Well... just because fuel production companies still make leaded... doesnt mean that they are going to make any less because of unleaded racing fuel use. They make it... and they will continue to make it. But it doesnt mean that there isnt a push for all classes to go unleaded...
Professional motorsports. Yeah its a kind of broad statement... but, specifically in respect for VP... their A5, A7, Ultimate, CSP and M7 fuels are all unleaded. The FIA 2000 certification standards cover more professional classes than that of all NHRA, IHRA and IHBA combined... times 2. None the less... the push for unleaded fuels in motorsports will pretty much be the standard by 2010.
Besides... real motorsports are defined by FIA rules and standards. World reconized motorsports are more stringent than that of local bodies.
The opinion that you point out about the "Professionals" making up a small percentage of the population still doesnt answer the fact that they use 700% more fuel than that of the non-professional. NASCAR alone (Nextel, Bush, Lights, West, etc etc) make that number just by themselves... and BTW... Sonoco 260 is unleaded. They also supply over 80% of the fuel used racetracks in the United States.
A half season in NHRA doesnt use near the fuel as in one Super Speedway race of NASCAR. So no... they truely are considered as the smallest majority in professional motorsports and the EPA isnt going after them just because of that one simple fact.
Last edited by chicane; 01-13-2008 at 10:08 PM.
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