Super Comp License
 

How do I get my Super Comp License I dont live near any of the drag racing schools so how else can I get it ?

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You don't need to go to a school, unless you don't have a car. If you have a car, get your physical, and go to your local track, find 3 people with a license, make some passes, and have them sign off on your license, and thats that. All the forms are on NHRA's website.

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do you have any NHRA license at this point??? Comp 387

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I do not have a car and I dont have any nhra licenses at this point ? I wanna get my Super Gas Super Comp and Stocker licenses

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Honestly... if you are a new drag racer, please get some seat time before jumping into S/C.
We've all been beginners at one time.

If you've never driven a drag car or are graduated from JR dragster, I'd recommend going to the track in an every day car for test n tune or street legal class racing. Get some seat time and experience.

There is nothing scarier than an inexperienced driver lined up next to you during a race (one nearly killed me, so I know).

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SINCE YOU DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ANY NHRA/IHRA LICENSES TAKE YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE TO THE TRACK TO GET STARTED-- I WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO GET USED TO BOTH PREPPING/STAGING A CAR---HOW THE TREE FUNCTIONS/REACTION TIMES ETC. THE SPEED/SENSATIONS OF AND SOUNDS OF GOING FAST AND GRADUALLY WORK YOUR WAY UP TO A FASTER RIDE---I HAVE BOTH A COMP ELIMINATOR AS WELL AS A --SUPER COMP- AND STOCK LICENSE HAVE HAD IT FOR 35+ YEARS---HONESTLY I WOULD NOT SIGN OFF ON YOUR LICENSE TO DRIVE A 150 MPH+++ CAR AT THIS POINT DUE TO YOUR INEXPERIENCE IN RACING EVEN IF YOU COULD DEMONSTRATE TO ME AN ABILITY TO MAYBE HANDLE A CAR AT THE TIME OF TESTING--I DO NOT THINK TOO MANY OTHERS WILL SIGN OFF AT THIS TIME EITHER--COMP 387

SORRY for the caps at work here we always type everything in CAPS---

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I would focus on bracket racing, first at your local track, then maybe at more tracks in the region. Introduce yourself to local racers in the classes you want to race, and ask questions while being respectful of their time. Between rounds in an obvious thrash is a bad time! Once you get to know these people, MAYBE one of them will let you borrow their car for licensing passes. I have seen it done before. I got my SG license when I was 20, but it was in my own car that I scrimped and saved for (and bought a lot of cheap hand-me-down parts for). Around here the more serious class racers (Stk/SS & SG/SC) don't do much local bracket racing anymore, so you may have to go to some divisional events to meet these people. You can also offer to help crew for them, starting with the simplest tasks. It would be a good way to learn the ropes.

Regards,

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Some excellent replies so far. Time at the track is the best way to start. Even in your daily driver. Then baby steps.

If you HAVE to have a license quick, you can't do better than Frank Hawley's schools. They do remote courses around the country, and it's the best $2k you'll spend if you really want to get in a car now.

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Chris I concur---pick a driving school butSTAY AWAY from Doug Foley's school-- he will milk you along and then tell you you need to make a few more runs @$100 per run after he runs out of time for the day---he always overbooks students for the number of cars he has available if the cars are not broken down---also I personally do not like his attitude at the school either.
Went to Hawleys school all the difference in the world between the 2----My 2Cents--Comp 387

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The NHRA LICENSE!!! Smartie me !! i used to brag to my dad all the time (i was 17 now i am 29!!)about how much better i would be in the car than him,and well he proved me wrong!! he made me go to the doctor get a physical and then we loaded up and headed to trails on a weds night so i could get my super gas license,i was pumped and thought ohh yea it is easy....GUESS AGAIN! i did a good burnout and staged the car held it to the floor let go the tranny button and boom we were truckin!! i got scared and lifted before the 1/8 mile marker! i think i went 65 in the 1/4!! but each run i got faster then i said you know what i am not ready yet,so we de tuned the car and i 1/8 mile raced for 1 year before my dad would let me attempt to get my s/g license and trust me it paid off! alot of people think it is easy it proved me wrong! i always remember what my dad would tell me before he closed the door,he says "son,this car is not a toy,and it could kill ya" and everytime i race i never take it forgranted and never get too lax while driving...cus everyone knows **** happens to the best of the best!!...
But Good Luck On Getting You S/C License

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If you do not have a car, and have never been down the track, you better go to a school. Again, I don't think you will find a better one than Frank Hawley's. I hung out at their school before the Gainesville divisional this year, and you would not believe the amount of people in the class that were completely clueless. I think only about 5 people in the class had ever been down the track before, and half of them didn't pass. Even after 5 attempts, some people had a hard time staging the car. There was one guy there that was having a hard just staging the car. I stuck around for about 7 passes, and I think after 7 runs, Frank would still only let him go to 300'. And he was building a Top Sportsman car for himself. I would hate to be lined up next to him. Make a vacation out of it and spend the money. If you have never been down the track, there is no way I'd let you borrow my car to make license passes, even if you were my best friend.

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Both my daughter and I have done Frank's school, she with Jack Beckman, and me with Frank. Absolutely wonderful.

In my daughter's class we had two <s>clowns</s> guys who had bought extremely expensive cars before even making a single pass. One had purchased the S/C car that Shawn Langdon won the title in, the other a 6-sec ProMod car!

The former took 9 passes to get his license, then hand-carried the form to Glendora so he could race in a divisional that weekend. We saw him two months later at a national event, still double-bulbing people, rolling through the beams, getting all crooked backing up, etc. Ugh.

The other guy was shut down and removed from the car on the starting line by Jack. He got so screwed up that he never completed the course. Walked out. But was determined to get friends to sign off on his license, so he could run a 6-sec car... I don't know if he's alive today.

I do know one thing: patience is a virtue. Practice, practice, practice. My daughter and I spent a whole summer doing nothing but test and tunes. Made 50 passes before we entered a single event. It paid off.

Please don't be in a hurry to get in a fast car. You'll risk all kinds of people, not just yourself, and you'll make a fool of yourself.