Do we want to run 2 classes for juniors for the year? There will be 2 for the Pro Am Tour Events.

A beginner class and the second one being advanced and master combined.

CLASS DESIGNATIONS
BEGINNER: Age 8 or 9 only; ET restricted to 12.90 seconds or slower based on either
ET dial-your-own or heads-up basis. Breakout rules apply. One warning will be issued if
a competitor runs quicker than 12.70. If the competitor does this a second time at the
same event, they will be disqualified from the event. Any competitor running quicker than
12.50 at any time will be disqualified for the remainder of the event.
ADVANCED: Age 10 to 17; modified engines meeting IHRA rules accepted. Class based on
either dial-your-own ET or heads-up Pro start. ET restricted to 8.90 or slower. Breakout rules
apply. One warning will be issued if a competitor runs quicker than 8.70. If a competitor runs
quicker than 8.70 a second time, at the same event, they will be disqualified from the event. Any
competitor running quicker than 8.50 any time will be disqualified for the remainder of the event.
MASTER: Age 12 to 17; must meet all requirements for Advanced, PLUS: minimum 1
full licensed competition season mandatory; the competitor must provide documentation
of experience and submit it with all license applications, licensing by IHRA or Track
official after 3 approved runs between 7.90 and 8.90; Rack & pinion steering, and steel
brake lines are mandatory.
ET 7.90 or slower; maximum speed of 85 mph: One warning will be issued if a
competitor runs an elapsed time of 7.70 or quicker or 85 mph or faster. If a competitor
does this a second time at the same event they will be disqualified from the event. If a
competitor runs 7.50 or quicker they will be disqualified for the remainder of the event
and their license will be suspended for 6 months from the date of the infraction.
Due to the radical combinations available for the class additional safety requirements
may be mandated if deemed necessary by the technical department.
*Deep staging not permitted in any index class at any IHRA event. 12.90 index is limited
to only 8 and 9 year old competitors



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/2011 06:36AM by maz.

2 Questions from this:

1. Will the current NHRA Jr paperwork be fine for this year? (If it's fine for the regular Eagle events, I assume it will be fine for the SSS Finals)

2. That deep stage language at the end of the section above needs to be clarified right away. Is it saying that no Jr in competition can deep stage? Or is it saying that Jrs running the 12.90 index class (think: S/ST, S/Gas, S/C, etc.) can not deep stage?

Thanks

Andy
G646

Hi Andy, from my understanding all current NHRA paperwork and tags will be honoured this year. You will however, require a membership for the IHRA events.

On the second part, it says that no jr can deep stage. The 12.90 is the breakout number, no different than before.

Thanks Joe, we will work on the IHRA memberships right away. Looks like we will both need "X" numbers as well.

I, respectfully of course, disagree with you about the deep staging. I'm pretty sure they are talking about the 12.90 index classes, not regular ET classes, because these indexed classes use a Pro tree. But, if this is the rule, we will work within it.

Andy
G646