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EPA Says Racers Are Safe from Emission Rules
The Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t plan to go after car racers over violating emission rules after all, Automotive News reports.
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The Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t plan to go after car racers over violating emission rules after all, Automotive News reports.
EPA has winked at racers for decades when they convert a street car for track use by removing its emission-control systems. But concern over an apparent change of heart arose last week when the Specialty Equipment Market Assn. found a statement to the contrary buried in a 629-page EPA report on emission targets for commercial trucks.
The report’s section on “prohibited acts” notes that light-duty vehicles and their emission controls “must remain in their certified configuration even if they are used solely for competition or if they become non-road vehicles or engines.”
EPA says the statement was meant to address aftermarket devices marketed specifically to defeat emission controls on road cars. AN says the agency affirms it has no plans to require race cars to meet federal pollution standards—as long as such vehicles are used only on the track.
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