Street cars the following items are required for a vehicle and driver to pass tech. Jr dragster classes kids from 8 to 17 year old can enjoy the thrill of racing electric on the drag strip and be recognized as a nedra junior record holder. The tail light assembly is necessary as per nhra and ihra rules. There is no such thing as a guaranteed safe drag race.
In 2010, the nhra approved electric powered junior dragsters epjds to race against gas junior dragsters. Street, a racing program for 16yearolds that gives them the opportunity to race against their peers in. Nhra has more than 140 member tracks across the united states and in canada and mexico. This exciting new category is designed to compliment the nhra jr. Our goal is to provide a nostalgia style heads up drag racing event to bring back the feeling of the good old days of the wonderful world of drag racing. It is a rule, and to be enforced at the tracks digression. As part of a special, youthoriented issue, nhra national dragster took a look at jr. Jr race car initially offered components such as turn key jr dragster chassis, engines, clutches and chassis components manufactured in house from the beginning. Drag racing league offers kids ages 517 a chance to race halfscale dragsters in a controlled environment at many of nhra s member tracks throughout the united states and in canada long before they can obtain a state drivers license. Basic nhra safety rules v072015 this is general information only and you should always refer to the current official nhra rule book. Drag racing league was founded in 1993 by nhra and old bridge township raceway park founder vinnie napp. Class is for dragster, open bodied altered, street roadster, or funny cartype vehicles only running between 6.
As a fan, youll love it, because it brings you inside the highly technical world of nhra drag racing like nothing else can. Napp developed the first smallscale replica dragster for his son in 1991 and the first pair of nhra jr. Drag racing league rulebook will continue to be posted as needed on. Additionally, the online version of the 2020 nhra summit racing jr. Welcome to the official facebook page of the nhra summit racing jr. Draft requirements and specifications for electric jr. Thank you for stopping by the official southwest junior fuel association website. Chassis kits jr race car junior dragster, race car. Class is for dragster, open bodied altered, street roadster, or funny cartype vehicles only. Every year, nhra shares its secrets and makes its complete rules available to the public for every class from top fuel to the e. Classbyclass regulations and requirements, racing procedures, and. Note, if you are racing nhra sanctioned event, the strap must be removed via a small screw on the rear of the unit, a small hole drilled into your rear shield or other area and the screw replace through the car to permanently mount the light on the car to meet the rule listed on page 39 of the jdrl rule book.
The way i read the rule for wheel studs is that the lug nut must protrude the wheel studs by at least the diameter of the stud not go past the lug so it sticks out just in the lug nut the diameter. All applications must be printed in color, all verbiage appearing red on screen must print in red. For more information about an nhra street legal program in your community, contact your. All of nhra s member tracks are eligible to conduct nhra jr. Reserved for 1955 or newer modelyear factory production automobiles and some sports cars. Those interested in competing should contact a member track by using the member track locator at nhra. Good tires, a solid battery hold down, radiator overflow reservoir, functioning neutralsafety switch, seat belts, and a valid. Dragster, then you havent seen the future of nhra drag racing. Even though the competition side of nhra drag racing has been idled by the coronavirus pandemic, the presses at national dragster are still running full speed ahead, continuing our commitment to. National electric drag racing association media information.
A current nhra chassis certification for running 9. Nhra has posted the online version of the 2020 nhra summit racing jr. First created by nhra as an insert to national dragster and reproduced here with additional rare historical photographs, wally parks, hot roddings hero features interviews with parks himself and is an inspiring mustread for race fans of all ages. While smaller, these race cars can still do up to 85 mph on an 18 mile track although mostly, younger racers are restricted from going this fast but they are a great way for the 5 17. Easy to install push buttom jr dragster led tail light.
Nhra publicationss books and publications spotlight. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. Here you can view the ihra rulebook, order a physical copy and check out all of the latest competition updates and revisions. Lots of technical data for drag racing in nhra in 1965. Junior drag racing rules reconsidered in australia after 8. Though it may not go from 0 to 85 right away, investing in a basic jr. Current nhra top alcohol dragster racer mike manners got his start racing in the top dragster class and was often one of the top qualifiers with runs in the low sixsecond zone at over 210mph. Jr street rules section of nhra rulebook hot rod heritage racing. Buy a rulebook 2019 to 2020 rulebook amendments 2020 rulebook 2020 rulebook amendments junior dragster racing league rulebook. Dragsters launched down the raceway park dragstrip in. As others have said there are also a bunch of smaller, regional races with varying rules, but generally they are bracket races.
Doug foleys drag racing school 802g performance road mooresville, nc 28115 8663724783. Drag racing league offers kids ages 517 the opportunity to experience the thrill of racing halfscale dragsters in a controlled racing environment at many of nhra s member tracks across the united states and canada. In 1992 jr race car began manufacturing parts for the newly accepted nhra junior drag racing. The 2020 nhra rulebook is now online and viewable by all who wish to compete in the nhra arena. One in wentzville, mo used a 1969 rule book to classify cars and you did run heads up in class eliminations. Nhra releases online version of 2020 nhra summit racing jr. Youll learn the basics of the sport and still get moving right along at about 45 mph.
Get your official nhra national hot rod association rule book to stay compliant at the strip. In addition to having the parts and pieces needed to make a jr. This page contains rules and information that should help to explain specific rules of. Important notice all junior dragsters participating at big country. International hot rod association rules junior dragsters. Dragster are the same as those for nhra castrol gtx jr. Nhra rules of the 60s nostalgia gassers racing association. If youre a serious fan or a potential racer, this book is for you. Taken from the 1962, official nhra rule book pertaing to the gas coupesedan class aka gas class or gassers for short. So if you have a 12 wheel stud and the the shank of the stud is 1 12 long and its an open lug it is all ways going to be at at least 12 into.
Drag racing is a dangerous sport, nhras rule book states. Having it taken away because of a rule violation would be agony. Nhra provides the et and general regulations sections of the current rule book at under the. Classified per nhra performance rating as listed in the official nhra stock car classification guide. Junior comp is the newest category being offered by nhra.
Drag racing league jdrl by giving competitors a faster class with all of the standard big car safety features. You can purchase your own rule book during any regular event in the firebird sport shop. Drag racing league rulebook on under rules and under the rulebookamendment section on jrdragster. This is a very simple tail light assembly that is easy to mount and easy to wire up. A modern top dragster is capable of running the same elapsed times as top fuel dragsters did in the early 1970s. Junior dragster rules national electric drag racing.