NMCA Open Comp ????

Kevin Panzino · 08-23-2013, 07:24 PM

Ok, so my neighbor down the street is building one of those crazy 630+ cui twin turbo death rides for NMCA competition. He is telling me about how nice the events are and how well the racers are treated etc. So I spent some time on the NMCA website and determined pretty much the only class I can run my car in is "Open Comp". At first I just thought it was a catch all bracket class, and with a .500 pro tree.

But it says "The Open Comp class will run on an Open Comp format with a 1-tenth (1/10th) breakout"

What the heck does that mean ??

Furthermore there is reference to the following 'indexes' within open comp:
15.7 seconds, 15.0, 14.0, 13.0, 12.0, 11.0, 10.0, 9.0 and 8.5 seconds...

Are they saying you have to pick one of those indexes and then get the car to run that, or do you just dial the car??

I downloaded what appears to be the NMCA rulebook, and it does not clarify this... Looked at some youtube videos of open comp NMCA racing and it looks like folks are dialing ???

Anybody here know ???

I absolutely LOVE the idea of a .500 pro tree, and would like to find out quick, since there is a large NMCA race at Norwalk this weekend, and the very pleasant and sweet NMCA lady I spoke with on the phone said joining and entering is as simple as just showing up !!!

Kevin Panzino
GT/FA 1202

08-23-2013, 07:24 PM	#1
Kevin Panzino Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 575 Likes: 298 Liked 747 Times in 136 Posts	NMCA Open Comp ???? Ok, so my neighbor down the street is building one of those crazy 630+ cui twin turbo death rides for NMCA competition. He is telling me about how nice the events are and how well the racers are treated etc. So I spent some time on the NMCA website and determined pretty much the only class I can run my car in is "Open Comp". At first I just thought it was a catch all bracket class, and with a .500 pro tree. But it says "The Open Comp class will run on an Open Comp format with a 1-tenth (1/10th) breakout" What the heck does that mean ?? Furthermore there is reference to the following 'indexes' within open comp: 15.7 seconds, 15.0, 14.0, 13.0, 12.0, 11.0, 10.0, 9.0 and 8.5 seconds... Are they saying you have to pick one of those indexes and then get the car to run that, or do you just dial the car?? I downloaded what appears to be the NMCA rulebook, and it does not clarify this... Looked at some youtube videos of open comp NMCA racing and it looks like folks are dialing ??? Anybody here know ??? I absolutely LOVE the idea of a .500 pro tree, and would like to find out quick, since there is a large NMCA race at Norwalk this weekend, and the very pleasant and sweet NMCA lady I spoke with on the phone said joining and entering is as simple as just showing up !!! Kevin Panzino GT/FA 1202