Blinder/Blocker clarification needed

[Alan Roehrich]

And here, ladies and gentlemen, we see the unintended consequences of an egregiously poor decision on the part of NHRA.


Instead of a new rule, all that was necessary, if the concern is actually safety, was to:


A. Inspect all blinders in tech, force the removal of anything that doesn't fit the rules, and issue warnings, that any blinder in place while not on the track is an immediate, non arguable DQ.


B. Have the same staff that monitors scales and fuel check verify that all blinders are out of the way when the vehicle leaves the track, and issue DQ's to ALL violators.




Problem solved. No questions, no new rules, no arguments, and no goofy crap on the starting line.

[James Perrone]

I don’t use a blinder or deep stage
That being said
Too fukin bad get over it
No blinder is what is is.
Nooooooooo
The world we live in is about who’s the biggest crybaby and let’s appease them
Let just go racing already

And there is no tech so it will be up to us racers to enforce

Can’t wait till someone using a hand held blinder is tossed out on a win for using one

Deal with it.


Let’s do a Classracer poll. To see how many racers use it

Bet it’s a small minority.

Can’t wait to rat someone out

[Larry Hill]

Make a visor spacer very similar to a carb space for roll cage clearance. Will the visor be model specific or just fitting under the corporate umbrella? Clarification please.

[SS734]

Any updates or rulings from Orlando?

I the way I read the rule:

Anything found in your car that that can be used for blinding and is not the factory sun visor is grounds for DQ at anytime?

[Mike McCandless]

I'm curious how you legislate someone holding up their hand to block? If they aren't holding an actual object, but just have their hand up, surely that can't be illegal.

[FLEMING]

Originally Posted by Mike McCandless

I'm curious how you legislate someone holding up their hand to block? If they aren't holding an actual object, but just have their hand up, surely that can't be illegal.

THIS!! I blocked like this for YEARS! As a kid I saw Bertozzi and Harrington do it this way and thought it was genius so I started doing the same.. I dont see how they can say you cannot do it this way...

[KennyAnderson]

The blinder police were out in force this weekend at OSW. There was a NHRA person at the head of the lanes checking as you pulled out. Most ridiculous was they made someone with a nice new Impact helmet remove the shield because the thin decal at the top of the shield where it said Impact..... constituted a blinder!! LOL!!

I really don't have a dog in this fight as I don't block but I do have one ask. Please NHRA if you are going to use a divider board on the tree... at least put one up the WORKS!! Even the National event tree has one but it isn't long enough. I can still see my opponents tree come down clear as day. There was no Divider/Blinder on the tree this weekend for Q1. After being reminded they put it on..... but it was useless.