VeraSun Energy Corporation
                                 100 22nd Avenue
                          Brookings, South Dakota 57006

                                  June 9, 2006

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549

      RE:   VERASUN ENERGY CORPORATION
            REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-1
            FILE NO. 333-132861

      Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, VeraSun Energy Corporation (the "Company")
hereby requests that the effective date of the above-captioned Registration
Statement be accelerated so that the Registration Statement will become
effective at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 13, 2006, or as soon thereafter as
practicable.

      The Company acknowledges that:

      -     should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated
            authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the
            Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

      -     the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to
            delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not
            relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy
            and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

      -     the Company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a
            defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person
            under the federal securities laws of the United States.

                                    VERASUN ENERGY CORPORATION

                                    By: /s/ Donald L. Endres
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                                    Donald L. Endres
                                    Chief Executive Officer