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Author Topic: IC racers may soon be at a disadvantage on the race track  (Read 896 times)

Richard230

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IC racers may soon be at a disadvantage on the race track
« on: February 26, 2016, 10:05:37 PM »

Now this is an interesting regulatory development.  The EPA is formulating rules that would prohibit all IC (I assume) vehicles originally approved for public highway use from being modified for racing - even if they were never going to be run anywhere but on a race track again. If you were to get caught with a modified IC vehicle you would be subject to a $37,500 fine for each vehicle modified. Enforcing this rule would make electric motorcycles a lot more competitive on race tracks, I assume.  ??? You can read a lot more here:

http://www.bikebandit.com/blog/post/the-epa-wants-to-make-it-illegal-to-modify-your-bike-for-racing
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Re: IC racers may soon be at a disadvantage on the race track
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2016, 10:43:07 PM »

http://www.autoblog.com/2016/02/09/epa-racecar-emissions-illegal-update-official/

It sounds like it's less a new policy and more general alarm being raised over policies that have been in place for years. In other words, business as usual .. don't expect to see these enforced.
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