So i went and ran at our local track today. i got sent home after the 3rd qualifying round for too high of a trap without an nhra license. kinda sux, but kinda funny. how hard is an nhra license to get??

 

I believe the easiest (maybe not the cheapest) is one of the drag racing schools.

 

wtf, to high of a trap? please tell me you dont have to have a license to run 135mph.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SPOOLINmatt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wtf, to high of a trap? please tell me you dont have to have a license to run 135mph. </TD></TR></TABLE>

technically you do. it is 9.99 or 135, but most tracks are a little lenient on the 135, but if you rip off a 160 i can see why they would boot you. someone made a thread about licensing looking for it now.

 

ya, at 135 you have to license. i was told all u have to do is get a physical, make 6 licensing passes, and have the car be 9 sec legal

 

you also have to become a nhra member, and get your permanent comp number. you do need to apply for a lisc.
go to http://www.nhra.com i am pretty sure there is a lisc page.

 

heres the thread:

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1663167

 

I don't know, but alot of people around here are hitting 135 + and they don't have to get a license...then again it could alll depend what track u go 2.

 

thought it was 145

 

nice, thanx for the link

 

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https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1663167</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks bro. i knew it was t1 or art.

 

Over here it's 9.9 or 150 which ever comes first..

 

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wrong answer.

i am 100% it is 135.

 

well one of my closes friends runs 10.6 at 139 all day and he doesn't have a license...

 

150 mph is the parachute cutoff. its all dependant on the officials, i ran 137 all day last week, not a word about it, then today they called me to my car, and told me i was done

 

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like i said the 9.99 is enforced more than the 135 depends on the track.

 

The shop were they work on my car runs 140 mph and they don't have a license,so i don't know...I think it depends on what track u are in..

 

It is the tracks decision. One of our local tracks lets people run 10's with a lap belt and no helmet and the other little 1/8th mile track complained because my street tires didn't have metal valve steams and my factory battery tie down didn't have thick enough bolts.

 

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It all DEPENDS on what track you are at. They can be lenient or they can be ******.

But the only reason the rules are there is for our own safety. I don't really want to be racing against someone that is running a friends car with no license/experience and have him cross into my lane at 135+ because he's not used to having to crank the wheel to correct the car because there is only 7 psi of pressure in the tires. Rules are rules and you cant bitch if you they wont let you run. Most of the time you know if you're legal or not.

 

"It is the tracks decision. One of our local tracks lets people run 10's with a lap belt and no helmet and the other little 1/8th mile track complained because my street tires didn't have metal valve steams and my factory battery tie down didn't have thick enough bolts. "

thats called pickin on imports at a redneck track.

 

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like i said the 9.99 is enforced more than the 135 depends on the track.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's right, the rules are the same at all tracks, just depends if they enforce them or not. Just go run NOPI, then don't really enforce much. lol I ran about 15 9 sec. passes w/o my liscense, most at NOPI. First NHRA event i went to i got 1 warning and then i was done. So now i have my liscense. It's not hard to get, just gotta go through the process.

 

is it just the physical and the 6 passes with 2 licensed drivers to sign off, and the track official to sign off too??? does the car have to be 9 sec legal or 135 legal, there are loop holes and differences in the rules

 

Two runs after you left they kicked me out to. They were cool with 35-36 but as soon as i got to 38 they were waithing for me at the time booth. .

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1663167

 

Now for the next question.. How can I get an IHRA license? All the tracks up near me in canada are IHRA, and some are most of the close US tracks.