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AlanCasida

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Window net requirement
« on: May 20, 2021, 09:12:47 AM »
There has been a conversation on a Rocky Mountain RaceWeek page I frequent concerning the NHRA requirement of a window net. Some say you need it only when you run 9.99 or quicker and/or 135+ mph. Others say if you have a full cage you need it regardless of ET. I have a full cage with no net in my Mustang but I am not close to running 9.99 or 135 mph. The way I read the it the net requirement begins at 9.99 and/or 135+ mph. It doesn't really say there is a requirement on the cage only but I know a cage isn't required until 9.99 so I guess that might go together. At RWRW 2.0 last year they didn't say anything but I don't want to get bounced because of that this year. 

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Re: Window net requirement
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2021, 10:08:01 AM »
   Rules are certainly "interpreted" by individual tracks. As "I" read the rule book a net is required with a full cage.

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Re: Window net requirement
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2021, 11:13:18 AM »
https://nationaldragster.s3.amazonaws.com/Rulebooks/2021_NHRA_Rulebook_21_01_28/index.html

Looks like it's not needed 6:3, I thought the same as Randy maybe it was changed at sometime.
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Re: Window net requirement
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2021, 01:48:00 PM »
My local track held a chassis certification a couple months back. They flew in a NHRA tech inspector from headquarters in LA for the event. He certified our cage to 8.50. No net required. But the truck only runs 11.0x. So it's a rule probably like Randy mentioned, open to interpretation.
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