According to SEMA, Motorsports are in jeopardy, and your federal Congressman or woman needs to hear from you. Does a current federal EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)mandate to ban the modification of production cars go too far in enforcing clean air standards?
A few month ago, following the 2015 SEMA Show Las Vegas, Torque News received notification of a petition presented by SEMA members addressing what the group considered to be over-the-top proposed legislation that as stated, would ban the modification of street cars and their gasoline engines for racing in the U.S.. We signed the petition and forwarded our response to the President Barack Obama’s office.
The Environmental Protection Agency assured SEMA members that if the proposal was enacted into law, current professional racing teams would not be affected, that there would in essence be no enforcement or subsequent fines. Great, that’s good news for IMSA, Indycar, Nascar, and others, but those aren’t modified street cars.
What we’re looking to is small town anywhere U.S.A. county fair and highway side ¼ and ¼ mile dirt and paved ovals, and the occasional line it up and shoot, dragstrip. Are you running dirty?