Petition to Stop the EPA from Prohibiting Conversion of Consumer Vehicles to Race Vehicles

[ColeX2]

Summary from the Petition:
"The American love affair with automobiles includes watching and participating in motorsports. For decades Americans have converted their street vehicles into racecars, from pre-World War II classics to modern era performance cars. It has brought joy and jobs to millions. However, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule that would do away with this time honored tradition. It would outlaw the conversion of any type of emissions-certified vehicle into a racecar, and make it illegal to sell any emissions-related parts for those cars. The Clean Air Act prohibits the EPA from regulating racecars. Tell EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to remove this provision from the "Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- & Heavy-Duty Engines-Phase 2" rule."

Please sign the petition! This could impact not just car and motorcycle racers, but those of you who buy performance parts for your street bike! I signed it! It will require email verification.

Here is the link to the Change.org Petition:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/tell-epa-withdraw-its-proposal-prohibit-conversion-vehicles-racecars-0

Thanks everyone :)

Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

[Nice Goat]

Done.

It's amazing that this petition has collected 129,000 signatures in two days....

Somebody needs to start a petition called "Tell the EPA to focus on bigger issues than relatively benign hobbies."

[jrobinson]

It's making the round at all the race tracks for motorcycles and autos. They are trying to tick off a lot of folks.

They should really think long and hard before making the rednecks mad.

[springer]

 Done.  ;)

[lazeebum]

Done.

[Nice Goat]

They should really think long and hard before making the rednecks mad.

That's right.  They won't be able to survive the zombie apocalypse without us.

[LRobinson]

Done and shared with all of the like minded people!

[mojo1]

Done

[Argh Oh]

Done

[merc16]

Done

[DachshundUberAlles]

Clarification from EPA spokesperson Laura Allen:

"It is still illegal to tamper with or defeat the emissions control systems of motor vehicles. In the course of selecting cases for enforcement, the EPA has and will continue to consider whether the tampered vehicle is used exclusively for competition. The EPA remain primarily concerned with cases where the tampered vehicle is used on public roads, and more specifically aftermarket manufacturers who sell devices that defeat emission control systems on vehicles used on public roads".

The worst case scenario I could see with this law would be that manufacturers would have to offer a dedicated race platform. I for one would love to see the CBR equivalent of a CRF450R, competition ready right out of the crate. Chevrolet, Dodge, and Ford already build drag race, non street legal cars and I remember the "road race delete" option box on the Camaro order sheet back in the day.

[scrappyjon]

These are amazing days when these manufacturers can build a 700 hp car (hellcat) and it be in compliance with the epa.  And for the individual there is still a lot you can do to a vehicle without tampering with the emissions. Now if they say you can't upgrade your vehicle without upgrading stock emission parts (freer flowing cats etc. )that's a different story. Most of the time people cut the cats off because they can't afford performance parts to replace them. And actually cutting cats off don't really do anything without changing anything else.