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1 of 3 Brutally Sexy was a feature vehicle at the 2018 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show in Las Vegas, which is the top trade-only event in the U.S. auto industry. |Â Larry Crain Photography
The 2020 Corbin Rod Run was the inaugural event. |Â Larry Crain Photography
The 2020 Corbin Rod Run was the inaugural event. |Â Larry Crain Photography featured May 19, 2021 1 of 3 Brutally Sexy was a feature vehicle at the 2018 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show in Las Vegas, which is the top trade-only event in the U.S. auto industry. |Â Larry Crain Photography
The 2020 Corbin Rod Run was the inaugural event. |Â Larry Crain Photography
RPM Act 2021 introduced in U.S. House
SEMA photo
The Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2021 (RPM Act) clarifies EPA emissions language to protect the right to convert street vehicles into dedicated racecars and the motorsports industry’s ability to sell products that enable racers to compete.
WASHINGTON For the fourth time in five years, members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced legislation to clarify emission standards for vehicles converted into race cars.
U.S. Reps. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., and Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., recently introduced H.R. 3281, the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2021 (RPM Act). The bipartisan bill includes 48 sponsors.
Amateur racers in the USA are up in arms after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently stepped up a drive against the makers of aftermarket emission defeat devices.According to a media report, the EPA recently took stringent action against a Louisiana - based racing parts shop.
Crackdown on Emissions âDefeat Devicesâ Has Amateur Racers Up in Arms
A recent court decision against a maker of aftermarket parts, coupled with the new possibility of criminal charges, has jolted an industry.
Smog in Los Angeles. A study issued in November found that pollution controls had been removed from 550,000 diesel trucks over a 10-year period.Credit.Etienne Laurent/EPA, via Shutterstock
By Roy Furchgott
May 13, 2021, 6:00 a.m. ET
You might think Volkswagenâs $14.7 billion dirty diesel settlement in 2016 served as a warning not to tamper with vehicle emission systems. Apparently not.
Since the VW settlement, the Environmental Protection Agency has stepped up enforcement against car part makers whose products, in a quest for more speed or economy, disable emissions systems. As amateur racers see it, environmentalists are outlawing their sport.