NHRA drag racing restrictions

[foxman]

Went down to the raceway again this Sunday for a SCCA road event.
It was really exciting. Doug Reed from Superformance in Chalmette, LA was there with one of their cobras and brought me a 5 point harness and catch can.
Those guys are a real big help if anyone down in the south needs help or stuff with their cobra, you need to make contact with these guys.
I spoke with Phil Joffrion, one of the owners of the track and he went throught he rule book with me.
It seems that if you have a convertible under 14 sec., you absolutely need a roll bar. Not a standard cobra roll bar, a full roll bar with front and rear braces that goes accross the entire width of the rear seats.
If you're faster than 10.99 sec. or 135 mph, then you need a full roll cage as specified in the nhra rule book.
However, if you have a hardtop, then you are no longer a convertible and those rules don't apply. You just need a good snell rated helmet and a lap belt and your ready to go.
As long as you are not running under 11 sec., you can run all day long.
I don't know about yall but I would feel safer with the five point harness and arm restraints.
Thanks for your input guys. Superformance hard tops take about 90 days to get to the dealers painted and ready to install with the exception of the racing strips from the bottom of the rear window to the bottom of the hard top.
I got a price of $2400 for the hard top turn key installed.




Them's the rules on nhra tracks.