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03-05-2013, 09:56 AM
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At your next NASCAR event, you might hear, "Look! Up in the sky! It's, well, nothing." That's because government sequestration budget cuts will probably nix Air Force flyovers that have been a long-time tradition at many NASCAR races.
If fully implemented, the sequestration cuts would force the federal government to cut $1.2 trillion from its budget over the next 10 years. The reduced spending mandate slashes across every federal department including the Pentagon. Since the high-flying, pre-race panoply is hardly a necessary expense, you can bet it will be among the first picks of low-hanging budgetary fruit.
Last year (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/13/u-s-army-ends-decade-long-nascar-sponsorship/), Congress banned the armed services from directly sponsoring race teams and USA Today says (http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2013/02/27/federal-budget-cuts-sequestration-flyovers-air-force-navy/1952415/) the March 10 NASCAR race in Las Vegas could be the last flyover for the Air Force's Thunderbirds.How federal budget cuts could curb motorsports pageantry (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/05/how-federal-budget-cuts-could-curb-motorsports-pageantry/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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At your next NASCAR event, you might hear, "Look! Up in the sky! It's, well, nothing." That's because government sequestration budget cuts will probably nix Air Force flyovers that have been a long-time tradition at many NASCAR races.
If fully implemented, the sequestration cuts would force the federal government to cut $1.2 trillion from its budget over the next 10 years. The reduced spending mandate slashes across every federal department including the Pentagon. Since the high-flying, pre-race panoply is hardly a necessary expense, you can bet it will be among the first picks of low-hanging budgetary fruit.
Last year (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/13/u-s-army-ends-decade-long-nascar-sponsorship/), Congress banned the armed services from directly sponsoring race teams and USA Today says (http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2013/02/27/federal-budget-cuts-sequestration-flyovers-air-force-navy/1952415/) the March 10 NASCAR race in Las Vegas could be the last flyover for the Air Force's Thunderbirds.How federal budget cuts could curb motorsports pageantry (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/05/how-federal-budget-cuts-could-curb-motorsports-pageantry/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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