NHRA Auxiliary Pit Vehicle Policy - Is this new?

[Sean Kennedy]

This rule is at least two years old, are you guys just figuring it out now?

Yes it is ridiculous. I haven't been to very many nationals, but the few I have, were all under this stupid rule.

I rode a bicycle from the fan parking everyday because you only get one pit parking sticker, and my dad gets the pit parking pas. I did not put my one pit vehicle sticker on the bike, and I did not have insurance. I entered through the racer gate every morning and left every evening, nobody bothered me. While in the pits I had a borrowed pit bike with the pit vehicle sticker, and no insurance. I did use it for some 'joyriding' so to speak. Nobody bothered me. This was in Seattle.

I also had a similar experience in Pomona.

So while it is dumb, it's not very well enforced.