NHRA CERTIFICATION?

[Superpro89]

I ran a certified Camaro last year but due to unforseen circumstances last Friday was our first time out with this car. When I took it to tech everything was fine except for the certification and the tech guy said once it's certified you have to keep it certified. I have slowed the car down and we only went 6.67 and never heard this before does anybody have any insight on this before I contact NHRA? If this is true it is another bs rule. Thanks Mike

[russ67chevelle]

good luck,most of us run slow poke cars(mine has seen mid 8's in quarter)

if i was u, id contact all the divisions and ask seperately,sometimes u get diffrent answers from diffrent people,so ask as many as u can to get opinions

....oh by the way,wanna trade? :D

[ashbros]

What was your car previously certified to and when did the certification expire?

[lively]

oh yes --THE NHRA GODS HAVE SPOKEN -AGAIN :oops: :shock: :oops: :shock:

[OneBadGMC]

So if you scrape the tag off, sand it, and paint over it, how do they know it was ever tagged?

Smells like BS to me.

If the rules don't require a cert for the speed you're gong, then there's no reason to require a tag.

Usually, when jerks like that make up rules, I have them show it to me in the rule book. When they don't provide a rule book, I ask them where it's at, because every NHRA track is required to have one in the tech lanes.

The fat ass tech guy at Gateway tried pulling that crap on me. 20+ cars behind me in tech. When he didn't have the book I told him he had two choices. Either waddle his fat ass up to the tower and get a book, or sign my tech card. ...He signed the card.

[ashbros]

I had a similar experience with the same fat a$$ guy @ gateway.

:shock: Imagine that........ :shock:

He did not care to take the time to show me the rule book, just wanted to blow me off. When he did not have his rule book to point it out to me, I pulled out mine and flipped to the page in question....

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!

He waddled around my car and tried his dambest to find something else wrong, but he was unsuccessful. :twisted:

Super Pro are you running 6.60'sn the 1/8 mile or quarter??? I am assuming 1/8 mile........

[hammertime]

that tech guy is a dumb dumb !!

If you car is slow enough to not need it, it dont matter if it had 20 nhra stickers on it at one time, its slower then the et break to have it you dont need it.

[OneBadGMC]

I had a similar experience with the same fat a$$ guy @ gateway.

:shock: Imagine that........ :shock:

He did not care to take the time to show me the rule book, just wanted to blow me off. When he did not have his rule book to point it out to me, I pulled out mine and flipped to the page in question....

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!

He waddled around my car and tried his dambest to find something else wrong, but he was unsuccessful. :twisted:

Super Pro are you running 6.60'sn the 1/8 mile or quarter??? I am assuming 1/8 mile........

Sounds like we oughta go out and have a beer to talk about stupid stories from Waitway.

[Superpro89]

Thanks for the replies, that is what I thought. Last year we ran high 5.90s to low 6s now we are shooting for 6.50s due to money and don't want to spend the $150 for chassis certification. Thanks again Mike

[Superpro89]

Sorry yes 1/8 mile was certified to 8.50 just ran out at the end of July. Thanks Mike

[ashbros]

I had a similar experience with the same fat a$$ guy @ gateway.

:shock: Imagine that........ :shock:

He did not care to take the time to show me the rule book, just wanted to blow me off. When he did not have his rule book to point it out to me, I pulled out mine and flipped to the page in question....

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!

He waddled around my car and tried his dambest to find something else wrong, but he was unsuccessful. :twisted:

Super Pro are you running 6.60'sn the 1/8 mile or quarter??? I am assuming 1/8 mile........

Sounds like we oughta go out and have a beer to talk about stupid stories from Waitway.

Yeah we should, I get out toward belleville / fairview about once or twice a month on business. Just completed the renovation at Comfort Inn & Suites and built a strip mall in O'Fallon, Illinois. Just of 64 & Hwy 50

[slowmotion]

Big Al Has been pretty good to me over building the altered. But I know of other people who have had problems with him.

Like everybody else, there's no reason to recert a chassis if you slow the car down. So according to your tech guy, If I buy a certified door car and only run 11.50, it needs to be recertified? I don't think so.

My car runs 6.40's for a reason. The chassis is certified and I will keep up on it to help with the value of the car. But I'm not spending the money on a physical and license.

[TS1955]

My car has an 8.50 NHRA certification on it. I went to Pittsburgh Raceway Park this past week-end and ran the IHRA Pro-am and Sportsman Nationals. I ran in Super Rod which runs on a 6.40 1/8th mile index. The tech guy never even looked for a certification. This is the first time I had run at an IHRA event. The staff was super nice! I think I'm gonna run some more IHRA events.

TS1955

[3dracing]

My car has an 8.50 NHRA certification on it. I went to Pittsburgh Raceway Park this past week-end and ran the IHRA Pro-am and Sportsman Nationals. I ran in Super Rod which runs on a 6.40 1/8th mile index. The tech guy never even looked for a certification. This is the first time I had run at an IHRA event. The staff was super nice! I think I'm gonna run some more IHRA events.

TS1955

The certification doesn't start until you go 6.39. It used to be if you had a cage in it no matter what et it ran it had to be certified but they changed that several years ago and based it on et.

[Tod74]

I had a similar experience with the same fat a$$ guy @

........

Maybe he is just big boned.

[TS1955]

My car has an 8.50 NHRA certification on it. I went to Pittsburgh Raceway Park this past week-end and ran the IHRA Pro-am and Sportsman Nationals. I ran in Super Rod which runs on a 6.40 1/8th mile index. The tech guy never even looked for a certification. This is the first time I had run at an IHRA event. The staff was super nice! I think I'm gonna run some more IHRA events.

TS1955

The certification doesn't start until you go 6.39. It used to be if you had a cage in it no matter what et it ran it had to be certified but they changed that several years ago and based it on et.

That was my point...Running on a 6.40 index, the tech didn't care if it was certified or not. IHRA requires a certification 6.00 and quicker in the 1/8th mile.

TS1955

[OneBadGMC]

I had a similar experience with the same fat a$$ guy @

........

Maybe he is just big boned.

Yeah, he's big boned alright. If he fell over I could roll him over to the nearest fork lift to help right him onto his cankles.