What is the NHRA official rule for Excessive Breaking?

[Dave Muller]

Originally Posted by Nick Heath

I see a single critical word in here.

I think the real key word in there is "contact."

[dartman]

I would assume you get one warning for the first time then the boot for the second time in the same event.That's what it looked like at No problem race a few weeks ago.

[L Peterson6261]

The last I heard was when there is smoke from the front tires it's excessive braking

[Hefler]

But according to the rule (that appears very clear in the NHRA rule book) you HAVE TO come into contact with something or cross the centerline even after the finish (if it was judged as excessive braking the cause) to be disqualified...It says nothing about tire smoke, stunt driving and etc.
Im not saying the rule is right or wrong but the way it reads that unless you hit something you're good?

[Bill Bogues]

Excessive braking: Smoke coming from front tires; easy to see, easy to enforce. Common sense rulemaking.Probably why it's not in rule book.

[Jack McCarthy]

it was IHRA but scooter once most eloquently told me "i dont care if your rings go away if i see smoke at the finish line your *** is outta here"

i most certainly understood


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[Jeff Stout]

Tires smoking is tires sliding on surface. Sliding tires are out of control. Out of control is on the edge of crashing. Sounds like an accident waiting to happen. At a big bracket race at Speedworld I was race director and I expressed my feelings that making smoke your out. I told the racers it up to them how to handle it. Majority wanted to be tossed for smoke.
During elims a car made smoke and I tossed them. They came to me and wanted to show me the frozen caliper on car. Sure enough 1 was frozen and tire would not turn by hand. I reinstated them and they did replace caliper.

[TOSTO RACING]

Problem is whatever the rule is or will be. NHRA is to wishy washy, never consistent, like I've said before. But you all know this already . We all know what excessive braking means and is, and so does NHRA.Its just funny to me what they see and don't see depending on who you are.

[e vassar]

Originally Posted by TOSTO RACING

Problem is whatever the rule is or will be. NHRA is to wishy washy, never consistent, like I've said before. But you all know this already . We all know what excessive braking means and is, and so does NHRA.Its just funny to me what they see and don't see depending on who you are.

Wishy washy yes. Its a judgment call that can be pretty inconsistent.
However I hope "who you are" isn't a part of the process. I can tell you a former world champion doesn't get special handling here in D4. From what I have witnessed they are a little harder on him if anything.

[jmcarter]

When racers choose to hold a bunch they sometimes put themselves in a tricky situation. Look at Fletcher’s Super Street runs at the Gators, he’s one of the masters.