---
title: "EPA Axes Proposal to Ban Street-Car-to-Race-Car Conversions"
description: "You can stop hiding your track-spec Miata in the garage now."
date: "2016-04-15"
modified: "2016-04-15"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/3037/epa-axes-proposal-to-ban-street-car-to-race-car-conversions"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "EPA"
  - "racing"
---

# EPA Axes Proposal to Ban Street-Car-to-Race-Car Conversions

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## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

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