[Dwight Southerland]

Unfortunately, the EPA does have the authority to enforce these regulations. In some cases, they also have the agency to carry out the enforcement. I would much rather stay on the side that says that this is an area that we do not want them to have easy legal access to. All that has to happen is that enough movement with enough people in critical positions and they can use any enforcement agency to restrict your rights. Ask the coal industry. Get enough sentiment behind a movement to shut it down and it is happening. It may be years into the future before anything might happen that would affect drag racing, but why give them a red carpet to do what they want without any recourse or representation. If you believe that issues like this are benign because the United States is a "free" country and the government is simply looking out for its citizens, then you need to study history a lot. People in charge are always no smarter, no more ethical and no more altruistic in their decisions and actions than any of us when there is no oversight or accountability. Warren Buffet once said that the ideal company to invest in would be one that was so structured that even if a fool were put in charge that it would still be successful. Giving government agencies carte blanche to confiscate property, fine or imprison citizenry or worse is not a good idea.