NHRA amended rollbar / cage rule

[Tex013]

been like that here in Australia for the last 3-4 years . No safety clothing required either , no sfi jacket / pants etc .
A number now racing , as fast as 140MPH+ with power adders . Most run our Super Street , 10.00 - 12.99 . Stupid thing is parachute @ 140

With pre 2008 at least with ANDRA under 11.00 requires at least a rollbar and tech + sfi clothing . Under IHRA no bar till 10.49 safety clothing ?

Tex

[Tim H]

NHRA "Dedicated to $afety."

[Rat Raceway]

This rule has been in place for some time...


At our track if you so much as have drag radials or even a cold air intake you then "modified" and need a rollbar.



There are very, very few cars that can go under 11.49 "BONE STOCK".

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by Rat Raceway

This rule has been in place for some time...

At our track if you so much as have drag radials or even a cold air intake you then "modified" and need a rollbar.

There is a local racer here who had a Hellcat, and now has a Demon. She is allowed to change tires but nothing else, or else the car needs to comply with all the standard safety regulations.

The quickest ET I personally witnessed out of each car was 11.14 and 10.80, respectively.

[6130]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Who in their right mind would want to go that quick without a roll bar or cage ? Not me that's for sure.

A lot of us have gone faster than that without a roll cage, a roll bar, racing harness, seatbelt...or even a car, for that matter. Just a millimeter or so of dead cow.

[Lyn Smith]

In the lower class Stockers you can run a 50 year old set of seat belts, but you can not run a set of aftermarket seat belts that are outdated by one day.Go figure.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

In the lower class Stockers you can run a 50 year old set of seat belts, but you can not run a set of aftermarket seat belts that are outdated by one day.Go figure.

Lyn, you can here in Div.1. A couple of us asked if we could use an out-of-date lap belt instead of a "50 year old set of seat belts" and we were told we could.

[Jim Caughlin]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

In the lower class Stockers you can run a 50 year old set of seat belts, but you can not run a set of aftermarket seat belts that are outdated by one day.Go figure.

I had a conversation earlier this year with our div tech director at the Seattle div race, he said that you can run out of date seat belts in any application where a roll bar//cage is not required. In this particular case, the racer had installed a roll bar in a lower classed stocker that did not require the bar. In that case, he does not need to comply with the harness date issue. As I said this came directly from our div tech director.

Jim Caughlin
SS 6019