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When did NHRA require chassis certs? #1344888
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When did the NHRA chassis certification rule come into effect for cars going faster than 10 seconds? Early 90s?
How fast could you go without one back then?
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U don't a cert unless u got a 10 point or the car is 9.99 and faster or 135 and faster
Re: When did NHRA require chassis certs? [Re: one bad fish] #1344890
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U don't a cert unless u got a 10 point or the car is 9.99 and faster or 135 and faster



I don't understand what you meant.
If you have a car that is slower than 11.5 but has a 10 pt cage it needs a chassis cert?
Re: When did NHRA require chassis certs? [Re: MPerry] #1344891
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I think he asking when the cert rules were put into effect, thats how I read it.

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Re: When did NHRA require chassis certs? [Re: RTSE4ME] #1344892
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When did the NHRA chassis certification rule come into effect for cars going faster than 10 seconds? Early 90s?
How fast could you go without one back then?

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Re: When did NHRA require chassis certs? [Re: RTSE4ME] #1344893
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I THINK it was somewhere around the mid-70s? Prior to that there was a string of F/C crashes in the late 60s that they found were the cause of high-speed & unsafe front tires. Tyhen you had the incident where Garlits car got cut in half (1969?), then ther was the T&T crash that killed Don Carlton ('74/'75?) I think by then NHRA figured they better do something & came up with more extensive rules for a variety of things, not just chassises
Re: When did NHRA require chassis certs? [Re: MPerry] #1344894
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U don't a cert unless u got a 10 point or the car is 9.99 and faster or 135 and faster



I don't understand what you meant.
If you have a car that is slower than 11.5 but has a 10 pt cage it needs a chassis cert?

if am not mistaken if it is in it it needs it.
Re: When did NHRA require chassis certs? [Re: dartman366] #1344895
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I think he asking when the cert rules were put into effect, thats how I read it.



Yes, suppose you had a car that went 9s when did the NHRA require a cert for the chassis/cage. I thought it was in the early 90s? I am wondering about sportsman not the pro catagories.
Re: When did NHRA require chassis certs? [Re: one bad fish] #1344896
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U don't a cert unless u got a 10 point or the car is 9.99 and faster or 135 and faster



I don't understand what you meant.
If you have a car that is slower than 11.5 but has a 10 pt cage it needs a chassis cert?

if am not mistaken if it is in it it needs it.



I'm not sure thats true... I know there is a inspector
on the board here.. maybe he will verify this
Re: When did NHRA require chassis certs? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1344897
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I believe the Chassis certification rule was put in place for the 91 season, our cage was not certified in 90, had to have a couple bars in my SS Cuda replaced in order for it to certify for the 91 season.

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Re: When did NHRA require chassis certs? [Re: mbogina] #1344898
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Well I know 1 thing the rules are getting tougher and tougher. Lol
Re: When did NHRA require chassis certs? [Re: one bad fish] #1344899
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My understanding is that the car E.T dictates requirements.
If you have a ten point cage in a 12 second car , it does not need to be certified.
As to when this came into play , I am not sure.
I know the requirements for tube ( M.S. ) thickness has bounced around since the rule inception too.
Re: When did NHRA require chassis certs? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1344900
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U don't a cert unless u got a 10 point or the car is 9.99 and faster or 135 and faster



I don't understand what you meant.
If you have a car that is slower than 11.5 but has a 10 pt cage it needs a chassis cert?

if am not mistaken if it is in it it needs it.



I'm not sure thats true... I know there is a inspector
on the board here.. maybe he will verify this



Just looked it up in the current Nhra rule book and it only said that it is required if you run 9.99 or faster. My chassis cert expired this past spring, but since I am only running 10.20s it is not an issue. Heck Ihra requirement is for 9.00 or quicker, gotta love it.

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Re: When did NHRA require chassis certs? [Re: mbogina] #1344901
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I believe the Chassis certification rule was put in place for the 91 season, our cage was not certified in 90, had to have a couple bars in my SS Cuda replaced in order for it to certify for the 91 season.


Thanks. That is what I was looking for. So how fast could you go before 1991 without a cert or license? 8.50s?

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