June 5th New England Dragway Meet & Greet

[Evil-Bee-NH]

With the Dragway opening at the beginning of April and people slowly lurking out of hibernation. I thought i'd take the time to Get everyone together for a Meet & Greet and Race if you so choose. I chose this location because it's semi-centralized and has plenty of room and things to do. These are both Street Nights Spectator Entry $10, Racer Entry is $25 if you choose to race you will need to have a SA/SNELL2010 or newer helmet. I will be their with my Laptop & HPTuners if you wanted to get a datalog of your car to send to your tuner or have a datalog saved for future tune aspirations.

Gates Open @ 5PM Racing Starts @ 6PM
maybe meetup at the Wal-Mart off Exit 7 on Rte 101 around 445pm there are several gas stations if you need to top off or fill up a bit. The track also has a VP Fuel Shack for you heavily tuned guys wanting to run race fuel.

[Zl-1der]

I am very interested. I live in ny but travel often to visit my daughter in Billerica Mass which is less than an hr away from the track. Keep me posted

[Bottledbird68]

Hmm. I wish they’d let me run. Love to see what the car does now with two years worth of mods to it. But they told me don’t come back without a roll bar when it had just a cat back and a cai since I’m a vert and ran a 13.4...

[Evil-Bee-NH]

Originally Posted by Bottledbird68

Hmm. I wish they’d let me run. Love to see what the car does now with two years worth of mods to it. But they told me don’t come back without a roll bar when it had just a cat back and a cai since I’m a vert and ran a 13.4...

I thought it was under 12s you needed a roll bar? With a vert.

Edit: Just read NHRA says 10.99 or 135mph you need a roll bar with a vert and any car running 9.99 needs a cage.

[Bottledbird68]

For a full bodied car you are correct. What you referenced just pertains to meeting certain sfi specs for certain speeds/times on open bodied cars.
Buried in the basic rules is the one about convertibles needing a 5 point or better when running 13.49 or quicker. And yes, I was already told not to come back without one 2 seasons ago when I ran a 13.4 lol.

[Evil-Bee-NH]

Originally Posted by Bottledbird68

For a full bodied car you are correct. What you referenced just pertains to meeting certain sfi specs for certain speeds/times on open bodied cars.
Buried in the basic rules is the one about convertibles needing a 5 point or better when running 13.49 or quicker. And yes, I was already told not to come back without one 2 seasons ago when I ran a 13.4 lol.

Huh coulda sworn they relaxed those rules last year. I'd ask driven2exceSS he runs a 6th Gen Vert that goes low 11s at NED i don't think he needed tje roll bar til sub 12s because the amended several old rules finally realizing newer cars are simply faster and have better oem safety systems.

[chevyracingfan]

under 14 ill need a drive shaft loop(im estimate mid to low12s

[Bottledbird68]

Originally Posted by Evil-Bee-NH

Huh coulda sworn they relaxed those rules last year. I'd ask driven2exceSS he runs a 6th Gen Vert that goes low 11s at NED i don't think he needed tje roll bar til sub 12s because the amended several old rules finally realizing newer cars are simply faster and have better oem safety systems.

Well then, I never went last year cause I assumed there was no point. If they relaxed the rules last year then that’s awesome news. I have a nitrous kit sitting here I’ve been trying to sell too cause I didn’t think I’d ever use it lol

[Evil-Bee-NH]

Originally Posted by chevyracingfan

under 14 ill need a drive shaft loop(im estimate mid to low12s

You only need the loop if you have modified your drivetrain.

[Slowhawk]

For 2008 and newer the rules are different. Have a ton of customers running 12's in convertable's and not having issue's. 1 customer runs 10's and never an issue, only when he does a 9 second hit they come to him.
Problem is,some of the inspectors do not know the rules.

[Evil-Bee-NH]

Ya they loosened the rules up considerably on the newer cars. The older rules were antiquated at best and for full on street rod builds with minimal modern oem safety equipment.

[Bottledbird68]

Well, I emailed the tech director at ned and the head northeast region NHRA tech inspector. Let’s see if they answer me and give me something concrete I can point to when I go. I’d love to see what the car does with a cam and gears and other bolt ons. And maybe a 150 shot lol....

[Bottledbird68]

I knew 2008 up were looser but 2 years ago when I went they said they only applied to hard top cars. The rule book clearly stated it at the time too but when I looked for the same wording in the current one I didn’t see it so fingers crossed.

[Rock-It Man]

Originally Posted by chevyracingfan

under 14 ill need a drive shaft loop(im estimate mid to low12s

Originally Posted by Evil-Bee-NH

You only need the loop if you have modified your drivetrain.

If you look at the NED rules, you need a driveshaft loop with slicks, but not street tires, if you are over 11.49. Quicker than that, and you will need the driveshaft loop regardless of tires.

You will need a roll bar for a 'vert 13.49 or quicker.