Apparently the #1 isn't good enough
 

This morning, Brad Burton, the current NHRA World Champion in Stock Eliminator, pulls into Bremerton Raceway, an NHRA member track, to do a little bracket racing, with the number 1 proudly displayed on his E/SA Firebird (as it should be), and has to buy a Bremerton ET number before he can run! Go figure.
For many of us in the lanes, it was the first time we'd met them,, they seem to be a nice couple, who've recently moved to the NW. They were looking to get some runs in before next weekends divisional at Mission B.C.
The car loved the track going 10.60s with his best 60ft. ever according to Brad.
Danny Durham

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If Brad wanted to go to a race and run SS with his Stocker, could he use his #1 Stock number or would he have to have a SS number? Same thing isn't it? Different eliminator right? Not sure I see Brad being treated badly? Where am I wrong? Jim

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My brother was there looks like Bremerton just didnt accept the NHRA number for the bracket race odd

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Wow,
I was there Friday testing and they never asked me to buy a number. It says right on their web site if you have a NHRA number you don’t have to buy one of theirs;
“Enclose a $5.00 check payable to: Bremerton Raceway PO Box 344, Burley, WA 98322.
If you are registered for points at Bremerton Raceway, or have a current
NHRA number, you DO NOT need to pay an additional fee for a number”
But if you want to run in their points series and get on Team Bremerton for the ET finals they charge you $10.

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I can imagine the reason was that Burtons #1 is for Stock Eliminator only. Since he was going to be running in Brackets at Bremerton (or any other track), he would need to have a ET Bracket number, as the only #1 bracket number would belong to the winner of the ET Final portion of the World Finals in Pomona last year. I imagine if his old Div 5 Stock number was the same as his bracket number, assuming he has one, and it`s current, he could have used that.

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if you just go to a track to bracket race and are not running for their track points, you should be able to run whatever number is on your car provided the track hasn't issued that number to someone else. I have my IHRA#, but when I go to NHRA Hagerstown to bracket race, or go to Columbus to race, I run my IHRA number. It sounds like the track is just trying to charge a fee so they can make more money.

one time, I was at a track and someone else that raced there weekly had my same number, so I the track had me to put an A on my car in shoe polish when the tower realized it after the first time trial, but there was no "fee" involved.

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Well, technically,unless you only at one track, and use a track issued number, you are supposed to have a current NHRA permanent driver number for each class that you may run the car in. Myself, I have had the same number since the mid 70`s, and I have that number for Stock, Super Stock (ya never know!), and ET brackets, and used to have it for Super Street years ago. When you apply for, or renew your number every year or 2, its only an extra $5. or $10 dollars extra for each additional catagory. That said, there is the potential that a certain number could be issued to different people in different classes, ie; Racer A holds number 1234 in ET Brackets, Racer B has 1234 for Stock, and Racer C holds #1234 for S/S. In that case , Racer A is the legitamite user of that number at a bracket race, if Racers B&C are there to test in brackets, they have to change thier number.
Now, on a top ten National or Divisional number, I would think that in addition to holding the coveted #1 or other high ranked number, that the racer would keep his previous 3 or 4 digit driver number current, at least I would.

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Pacific charges a number fee also even if you have a NHRA number.

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It's a bit pricey to have a Stock,Super Stock and bracket # these days.I had 1945 as my bracket number since 1977.Got 1945 as my Stock # in 1998.I dropped the bracket number in 2007 due to cost factor.I wonder if anybody picked it up.
BTW Gary Wolkowitz (SS/AH cuda) has 1945 in Super Stock.

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NHRA sure has your number if you keep buying all of that crap.