PRI and SEMA are expanding their Right-to-Race advocacy campaign nationwide. The time to protect race tracks is now, before more long-standing facilities are pushed out of their communities. Learn more at sema.org/right-to-race.

Here's the latest on SEMA and PRI's Right-to-Race advocacy campaign:

South Carolina delivered a major victory for grassroots racing as the state's Right to Race legislation passed both the House and Senate with unanimous support before being signed into law by Governor Henry McMaster.

Similar protections have already been signed into law in Iowa, North Carolina and Kansas––and now South Carolina––reflecting growing national momentum behind the PRI- and SEMA-led Right-to-Race movement.

The bill provides long-standing racing facilities with protections against nuisance-based lawsuits filed by surrounding property owners who arrived after the track was established. PRI and SEMA strongly believe that if the track was there first and is operating within the law, it should not be forced out by newcomers.

In South Carolina, the performance racing industry contributes nearly $1 billion in economic output annually and supports over 5,000 full-time jobs. PRI and SEMA have supported this effort at every stage, building a strong motorsports coalition across the state to highlight the importance of protecting these community staples.

This legislation marks another step forward in that movement, helping ensure race tracks can continue operating and contributing to their communities for years to come. Racing is more than a sport: it represents families, small businesses, culture, heritage, tourism and community.

For more information about PRI's and SEMA's Right-to-Race campaign or to learn how your race track or motorsports business can help support similar legislation in your state, contact Tierra Hubbard, PRI Director of Government Affairs, Racing, at tierrah@performanceracing.com.

Tierra Hubbard (left), director of Government Affairs for Racing, PRI/SEMA; Candice Roberson (center), owner of SC Motorplex in Neeses, South Carolina, and South Carolina State Representative Todd Rutherford (right) helped fight for the passing of the right-to-race law.