Should Leaded Race Gas be Banned at the Races?

Rickyisms wrote:

Stay home then.

You’re talking about racing motorcycles and you’re scared of the fumes of fuel that maybe 10% of people at the track run?

Jason P. wrote:

Hey y'all, I was recently thinking about the fact that almost all high octane race gas uses lead. I began to do some research, and found...

Hey y'all, I was recently thinking about the fact that almost all high octane race gas uses lead. I began to do some research, and found that leaded gas was banned for public use in the mid 90s due to health-related issues that were caused by the burning of lead. This included lead poisoning, which causes you to loose IQ points, develop brain-related disabilities, and overall reduces your lifespan. Lead was even attributed to increased crime rates in America. These were all reasons that leaded fuel was banned for road cars 26 years ago.

Now, leaded gas is only used in aviation and motorsports, which got me thinking. Do we really want our children (as well as ourselves) to be exposed to lead at the races? Are we really prioritizing 2 or 3 more horsepower in our bikes over the health of our family? I feel like leaded race gas should be banned in all motocross races, and especially arenacross races since the leaded fumes are more concentrated in stadiums. The only reason planes use it is because no other effective jet fuel has been developed that doesn't use lead. The motorsport industry is the only industry that willing uses leaded gas. Why is it that general public refuses to use leaded fuel, except us? I think we should change this. For Christ's sake, even NASCAR banned leaded fuels in 2008 due to lead poisoning at their races. There was even a few studies that showed kids who attended NASCAR races before leaded fuel was banned performed worse on school tests for a few days to weeks after being exposed to lead fumes at the races. It was estimated that over 4000 people had died due to being exposed to lead at NASCAR races.

ML512 wrote:

Leaded fuel isn’t allowed at AMA Pro Nationals or AMA Supercross…

Jason P. wrote:

I was talking about races that are not AMA sanctioned, such as local races and arenacross (where children are participating in the races).

ML512 wrote:

Leaded fuel isn’t allowed at AMA Pro Nationals or AMA Supercross…

Jason P. wrote:

I don't get why I'm being downvoted so much. Is it really that difficult to accept that the negligible difference in race gas and pump gas...

I don't get why I'm being downvoted so much. Is it really that difficult to accept that the negligible difference in race gas and pump gas is not worth the dangers of leaded fumes? If you disagree, why don't you post your opinions in the thread instead of downvoting without an explanation?

ML512 wrote:

Leaded fuel isn’t allowed at AMA Pro Nationals or AMA Supercross…

Jason P. wrote:

I was talking about races that are not AMA sanctioned, such as local races and arenacross (where children are participating in the races).

Jason P. wrote:

Hey y'all, I was recently thinking about the fact that almost all high octane race gas uses lead. I began to do some research, and found...

Hey y'all, I was recently thinking about the fact that almost all high octane race gas uses lead. I began to do some research, and found that leaded gas was banned for public use in the mid 90s due to health-related issues that were caused by the burning of lead. This included lead poisoning, which causes you to loose IQ points, develop brain-related disabilities, and overall reduces your lifespan. Lead was even attributed to increased crime rates in America. These were all reasons that leaded fuel was banned for road cars 26 years ago.

Now, leaded gas is only used in aviation and motorsports, which got me thinking. Do we really want our children (as well as ourselves) to be exposed to lead at the races? Are we really prioritizing 2 or 3 more horsepower in our bikes over the health of our family? I feel like leaded race gas should be banned in all motocross races, and especially arenacross races since the leaded fumes are more concentrated in stadiums. The only reason planes use it is because no other effective jet fuel has been developed that doesn't use lead. The motorsport industry is the only industry that willing uses leaded gas. Why is it that general public refuses to use leaded fuel, except us? I think we should change this. For Christ's sake, even NASCAR banned leaded fuels in 2008 due to lead poisoning at their races. There was even a few studies that showed kids who attended NASCAR races before leaded fuel was banned performed worse on school tests for a few days to weeks after being exposed to lead fumes at the races. It was estimated that over 4000 people had died due to being exposed to lead at NASCAR races.

Jason P. wrote:

I was talking about races that are not AMA sanctioned, such as local races and arenacross (where children are participating in the races).

lostboy819 wrote:

You need to quit thinking because your brain is not set up for rational thoughts.

Jason P. wrote:

Care to explain what I said that was irrational?

ML512 wrote:

Leaded fuel isn’t allowed at AMA Pro Nationals or AMA Supercross…

Jason P. wrote:

I don't get why I'm being downvoted so much. Is it really that difficult to accept that the negligible difference in race gas and pump gas...

I don't get why I'm being downvoted so much. Is it really that difficult to accept that the negligible difference in race gas and pump gas is not worth the dangers of leaded fumes? If you disagree, why don't you post your opinions in the thread instead of downvoting without an explanation?

Jason P. wrote:

After reading the comments on this thread, I've just come to the conclusion that the people on Vital MX forums have probably inhaled a little too...

After reading the comments on this thread, I've just come to the conclusion that the people on Vital MX forums have probably inhaled a little too much lead LOL.