Attn: NHRA / IHRA Tech .....here we go again ..

[Jim Bailey]

Two Steps are Legal, as long as they are activated by the brake pedal. Not my choice for Stock, but .... it's the rule..... I only ask a question, " Why go through the hassel of mounting it up under the dash?" I must be getting lazy, I know I'm getting old, and this isn't my first Rodeo. AND, I give the tech guys a lot more credit than that. --- PROTEST--- Give me a break !!!... I do this for fun, and nothing else.... PS ....I also noticed a really nicely machined, Billet, Mounting Bracket with a button on it, mounted next to a racers Steering Wheel. I asked, what the button was used for? I was told; "It use to be my Two Step and I still use it a bracket races, but I don't have it hooked up at NHRA/IHRA races." I told him the same thing with my Nitrous Bottle......JB.

[novassdude]

So If I drive with hand controls where am I allowed to put the switch?

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by novassdude

So If I drive with hand controls where am I allowed to put the switch?

I would imagine they would concede to bend the rule,justifiably,in that situation.

[Rich Biebel]

I posted a link to a device that is being used by some Stock racers. It appears to have been removed.

I don't know what it is but assumed it was an adjustable brake pressure switch.

If NHRA says it's legal then it is...

2 steps and blinders are being used by many racers......

If NHRA says it's legal....it is.....

[X-TECH MAN]

Isnt it about time for ALL of these driver aids to be outlawed in stock AND S/S? Air shifters, 2 steps, trans brakes, blinders, pressure switches, all make it easy to cheat. Isnt it about time to put the driver back into the equasion?

[THE LEGEND]

Jim,
If you do this 'FOR FUN" then why worry about it. If you are not worried about it then why start this post.
If you are worried about it then talk to the tech guys at the next event.

I trid the 2-step on my wagon once and it was activated by the brake light switch under the dash.

Never raced with it though. Either the switch or me was very inconsistent but it never worked.
Chip

[Michael Beard]

I have no problem with my competition using a brake-pedal button activated 2-step... *because* they are inherently inconsistent! In any case, it's still just one more thing you've added to the system that can screw up. I've witnessed several important races lost due to 2-step issues. I'll keep foot'n it, thanks. If you "have" to use a 2-step, the only way to do it is with a brake pressure switch. I think Folk sells them.

- Footbraker

[Rich Biebel]

All sports have taken advantage of modern devices....

Bowling.....reactive resin balls
Golf............titanium and other exotic materials for clubs
Swimming and other racing type sports........trick suits that cut drag
Nascar........The list is endless
F-1...............Even more endless


So NHRA Stock and SuperStock should resist all the modern ways to help a driver be more competetive.......

Delay boxes are illegal but other ideas and devices have helped improve RT's...

No device stages or launches the car........and no device drives the car down track......

[Bobby DiDomenico]

Originally Posted by novassdude

So If I drive with hand controls where am I allowed to put the switch?

Guessing if the hand control brake system released it, it is ok, just no finger button.

Have a friend who had the 2-step switch on the brake pedal and lent his car out, the new driver actually broke the button. I couldn't bring my self to ask him how that could possibly happen.

[Peter Ash]

Originally Posted by novassdude

So If I drive with hand controls where am I allowed to put the switch?

Hook it to the stock brake pedal, just like the brake lite switch. Hand controls do not require special rules or treatment.
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