[Chris1529]

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.