Will Drag Racing in Canada Be Ending January '09 ?

For those Canadians who have not heard and hopefully this does not follow south of the boarder, leaded fuel will be banned in Canada by January 2009. In the governments review, 1.5% of leaded fuel is used in racing while 98.5% is used in the aviation industry which will be exempt !!!!

Here are two links, the first is to the offical government site and the second site will take you to your member of parliament. Be sure to email your member of parliament or this could be the END for all types of atuo racing in Canada. We only have until Feb 20, 2008 to respond !!!!

I certainly understand many cars are running on alcohol, however; no more fuels with lead. This fuel ban will effect numerous cars, therefore; it will have an adverse effect on racing facilities.....

http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20071222/html/regle1-e.html

http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=Current&Language=E

 

Whilst Im in Australia, I have closely followed Canada's way of doing things icompared tro us here in OZ and believe me some of the **** Im seeing is real similar to what happens here in MANY areas.

THAT decision smacks of the same stupidity of OUR wonderful politiicians and a reeks of pandering to BIG business.

Eerily similar **** happens in Canada as to here....

Hope they wake up to this and you guys can put a stop to it....imbeciles.

Rat

 

Forgive me, but this is a dumb question. Of course racing will not end. Serious racers will simply rebuild (everyone rebuilds in the off season) for unleaded race fuel.

 

This was discussed on a drag race board this week and the Canadian racers they talked to said "not a big deal" . They will change their tuneups and most feel as long as everyone is doing it it's no that bad.

 

I dig landspeed racing anyway, haha.
This really does **** for those that race with leaded fuel.
They'll find a way to make it happen even if the fuel gets banned.

Norton

 

Precisely my first thought. I drove to the supermarket with leaded fuel for years, and now I drive to it with unleaded fuel.

Its a quarter mile away.

 

I found this picture while searching for Canadian Drag Racing legends.

 

Front engined rail job, huh!!!!!!

 

While it probably will not effect the normal weekly bracket racer, it would end any use of nitromethane. No more Top Fuel. Oh the humanity!!

 

Nitro has lead?

 

Who said nitro has lead? CH3NO2..... don't notice any Pb in there at all.....

 

http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20071222/html/regle1-e.html#top

 

http://www.grandbendmotorplex.com/08-end-of-racing.html


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 compe***ion 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 compe***ors in any of our sportsman cl***es. Only Alcohol Funny Cars would remain un****hed.
Although many Canadian sportsman compe***ors run their cars effectively on unleaded racing fuel or methanol, any of our compe***ors using leaded fuel have two choices. Change or quit.

 

I stand by my initial ***esment. Serious racers will adapt. If the international sanctioning bodies care about the sport or their partner tracks or their participants, they will adjust the rules on fuel accordingly. Racing will not end. It will adapt and/or change.

 

The Fact is Lead was banned in 1993

The compe***ion vehicle exemption has been extended on three occasions since 1994: in 1997, 1998 and 2003 (the last was a five year exemption and is just expiring)

Now the government is granting yet another exemption to cover 2009, probably because those folks and company's effected by the ban were too complacent and lazy during the past five years to get off their ***es and negotiate a longer exemption.

 

this is great news! i've been waiting for the final piece of my international smuggling operation to fall into place. it finally has...i'll smuggle leaded racing fuel into canada, and smuggle that delicious vancouver herb back to the states. i think we'd be getting the better deal.

 

Alright, Moonshinin Lead to Canada in a 57 Ford

 

it's isn't bout the local racers adapting,..It's about the National events, who rolls in and attracts all the top racers ,and 60,000 spectator ..Without that show, the track will lose a BIG part of it's yearly revenue. that where the impact is.
I don't want to see Ontario Canada become a one horse track..NOT good for anyone.

1939fiat

 

The irony to me is that the aviation industry is exempt. I wonder how much more of the fuel them Lycomings and Continentals, et al, use than the racers do? I can't imagine they are terribly efficient, yet they get to continue using it, while the average joe who races his car can't. Hmmph. I guess money talks.

Jay

 

I bet they make the Formula 1 racers exempt at the Canadian GP ,for as long as those racers still run race gas.

 

Like RileyRacing said regarding aircraft; but what seems to be more bothersome to me, is the airliners that circle airports to "burn off fuel" or "dump their load"into the atmosphere. That's a huge waste, and dumping fuel into the air, we and everything else breathes, is I would think the worst thing anyone could do to pollute. And they panic at SMALL fuel/oil spills at marinas, but what about the AIR!!@!!

 

Racers will adapt. They can get high octane unleaded if they need it.

With aviation, it's another story. They don't want to change anything for fear of litigation. If a car engine fails, you coast to a stop. If an aircraft engine fails, you fall out of the sky and hit the ground hard. The industry is talking about unleaded aviation gasoline, but it will take a long time.

 

Unleaded fuel is banned from (all) racing in Europe since years. Still we're having top dragracing. The "rocket fuel" ,called C18 if I'm right, that was banned from NHRA racing some 5 years ago, is actually unleaded fuel. I've been crewing on pro stockers and we gained another 2-3 % hp's with unleaded. No worries mates

 

the government is just doing it to put on a show. to make it LOOK like they are doing something when in reality they realy are not. typical politician ********. does'nt matter what country your in those people are all the same

 

I don't give a damn
who runs this country,

politicians and wrestlers,
they're all the same to me.

apologies to Loudan Wainwright III

 

They might rebuild and be compe***ive with each other, but they won't be able to come south for national meets in the U.S. and be compe***ive.

 

still laughin at muttleys pic.

 

Listen To Magnus....no problem mates.

 

Jay;
Candain Gov't see the 1.5% market an easier target than the "jet set " crowd..
Grand Bend relies on the National Event for 40% of their revenue each year.
without that,we all will pay more ,IF they decide to still stay in business.
Little tracks, it don't matter, they don't attract these cars anyway..

1939fiat... ONDR racer

 

Don't forget about Toronto Motorsports park, and St. Thomas. They both get huge crowds for thier big events, complete with nitro cars.

They are loosing the biggest revenue makers availble to them. I see some track closures on the horizon. Its not like we actually have many drag strips around here. We actually have more road racing tracks.