Post your dragweek rules questions here!

[BBR]

I always read it (not that I need one) that you need "a" license for the et you will be running, and either NHRA or IHRA would be accepted. The DW rules have no "track sanctioning body" stipulation attached.

All vehicles must meet NHRA safety rules for the e.t. and speed they are capable of, and drivers must be IHRA or NHRA licensed if required. Drag Week officials will not accept time slips that are quicker or faster than the cars techd legal e.t. and mph. Running quicker than the safety equipment allows is cause for disqualification at the discretion of the race director.

[lun40119]

Doc touched my "Private Pots" last year..........does that count as a physical?

[CDMBill]

TMI, you are DQ'd.

[ksj2]

DQ'd or gets to spend all week in the time out box.

[Brian Lohnes]

just my 2centz......the "or" is because u need the proper license for the track you are on.it will be an insurance issue.if you crash on an nhra track and dont have the nhra license,then safety rules were violated and insurance will not like it.that is the way i take that rule anyways.i wuld get the stuff to cross it ovet to be safe.

This is also the way that I see it.

[BBR]

I don't know how it all works. How is their sanctioning tied to their insurance? I know we ran at both NHRA and IHRA tracks last year and it did not come up as an issue.

[MoparBilly]

This is another of them situations I was refering to in my first post. We all know it is clearly defined that you need an NHRA license for NHRA tracks. We are not competing at a National Event. The only person who signs off on whether you are legal to go faster than 13.99, 11.50, 10.00, 8.50 is the single Track tech guy who checks you in at the first track. TULSA, which was an IHRA track for many years, and is in the heart of Outlaw track country...do you have any idea how much money they would lose, and how many local racers they would alienate if they followed NHRA guidlines to a tee?

So you roll up in line. You present a tech card that has all your cert numbers filled in and legible, you have your helmet where he can see the Snell number, your seat belt where he can easily see the expiration date, when he's ready to leave the driver's door, you ask if he would like to see under the hood, If it's lift off , hold it up while he peeks under, if it's hinged, still stay at the front until he's done then shut it, and you quickly open the passenger's door and point out your chassis certification, you have your pants and jacket layed over the passenger door bar so he can easily check them at the same time. The whole time YOU are controlling the movements around YOUR car, be polite, engaging, and talkative, compliment the track, talk about how excited you are to race there, this limits the amount of time he will want to spend on you, and will put the onus on him to be the bad guy if he chooses to delve any further. You have your Hot Rod tech card pre-filled out that you are legal to 8.50, don't leave it blank for them to write in. Present your license only if asked for it, don't bring up which association it is unless he squaks about it first. "Awe, man, all this "Association" bs, I don't have an NHRA track near where I live, and you can clearly see I'm legal...".


Or you can bring it up on the internet, get everyone riled up about it, and have people calling the track management and warning them to look out for improper IHRA documents, and force everyones hand...

[Beagle]

325 drag radials are listed as ok for street race, super street race and modified, but there is also a 11.5 go/no go gauge. Both the Hoosier and MT 325's are specified by the manufacturer as having wider thread width than 11.5 and my measurements on 10" wide rims confirm this. Are 325's ok, or not....

Hey Chad, I think this question has been asked several times and remains unanswered. Inquiring minds need to know!

[moparman63]

sanctioning thru ihra or nhra not only aids greatly in getting insurance,but also a little bit with rates.

[lun40119]

This is another of them situations I was refering to in my first post. We all know it is clearly defined that you need an NHRA license for NHRA tracks. We are not competing at a National Event. The only person who signs off on whether you are legal to go faster than 13.99, 11.50, 10.00, 8.50 is the single Track tech guy who checks you in at the first track. TULSA, which was an IHRA track for many years, and is in the heart of Outlaw track country...do you have any idea how much money they would lose, and how many local racers they would alienate if they followed NHRA guidlines to a tee?

So you roll up in line. You present a tech card that has all your cert numbers filled in and legible, you have your helmet where he can see the Snell number, your seat belt where he can easily see the expiration date, when he's ready to leave the driver's door, you ask if he would like to see under the hood, If it's lift off , hold it up while he peeks under, if it's hinged, still stay at the front until he's done then shut it, and you quickly open the passenger's door and point out your chassis certification, you have your pants and jacket layed over the passenger door bar so he can easily check them at the same time. The whole time YOU are controlling the movements around YOUR car, be polite, engaging, and talkative, compliment the track, talk about how excited you are to race there, this limits the amount of time he will want to spend on you, and will put the onus on him to be the bad guy if he chooses to delve any further. You have your Hot Rod tech card pre-filled out that you are legal to 8.50, don't leave it blank for them to write in. Present your license only if asked for it, don't bring up which association it is unless he squaks about it first. "Awe, man, all this "Association" bs, I don't have an NHRA track near where I live, and you can clearly see I'm legal...".


Or you can bring it up on the internet, get everyone riled up about it, and have people calling the track management and warning them to look out for improper IHRA documents, and force everyones hand...

Point taken.....