08 and up no cage needed until you go 9.99

[wolfe]

Pretty cool, I do think they could have gone a little older though.

NHRA Amends Roll Bar/Cage Rules For ’08-Later Street Vehicles - LSXTV

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[Jokerzl]

Now thats the shit

Just wish there was a fast truck from them years!!

 

[Mike K]

That is awesome. That's been an odd rule for several years now, what with so many cars running 11's right out of the box.

 

[Mook]

Well hell ya.

 

[Yaj Yak]

should have gone older imo as well.

still cool nonetheless...

 

[chry*bmb]

Heard about this earlier from a friend in Jersey...

 

[nytebyte]

Well that's good. I remember getting kicked off the track at GLD years ago if I did anything below a 12.5...

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

I was excited until I rememberd I drive an 06.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I was excited until I rememberd I drive a slow car.

fixed

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

exactly 11 second subaru

 

[Bru]

This is great considering there are bone stock cars that couldn't run an NHRA track without being booted. Should be good for those tracks if they then get their head out of their asses and run more test and tunes without catering to series racers (RT 66 )

 

[Handsome Jesus]

I'm so glad I even bother modding an old car... all this new stuff is so fast.

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

fixed

Touche.

exactly 11 second subaru

 

[Lead Pipe]

Does this mean modded cars or just stock ones?? Also fuck NHRA, I have an 07.

 

[udluuz]

You mean I can run at rt 66 now?

 

[wildabeast]

Does this mean modded cars or just stock ones?? Also fuck NHRA, I have an 07.

I have an 07 as well

 

[wolfe]

So on your tech sheet write 08

 

[Handsome Jesus]

and scrape off the sticker in the door

 

[Pressure Ratio]

Does this mean modded cars or just stock ones?? Also fuck NHRA, I have an 07.

So far the tech inspectors people have asked said the rule is meant to mean a completely stock car.

Many people think the rule means stock chassis. Meaning no back half suspension work, removed firewall and such.

At this point no one seems to know 100%. I am sure as tech inspectors get more questions about the rule it will be discussed with the NHRA of what exactly the intent of the phrasing "stock" means in regards to the rule.

You mean I can run at rt 66 now?

Your car is stock?

 

[syP]

Quote from another forum:

A few minutes ago, I had the NHRA call me about some chassis certs so I asked him about this new rule. They said, the car has to be on OEM tires and be 100% stock. They said, if a driver is good enough drive to get a new GT500 or ZL1 into the low 11's or high 10's, we are not worried about them crashing. The people that we worry about are the drivers of new GT500's and Corvette's than run 14's fishtailing all over the place. There isn't any rule that we can think of that won't keep dumb people from hurting themselves.

 

[Yaj Yak]

no rule for dumb people

 

[syP]

no rule for dumb people

sounds like 'murica to me

 

[Lead Pipe]

That's what I figured. Dammit.

 

[Pressure Ratio]

How a car with a lot of power from the factory is safer on stock tires than a drag radial or slick is beyond me. lol

I hope it filters down to some thing like "un-modified factory frame, firewall and chassis" cars do not require a roll bar or cage up to 9.99. Because a 2008+ car hitting a wall at 135 does not care what is powering the car. The velocity and weight is the same no matter how the car got there. So if they think a chassis is safe enough for run up to 135 it shouldn't matter how it got to that speed. Sure let safety rules for blower and nitrous stay in place for obvious reasons. But I am not the one making the rules so my word means nothing. lol

 

[Wild White Pony]

So anybody with a fat wallet who may never have driven on a race track can go buy a GT500, run stock tires and it's safe. Maybe cause it has more airbags, traction control or better something or another, I think not. And what about the safety of the poor slob running in the other lane next to these guys? Dosn't make sense.