no more blocking

[Dave Goob Cook]

I wonder if this will apply to the local NHRA weekly bracket races as well??

"By the book" YES, but of course all of that is left up to the track operators to follow or ignore the rules.
General Regulations means everyone entering the gate.

Could you post a link to where you are seeing tis rule 7:8 revision.I'm not finding it. Thanks, Wayne.

It is not a revision, it is in the new 2008 NHRA Rulebook, Section 4 - General Regulations, subsection 7:8 Windshield,Windows.
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