CLASS RACER FORUM - View Single Post - No More Leaded Race Fuel after January 2010!!

goinbroke2 · 10-13-2008, 10:00 PM

I e-mailed 100's of MP's a few months back the last time this flared up. Don't lay this at the door of the conservatives, they ALL gave the same response. Blaming Harper for this is about the same as blaming him for the economic crisis around the world right now.

I'm pissed about the fuel issue too, and my point was we (in Canada) will change to an unleaded race fuel in a heartbeat...AS SOON AS IT IS APPROVED BY NHRA! Any MP who e-mailed me back said if we change then nhra will have to change, I said NO! it doesn't work that way, the States runs leaded and they will not change for the "fringe" racers. We WANT to run unleaded and WANT to help the enviroment but we are not allowed to use a NON APPROVED fuel. Until NHRA changes, can we have an exemption.

Answer...no. period.

They don't understand/don't want to understand/racers are not a big enough interest group who will sway votes, so....NO. period.

It is not a conservative thing or a liberal thing or even a green party thing, politicians don't race and don't care.

I certainly hope this doesn't turn into a political thread, it appeared as if it would of been a harper bash a thon, but has remained about the issue, which is fuel. Let's keep it that way.

Steve Polhill can fill us in more on how things are progressing when he has something to pass along.

10-13-2008, 10:00 PM	#8
goinbroke2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NS CANADA Posts: 899 Likes: 1,673 Liked 398 Times in 157 Posts	Re: No More Leaded Race Fuel after January 2010!! I e-mailed 100's of MP's a few months back the last time this flared up. Don't lay this at the door of the conservatives, they ALL gave the same response. Blaming Harper for this is about the same as blaming him for the economic crisis around the world right now. I'm pissed about the fuel issue too, and my point was we (in Canada) will change to an unleaded race fuel in a heartbeat...AS SOON AS IT IS APPROVED BY NHRA! Any MP who e-mailed me back said if we change then nhra will have to change, I said NO! it doesn't work that way, the States runs leaded and they will not change for the "fringe" racers. We WANT to run unleaded and WANT to help the enviroment but we are not allowed to use a NON APPROVED fuel. Until NHRA changes, can we have an exemption. Answer...no. period. They don't understand/don't want to understand/racers are not a big enough interest group who will sway votes, so....NO. period. It is not a conservative thing or a liberal thing or even a green party thing, politicians don't race and don't care. I certainly hope this doesn't turn into a political thread, it appeared as if it would of been a harper bash a thon, but has remained about the issue, which is fuel. Let's keep it that way. Steve Polhill can fill us in more on how things are progressing when he has something to pass along.