2024 Blinder Rule Stock/SS

[Eric Merryfield]

Originally Posted by Troy Henderson

Figured you guys needed a laugh.

Troy perhaps a different avenue of approach is needed to help with this problem: Can you send a few sets to Glendora to get them approved as a manufacturer.......You could also become a selective sponsor as well for contigency if it made sense....Might work, I know it would make quite a few racers happy. That combined with SRAC work might just it over the hump.....just a thought.

[Troy Henderson]

Eric those are great ideas. I'm full swing winter build season for customers so if a rep would reach out to me (as I don't even know who our current one is) to help drive it I'm happy to help.

Originally Posted by Eric Merryfield

Troy perhaps a different avenue of approach is needed to help with this problem: Can you send a few sets to Glendora to get them approved as a manufacturer.......You could also become a selective sponsor as well for contigency if it made sense....Might work, I know it would make quite a few racers happy. That combined with SRAC work might just it over the hump.....just a thought.

Factory option block!

[HR9121]

Originally Posted by Hacksaw

This rule will never be reversed, because it's a SAFETY ISSUE ! End of story.

I'm not trying to start an argument but if it was a safety issue why are other classes allowed to use them? Point in case is some of the Pro sportsman class guys were using them at the World Finals in Vegas I've been told. I've not verified it yet as I have not gone back and looked at the video on NHRA tv.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Hacksaw

This rule will never be reversed, because it's a SAFETY ISSUE ! End of story.

If it were actually a safety issue, they'd be banned in all door cars at all NHRA sanctioned tracks at all times.


There are infinitely more sportsman tree bracket door slammers than there are Stock and Super Stock cars. And they race at dozens upon dozens of tracks at least 35-45 weekends per year, the pits and staging lanes are ten times more chaotic than those at a national event or LODRS race. The number of cars, passes, and events for Stock and Super Stock cars combined does not even show up on the radar compared to other sportsman tree door slammer cars.


It ain't even remotely about safety.

[RKelliher]

this is like new flexplate rule,stock and superstock does not include slower pro catagories.

[Adger Smith]

Humm... Wonder when some "Well Connected" company will come out with a rule book legal and NHRA approved blinder just for S & SS.. ??

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Adger Smith

Humm... Wonder when some "Well Connected" company will come out with a rule book legal and NHRA approved blinder just for S & SS.. ??

It'll probably be sold by one of the companies selling Chinese SFI approved flexplates.

[Lenny5160_v2]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

If it were actually a safety issue, they'd be banned in all door cars at all NHRA sanctioned tracks at all times.


There are infinitely more sportsman tree bracket door slammers than there are Stock and Super Stock cars. And they race at dozens upon dozens of tracks at least 35-45 weekends per year, the pits and staging lanes are ten times more chaotic than those at a national event or LODRS race. The number of cars, passes, and events for Stock and Super Stock cars combined does not even show up on the radar compared to other sportsman tree door slammer cars.


It ain't even remotely about safety.

There are no spectators to hit at a bracket race.

It's about protecting all of the spectators who flood the pit roads when S/C, S/G come to the ready line and S/SS are leaving the scales.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160_v2

There are no spectators to hit at a bracket race.

It's about protecting all of the spectators who flood the pit roads when S/C, S/G come to the ready line and S/SS are leaving the scales.

There are still plenty of people wandering about. Being a former bracket racer, I've seen plenty of crazy things happen. We literally had a crew member of another car run between our tow vehicle and the dragster, as they were moving and the slack came out of the tow strap. Of course, she face planted right in front of the dragster. And nearly got hit.



This is NOT a safety issue SPECIFIC to Stock and Super Stock. It just isn't.


Now, are there some Stock and Super Stock drivers with some truly stupid "devices" blocking their vision? Absolutely. But they are already in FLAGRANT and EGREGIOUS violation of multiple safety rules, in the general rules and regulations section. And they're not using blinders as per the original rule.


Just because some clown duct tapes as 12"x24" piece of cardboard to his helmet is not a reason to punish a racer with a 3"x5" piece of metal or plastic properly affixed to their roll bar. That's just a load of crap, and everyone knows it.