T-top cars 13.49-11.00

[Lorri]

roll bar mandatory in all convertibles and T-top’s running 13.49 to 11.00 with all safety equipment required according to IHRA specs

I see this rule on the page for "tech, rules and fees". Have you guys been enforcing this regularly in the past or is it something new for this season?

[Lorri]

please can anyone answer this for me asap??
I plan to race my t-top car and it will be a touch faster than 13.49.
I have seen a few t-top/convertible cars running the last couple seasons in the 13-11 sec area and they didn't have them so thats why I was a bit surprised when I saw that rule?

[Doug Decker]

Lorri : That rule is right out of the IHRA rule book . I don't think it was added this year ,but I would have to check my notes .
If you saw T-tops and convertible’s running under 13:49 , then we slipped up .

[Lorri]

thanks for the help ;D

[sam]

All convertables at Greenfield Dragway that runs 13.49 and quicker have a rollbar in place as far as I know and the T-top rule I am waiting to here from the IHRA tech director on if they are required between 13.49 to 11.50 or not.

Sam

[8rice]

sam i think your forgetting about a blue cutlass. ive lined up beside once or twice . it goes high 12s

[sam]

Well,that convertable was running faster but it was always dialed at 13.50 but if you noticed he unfortunitally stop coming because he needed to have a rollbar.

Sam

[Lorri]

I have been recording video for years at greenfield. I have a 2 year (or older) tape where that car goes high 12's on a high 12's dial in.
Thats why I was just wondering how (and if under any certain conditions) you were enforcing this rule, and if so how long you have encluded that certain IHRA rule into the rules @ greenfield dragway. Not just convertible guys but a few t tops that have been running there for a while.

[sam]

Lorri how long has Greenfield Dragway been in operation ?,so if you have a video of it going high 12's on a high 12 dial than that definitally was taped before it was Greenfield Dragway,.... and I know for a fact that the car was always entered as sportsman(13.50 and slower) and not pro(13.49 to 11.50), in time trials people are under the assumption that you can go all out but in reallity that is when the track officals take notes on who is doing what and make them move up to the class that more suites the numbers that they are running which then they need to be re-teched and if they don't pass then they cannot run.

Sam

[Lorri]

doug said:

Lorri : That rule is right out of the IHRA rule book . I don't think it was added this year ,but I would have to check my notes .
If you saw T-tops and convertible’s running under 13:49 , then we slipped up .

this was all I needed to know

[Doug Decker]

Lorri : At the moment there are a couple of interpretations of the rules regarding rollbars for t-tops , we are working to try and get the matter cleared up . Just bear with us .

[Lorri]

I have no issue with the "rule" I was just wondering how long it has been part of the rules used. My question has been answered, thanks Doug

[33667]

I am the owner of one blue cutlass convertible and thought I would try clear up some of the inaccurate statements made in this post. The post from one Lorri is wrong,I have never dialed my car in the 12's in any year! I think she has my car (blue 69 cutlass)confused with one blue 69 chevelle of Ray Ingram's. A nice compliment,but my car is not this fast. The same goes for Lorri's boyfriend ( 8rice ) who should look at the one time slip he has from the one time we raced and I am sure i did not run "high 12s". What he will find is this pass would be from earlier in the day.On cool days my car will run faster than 13.50, so I use the time trials to adjust the car accordingly. Hopefully, this will shed some light on some of the misguided statements concerning me.

Flattered....Kyle Bolivar

[lsxnv]

I was looking at the NSDRA Tech section and on the breakdown it says roll bar mandatory in all convertibles running 13.49 to 11.00 with all safety equipment required according to IHRA specs

then when you click on the PDF it says roll bar mandatory in all convertibles and T-Tops running 13.49 to 11.00 with all safety equipment required according to IHRA specs

I was just wondering which one holds true. thanks

[Doug Decker]

The PDF file is in error . The Tech section is correct - roll bar mandatory in all convertibles running 13.49 to 11.00 with all safety equipment required according to IHRA specs . T-tops do not require a rollbar if their ET is down to 11.00 .
However it should be noted and this is quoted from the rulebook - " A rollcage is mandatory on all convertibles running 10.99 or quicker 1/4 or 6.99 or quicker 1/8 mile. T-top vehicles follow convertible guidelines."

Also to be clear , this rule and all other rules regarding E.T. are applied to the actual E.T. the vehicle runs NOT to the dialed E.T. . I.E. - you cannot dial the vehicle at 11.00 and run it at a 10.98 E.T. , the vehicle will be teched at the actual E.T. it runs and hence could fail tech .

The Tech PDF file will be fixed after we review the 2007 rulebook for any other updates that we will need to make .

Doug D.