How will this impact upon Canadian racing? Have your say.

The federal law concerning the use of leaded fuel in competition vehicles is up for amendment once again. The end result could be a total ban on January 9, 2009. The actual proposal is located here.

In reaction to this, a document arrived on my desk that has been circulated throughout the drag racing community. It starts:

"Racers, it seems the sky is truly falling. The Government of Canada is planning to implement a total and permanent ban on the use of leaded fuels for competition purposes, effective January 1st, 2009.
If this happens, professional Drag Racing in Canada is over. Immediately, completely and forever. This isn’t the same as the challenges we’ve faced in the past. This time, they’re dropping the ‘Big One’.
No Pro Mod, No Pro Stock, No Top Fuel or Nitro Funny Car and no American competitors in any of our sportsman classes. Only Alcohol Funny Cars would remain unscathed.
Although many Canadian sportsman competitors run their cars effectively on unleaded racing fuel or methanol, any of our competitors using leaded fuel have two choices. Change or quit...."

This issue has come up several times during the past decade. While we are in the process of researching how Canadian racing will be affected, we would like to hear from you how this change would impact your favourite form of Canadian motorsports and what should be done about it.

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(h/t RKR, Dwayne Young & Bruce Mehlenbacher)