ATTN SRAC members- Beam Breakers in STK & SS - Legal or not?

[Brett C]

Originally Posted by Adub464Q

Because Lonnie and Pat were approached about it while in Vegas and it was deemed LEGAL according to them....

Then there is no debate.

[Larry Hill]

Bracket racing until Heads-up

[Gary Evans]

This is not legal. It is altered body work. It also appears to have less than three inches of ground clearance which the the rule book clearly states

[Mike Pearson]

The general rules specifically allow a beam breaker in any class. It even spells out the size, positioning and heights. The rule in Super stock does not have any mention of a beam breaker in that section of the rule book. So that is open to interpretation. We need a clarification from NHRA tech for stock and super stock.

[Brett C]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Bracket racing until Heads-up

Maybe so Mr. Larry.
Let?s play this out, say your DragPak and ours goes head up with same engine combos. One of the cars has one of these contraptions hanging on the bottom of it, the other does not. Technically the car that has this so called gadget has an advantage, does it not? If yes, then my opinion, that it is an unequal advantage and should not be allowed in especially Stock Eliminator, period, for any reason. But, if no advantage, then no reason to have a rule.

[Larry Hill]

It?s always fun to race y?all. As the rules are written I think the stripe taker is legal. If we race and y?all have one I have no complaints on the within the rules part. In my opinion the Candies teams play by the rules.

[MR DERBY CITY]

I guess my good friend Toby Lang was correct when he told me 25 years ago that we are ( ) Racing 99 percent of the time …..

[BZenzen]

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[JP1738]

Worst part of this whole deal is I can't even make a useful one for my combo. To get a stripe catcher to work on my car would be almost impossible. The difference in the front of my car from ride height to full extension is so large, that I'd never be able to get one that always caught the beam whether I'm in the gas or not. To get it low enough to trip the 5 inch tall finish line beam, it would have to be on the ground all the rest of the time. I'll get in the shop and see what I can fab up just for the sake of a new project, but looks like I won't be running one legal or not.

[Brett C]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

It?s always fun to race y?all. As the rules are written I think the stripe taker is legal. If we race and y?all have one I have no complaints on the within the rules part. In my opinion the Candies teams play by the rules.

Thanks Mr. Larry
It obviously seems that tech didn't throw it out so?.
I guess the debate now is should racers fight to make it illegal in stock at least???