part of a multi-brand survey put out by Harris Interactive as the EquiTrend Brand Survey. In the survey they ask people about different brands in different categories like favorite [...]