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Four members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation introduced bipartisan legislation last week aimed at stopping a rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that they and motorsports enthusiasts say would sink a certain niche of the race car industry.

“It would be devastating to our industry,” said Steve Earwood, president of Rockingham Dragway, about 10 miles north of Rockingham and Hamlet.

The proposed EPA rule would prohibit emissions-certified vehicles made for the road from being converted into race cars.

UPDATE

A companion bill to the RPM Act was introduced in the Senate March 9. Sponsored by Senators Richard Burr (R-NC), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Dean Heller (R-NV), Senate Bill 2659 affirms the Environmental Protection Agency "cannot regulate vehicles used solely for competition, and for other purposes." Constituents can draft a prewritten letter to their senators and representatives through the SEMA Action Network at this updated link.