Nhra Rule Revisions

[BlackJack]

Several rule revisions have come to my attention. Some will apply to you, some will not.

Stock,
Page 57 (3/06)

Shocks: Add new section, "No pneumatic or electric shocks permitted unless OEM equipped. No additional reservoirs allowed."


As of March 9, 2006

Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman

Page 24 (3/06)

Protective Clothing: Replace the first part of second and third paragraph with "10.00 (*6.40) to 13.99 (*8.59); …"

(this one applies to the new requirement for wear of SFI Spec 3.2A/1 (Nomex or Flame Retardant) Jacket)

Hope this helps.

[Redog]

Yeah you have to have saftey equipment faster than 11.50

[BlackJack]

understandably, but there was something new this season about requiring a jacket in a category where it wasn't previously required.

[Daytona]

Yep. NHRA is constantly tweaking their rules to counter the newer faster stock vehicles and some of the other changes that folks have been doing which straddled the gray areas of the rules previously.

It used to be that convertibles that ran under 14.00 seconds had to have a roll bar. But with so many high performance droptop cars coming out of the factory going quicker than this, topped with the owner's reluctance to hack into their valuable car to install a roll bar just so they could make 1 or 2 passes with the car, NHRA eventually dropped the minimum ET to under 13.50 for convertibles.

Thanks for the updates BlackJack.