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YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK Motorsports industry blasted by new fed rule Tens of thousands of jobs at stake, activists worry Posted: February 20, 2009 Members of the motorsports industry are wondering why the government has adopted a rule virtually eliminating a key constituency – and possibly thousands of jobs – while at the same time developing a nearly trillion-dollar stimulus that supporters say is intended to create and protect employment. At issue is a new federal regulation of lead that took effect just this month. The policy has virtually shut down the part of the motorsports industry that serves children...