Access to AMA Shipping Weights?

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by SSDA Hemi

So who stirred the shipping weight pot? or more specifically is Brandon working for NHRA now....

I believe the issue is the revision of shipping weight on Chevy products which had an effect on the classes they run.

[Larry Hill]

Not only Chevy but I went to bed with an A/SA and woke up with a C/SA car. NHRA you just got to love them. Pat, Wesley, or Lonnie could have given us some kind of heads up.
What’s the verbiage “Verified by.........”

[GTS340]

I wonder if there are more to come. Maybe that is why they haven't mentioned it yet. How many drivers will show up at Pomona with their car in the wrong class. It seem 70 Cudas are all heavier now. I told Errol Farmer his 340 six pack can't run D/SA anymore. How about like Larry. The 70 cuda with a 440 4bbl is a natural F/SA car. I see some of the 71 Mopar B-Bodies are different too.
I did check my 440 69 Dart. So far no change...not yet anyway.

Paul Haszlauer

[littlemanjoe]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Not only Chevy but I went to bed with an A/SA and woke up with a C/SA car. NHRA you just got to love them. Pat, Wesley, or Lonnie could have given us some kind of heads up.
What’s the verbiage “Verified by.........”

The 6 pack Cuda and Challengers are now a natural "C" car so the best we can run is "B"
I'm not sure how or why this was so top secret!?
We was the process of trying to get weight out of the car due to the athletic figure of the driver. Then I get a phone call at midnight saying I now have to put 200lbs back in the car. How is this even possible?

[GTS340]

440 6bbl E-Body cars are natural "C/SA" now as Larry said. 9.18 factor.
Over night, Larry's and many other six packs went from a A/SA to a natural C/SA. Can now run D/SA. What the....? Obviously B/SA will have a new fast car.
Paul

[SSDA Hemi]

My Cuda has been a natural SS/DA since 1970. 52 years later they figure out, NO, you're natural SS/EA??!!

Funny thing was 1971 Cuda was always natural "E" car. seems some converted to 70 just to run SS/CA. Someone threw the heavier shipping weight '71 car a bone after 52 years and.... Have to convert to '71 to run SS?CA?????

WTF NHRA!!!!
Now you tell me LOL and SMH!!



opened up a new can of worms....

[Larry Hill]

A lot of the combinations are not listed in the
AMA Specifications-Passanger Cars sheets

Have y’all noticed the price of lead lately. I wonder in NHRA owns lead future’s

[Frank Castros]

The N.H.R.A. Technical Dept.gets a big fail for not sending a notification to all the racers or at the very least posting a statement on the Competition page.
I was impressed with Lonnie, but this is just unacceptable.

[fordteacherguy]

Shipping weight can be adjusted by NHRA at a whim. A few years ago they changed the shipping weight of 89 Mustang coupe to a lighter shipping weight to make that body group for 1987-1993 unable to change 4 classes as the weights between those various years and models were originally listed from the factory. Some years were light and most of the 89's were heavy depending on transmission and model. A couple of us got bounced out of N/SA when they made up a new weight for the 89 coupe.

[1347]

I was surprised to hear how often racers take on the task of correcting shipping weights. I know someone who reached out to NHRA to correct the shipping weight on some Fox bodies, and someone else who was correcting them on certain Mavericks and Comets. I wondered how the info that they dug up was different from what NHRA had and put in the guide years ago.