NHRA Drag Racers Meet with Congress to Discuss Future

NHRA drivers, Steve Torrence and Clay Millican joined NHRA vice president of track management & operations, Kasey Coler in Washington D.C. this week to meet with congressional offices representing racing communities all around the country. As part of the National Motorsports Coalition, Torrence, Millican and Coler urged lawmakers to take action to ensure the motorsports industry has the tax certainty it needs to to focus on progressing long-term investments in their facilities.
Several racers joined the National Motorsports Coalition in visiting with a  group of nearly 200 Congressional members along with their staff, including: Trent Hindman (IMSA); Mario Andretti (IndyCar); Kyle Busch, Austin Cindric, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano (NASCAR); and Tracey Gardiner and Samantha Tan (USAC).  ACCUS President George Silbermann and Representatives Mike Thompson, Bill Posey and Richard Hudson all spoke regarding the matters.
“We spent a lot of time today talking to different congressmen and women, trying to benefit motorsports across the nation, working on tax exemptions and rebates to allow tracks to make improvements and adjustments to their facilities to help the health and attendance of not only NHRA but all motorsports,” said Torrence. “I’ve really enjoyed the experience and hope to come back. I’m honored and humbled to get to represent NHRA.”
“As it turns out, people in D.C. are interested in motorsports,” said Millican. “The reason we’re here is pretty important. While the majority of sports are funded by cities, in the case of drag racing, it’s usually individuals or corporations. We’ve always got to look out for the track owner because if we don’t have tracks, we don’t have racing. These facilities should be treated the same as the stick and ball sports.”

1 Comment on NHRA Drag Racers Meet with Congress to Discuss Future

  1. drag racing is a passion for many people and its a way of life for so many others as well as other motorsports and it needs to be recognized just like any other sport and get the support it needs, racing is almost one of the founding elements of this country without it you might as well shut down the entire country……STOP BUYING ELECTRIC CARS!

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