No Blinders

[Jim Caughlin]

Originally Posted by Cotten

It seems pretty simple. If it's a problem in the pits make a rule for a maximum size blinder. It must be retractable. You cannot pull it down until you enter the water box and you must push it back up after you exit track.

The shielding on the helmet and visor should probably go away, and I do it.

The hypocrisy is if it's a considered a on track problem why will comp still be allowed?

Mike

Read section 7.8, as the rules were written, the blinder is required to be permanantly attached so it's going to be wherever it is whether you are driving down the track or driving through the pits. I'd be more than happy to have a rule that says the blinder needs to be hinged or removable and needs to be removed as soon as you enter the return road but that is not the way the rules were written. The max size in the rulebook is 4" x 8" (so 32 sq inches) which seems crazy big to me but that's what's in the rulebook. I've seen people far excede that size but that's another matter. What I proposed to NHRA was that the max size be reduced to 12 sq inch max and/or it needs to be removed as soon as you leave the track and can't be reinstalled until you are back in the staging lanes.