I'm not going to get into a pissing match with one of the posters ,we've been down that road on other websites with him .


If someone is so safety minded in bracket racing at the speed and et they are running then wouldn't they be scared against a 12.99 car verses their 10.00 car ? That car car doesn't have the safety items they have .

Another if the guy has been racing for years ,WHY haven't you worn the neck collar ,gloves, fullface helmet ,fire jacket pants,window net put a cage in a 14 sec car put heavier tubing in a car or go with moly verses milddom tubing ?SAFETY FIRST THE WHOLE TIME
put a onboard fire extingisher system ,bead wheel locks,etc.
What drum is in the 727 trans ,LBA brake ,etc ,etc .

FORGET THE ET BRACKET RULES go straight to TOP FOOL RULES .

with Steve

I personally don't like many of NHRA's "Safety Equipment" rules, as I just replaced my seat belts..

They had a dozen runs on them and were really never used in 2 years..

Oh, and yes just bought a new window net too.. Love spending money that's not necessary..

What about the trans shield I have that's never been used.. Out of date..


BUT.. The diaper rule makes sense.. To each his own.. If someone decides to no longer race because of it..

So be it.. More track time for me.. less oil downs..

This one I agree with..


Chris..

I wish the guy who ran in front of me at Bristol in 2005 at The Mopar Race in the 68' charger that oiled down the track had had something to retain his oil. Guess what, he was only running in the 12's. Our class ran behind him. Try running 8.0's with oil spewed all over top end. I don't want to ruin everyone's day but even slow cars oil tracks. This was a stock street car that just wanted to make a pass. No prior issues.

I wrecked several times on this pass just didn't hit anything. If the officials did a better job keeping up with the track it would help. They don't so diapers can't hurt. Well unless the extra heat caused the engine to blow early.

Personally a pan is my idea. I'll bet a peice of sheetmetal with some pig mat on it zip tied to the frame would do wonders.

Leon

Well, then maybe 12 and 13 second cars should be forced to run a diaper, too. That settles that.

I guess the class guys are exempt from this? No one on class racer seems to know anything about it.

if we don't pay attention to it,, maybe , it will go away.
hey 10 0 to go Don, Merry Christmas!

where does it stop by this mentality then you should have to have a diaper around the transmission,the rear end,all the calipers and the master cylinder to oh yeah lets not forget the radiator.
You will never stop oil downs of some kind it is the tracks problem to do a better job at cleaning it up.

that sums it all up rite there. containe all fliuds or nothing. seeya.

Face it, NHRA only wants us to run chassis cars and dragsters. This is another rule with little or no thought put into it. I had a Div.#1 track owner tell me lastyear to complain to the Div.#1 office about the pending diaper rule. He wants no part of it. He said Maple Grove is the track who was spear heading this in Div.#1. Of course the track owner I was speaking with wanted to remain unknown to avoid retaliation.

This, the seatbelt 2yr. recert., increased license and cage recert. fees and now the 2yr. window net recert. rule just makes me wonder if it is really worth it...

This, the seatbelt 2yr. recert., increased license and cage recert. fees and now the 2yr. window net recert. rule just makes me wonder if it is really worth it...

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Your correct... I am really thinking about selling
my car... my interest is shifting to street rods anyways