[Koryb]

NHRA rule amendment to 2022 rule book announced at the PRI trade show in Indianapolis.

FOR 2014 AND NEWER CARS.

NO ROLL CAGE REQUIRED UNTIL:
SUB 9.00
or
EXCEEDING 150mph

 

[Spoolin]

Not sure what the year of car has to do with requiring a roll cage or not. So we can take a 2015 Kia Rio and modify it to go 9.0 at 150 mph without a roll cage but can't do the same with a 2010 Dodge Challenger? Doesn't really make sense to me.

 

[HellcatHellYeah]

Sweet, don't need a roll cage in my Smart car.

 

[Unavowed]

Not sure what the year of car has to do with requiring a roll cage or not. So we can take a 2015 Kia Rio and modify it to go 9.0 at 150 mph without a roll cage but can't do the same with a 2010 Dodge Challenger? Doesn't really make sense to me.

It's for cars like McLaren, Porsche Turbo, Tesla Plaid, etc. that can run those times off the showroom floor.

 

[Mattm400]

Sweet, don't need a roll cage in my Smart car.

I don't think that would be too "smart".

 

[Gotgap]

Problem solved, just put the smart car in your pocket before it start’s to flip

 

[GBLWRMR]

Easy fellas...

 

[Himmelkat]

Not sure what the year of car has to do ...

The number of airbags and the design for crash safety. The crash safety regs for newer-model cars are far in excess of old cars.

 

[baabootoo]

Yes, finally technology has caught up with common sense! Now, if they'll only start banning NON-vaccinated people from bars, we'll be all set........... 😁

 

[ALongGuy]

A friend texted this. Thought he was full of it. Couldn’t find anything on NHRA’s site

 

[Spartacus]

Yes, finally technology has caught up with common sense! Now, if they'll only start banning NON-vaccinated people from bars, we'll be all set........... 😁

What's the point of the vaccine if it won't protect you from those who are not vaccinated?

 

[Hellcatski]

Yes, finally technology has caught up with common sense! Now, if they'll only start banning NON-vaccinated people from bars, we'll be all set........... 😁

The differences is NHRA Followed the science. And you won’t follow the science. You need other people to be vaccinated for your vaccination to work. That’s not science

 

[JS23V0B]

Easy fellas...

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I always wanted to make a mailbox out of one of those.

 

[Big Swede]

It's for cars like McLaren, Porsche Turbo, Tesla Plaid, etc. that can run those times off the showroom floor.

Yep. Except the Tesla Plaid will still need a cage since they can run faster than 150mph and quicker than 9.0. which is kinda bananas.

 

[CPO Super stock]

Yep. Except the Tesla Plaid will still need a cage since they can run faster than 150mph and quicker than 9.0. which is kinda bananas.

they are quick but not faster than 9.0

9.4 tenths matter

 

[Big Swede]

they are quick but not faster than 9.0

9.4 tenths matter

Jay Leno (heavy) even ran faster than 9.4. It doesn’t matter really because he also went over 150mph which still requires a cage.

Jay Leno set a world record of 9.247 seconds at 152.09 mph trap speed.

 

[DEANGEL]

I wonder if this new rule will be written like the original 2008 rule that didn't allow any modifications at all including tires. Eventually they revised that rule to allow modifications and any DOT tires as long as OEM safety devices such as air bags, ABS, etc. all remained functioning.

 

[Hellcatski]

They probably also had to revise these rules for testing new supercars on the tracks.

 

[2019_B5_Cat]

nice but I wouldn't mind a cage in my life lol

 

[BigDaddyEureka]

It's for cars like McLaren, Porsche Turbo, Tesla Plaid, etc. that can run those times off the showroom floor.

^^ THIS ^^

Or close enough. It's going to happen, just matter of who does it first. And yeah, they are MUCH safer now. Just watch all the YouTube videos of idiots crashing into who know what and who knows who on the street already at those speeds...and walking away....sometimes. Much better to get people on the track.