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Nhra has decided to make any car that runs over 150 miles an hour required to wear a head and neck restraint. I would think by that wording it means all bracket racing, all classes including stock, superstock, super street, super gas, etc..
Safety is one thing, but this is just gotten out of hand another product that is quite expensive and needs recertification. We already have neck collars, mandatory I don’t see the huge loss of life that made this necessary. Maybe better track prep would be the answer, not mandatory regulations.
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Wow, effective immediately even. Like the binder rule, no dialogue with the SRAC just bam, there you go. If there was some precipitating action it would be nice if they’d share what that was and provide a reasonable timetable for implementation. Would guess this impacts a few class racers entered at Pomona, will definitely impact a lot of Super Street racers.
https://www.nhraracer.com/content/ge...754&zoneid=132
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Good find Keith. There have been 2 crashes in comp eliminator , one at South Ga., and one at Baytown within the last week…..
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From the Rulebook amendments;
Beginning January 1st, 2024, A head and neck restraint device/system meeting SFI 38.1 is mandatory for any vehicle running 150 mph or faster for 1/4 or 1/8 mile or running 7.49 (*4.49) E.T. or quicker or by Class Requirements.
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All classes in Comp were already required to have a device.
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Probably has more to do with lawyers and insurance companies than anything.
1/8 mile racing just became even more popular. |
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I don’t think the Hemi cars had to???
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