What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand?

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by junior barns

I dont think Ralph had any wheelie bars on his car that pass? WHY? The car appeared to unloaded when it hit the rear bumper.

There have been questions about the legality of some of the bars in Stock. Ralph had a set on the car that looked like an erector set, but I think NHRA decided they don't like them. I guess maybe he hadn't found a set he liked to replace them yet.

Even cars with bars will have problems on a pass like that. I've seen really good cars get steered to the other lane by the bars, even with those orange wheels they say won't do that. When you get up like that with the regular bars, it drives them into the gravel pan, and that can often steer the car or unload it.