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Old 05-16-2011, 12:23 PM   #1
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Default Minimum and maximum weight for Stk and S/S

Wording in the 2011 NHRA rulebook for Stock and all classes in Super Stock Eliminator concerning WEIGHT reads as follows:

“All cars will be permitted to run on the class minimum weight, but may be no heavier than the minimum for the next heavier class.”

We have been instructed in tech to put both the minimum and maximum weight on the weight sticker that goes on the car. The maximum weight is figured by taking the minimum weight for the next heavier class and subtracting 5 pounds.

At the scales the maximum weight is enforced the same as the minimum weight…too heavy or too light is a DQ.

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Old 05-16-2011, 12:27 PM   #2
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Wording in the 2011 NHRA rulebook for Stock and all classes in Super Stock Eliminator concerning WEIGHT reads as follows:

“All cars will be permitted to run on the class minimum weight, but may be no heavier than the minimum for the next heavier class.”

We have been instructed in tech to put both the minimum and maximum weight on the weight sticker that goes on the car. The maximum weight is figured by taking the minimum weight for the next heavier class and subtracting 5 pounds.

At the scales the maximum weight is enforced the same as the minimum weight…too heavy or too light is a DQ.

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Sounds great! Thanks Travis!
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Old 05-16-2011, 01:47 PM   #3
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Travis,
Thank you for the insight. I was woundering how that rule was going to be enforced.
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Old 05-16-2011, 02:35 PM   #4
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Great move!
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Old 05-16-2011, 03:10 PM   #5
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Gives new meaning to the saying "get the lead out".
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Old 05-16-2011, 04:55 PM   #6
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And all this time I thought the officials were just admiring my car. I guess I should have noticed the admiration was always from the weight sticker side.
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Old 05-16-2011, 10:08 PM   #7
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Wording in the 2011 NHRA rulebook for Stock and all classes in Super Stock Eliminator concerning WEIGHT reads as follows:

“All cars will be permitted to run on the class minimum weight, but may be no heavier than the minimum for the next heavier class.”

We have been instructed in tech to put both the minimum and maximum weight on the weight sticker that goes on the car. The maximum weight is figured by taking the minimum weight for the next heavier class and subtracting 5 pounds.

At the scales the maximum weight is enforced the same as the minimum weight…too heavy or too light is a DQ.

Travis Miller

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Travis,

So are you going to DQ someone for weighing 3 pounds under the maximum weight as it's defined in the rule book?? “All cars will be permitted to run on the class minimum weight, but may be no heavier than the minimum for the next heavier class.” If that's the rule it doesn't say anything about 5 pounds under the minimum.
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Old 05-16-2011, 11:20 PM   #8
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So are you going to DQ someone for weighing 3 pounds under the maximum weight as it's defined in the rule book?? “All cars will be permitted to run on the class minimum weight, but may be no heavier than the minimum for the next heavier class.” If that's the rule it doesn't say anything about 5 pounds under the minimum.
The reason 5 pounds is used is because the scales read in 5 pound increments, not 3 pound increments. The maximum weight limit works just like the minimum weight limit. The rule has always been if you are too light it is a DQ. Now with the new rule if you are too heavy it is also a DQ.

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Old 05-16-2011, 11:59 PM   #9
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Travis, glad to hear the news. I was beginning to think that every ruling was going to favor the factory cars.
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Old 05-17-2011, 02:14 AM   #10
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The reason 5 pounds is used is because the scales read in 5 pound increments, not 3 pound increments. The maximum weight limit works just like the minimum weight limit. The rule has always been if you are too light it is a DQ. Now with the new rule if you are too heavy it is also a DQ.

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Well, if my minimum for the next heavier class is 3500 pounds and I get on the scale and I weigh 3500, I am not heavier than the minimum for the next heavier class, correct?

You either need to change the rule to say you must weigh less than the next heavier class or allow people to weigh right on the minimum of the next heavier class.


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