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NHRA tech department clarifies recent rule change for blinders in Stock and Super Stock
Jan. 20, 2023
The purpose of the rule change was due to incidents that have occurred in the pits, to reduce these incidents/concerns we were asked to prohibit the use of blinders in classes where we have experienced incidents in the pits due to the use of blinders. Discovery of blinders/staging aids could be cause for disqualification of run, regardless of whether infraction occurs during qualifying or eliminations; at the sole and absolute discretion of NHRA.
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The "clarification" reads like they were
told by their lawyers, or their insurance underwriters.
Regardless, what we have here is some screw ups caused a problem, and now everyone has to pay. Further, they're talking about it being a problem in the
PITS, which means that, if they wanted to, they could solve this problem without the ban, and without punishing good racers who aren't doing anything wrong. They just don't care enough to want to make the effort.