DRR Sportsman
| quote: Originally posted by tinbanger:
After speaking to powers at be Richard you are correct. Tag must be permanently attached. You can make your own. NHRA must be bored!
It’s always been a rule for advanced ET. I guess they are getting bored like you said. I bought mine thru Amazon for 5 dollars I think. |
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DRR Sportsman
| quote: Originally posted by RPROGAS:
Perhaps it's time NHRA reviewed this requirement.
There are hundreds, if not thousands of race cars out there that have never had a Manufacturers Chassis Tag. Fabricating a home made tag with "made up information" violates a more important rule, falsifying technical information. My car was made by a well known Professional Chassis Builder and never had a tag. Before you ask, no he's not going to issue me a chassis tag. This car was originally built for David Rampy then a year later (1999) it was sold to Rod Fuller. I've owned it since 2001 and it has passed every chassis certification inspection since then.
I am not about to commit a more serious technical violation by falsifying information. It recently passed a Chassis Certification (1/1/19), I am hoping that suffices. In short I would not get too excited about not having a Manufacturers Chassis Tag, it may be something that is impossible to acquire. I can't imagine NHRA denying those thousands of cars from competing because they lack the Manufacturers Chassis Dated Tag.
Bob
There are plenty of people with the ability to weld just as good or even better than the top chassis builders in the country. So if one of these guys builds their own car to SFI specs and makes a tag saying joe blow chassis doesn’t mean that they are falsifying a tag. That’s why NHRA and IHRA allow you to make your own chassis tags if you built it yourself. |
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DRR Trophy
| I would hope that they grandfather and waiver any car with a previous SFI sticker, who knows as the faces change, so does the interpretation. In early 2K, I had a car inspected by Pinky (RIP) here in Div III and he said; “nice car, who built it?” I told him I did and then he questioned my qualifications  , he passed the car without issue and told me they were probably going to require certain qualifications in the near future like weld certs and such and he also mentioned a builders tag. Maybe this is some of that 15+ years later(?). Good reason though….if you have seen some cars that have crashed and the welds that have failed….you will quickly realize that the outer appearance of a weld is only part of what’s important .
Jerry Kathe
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| quote: Originally posted by Lenny5160:
I think they just want a way to tie a certification to the chassis. That way, if someone has a chassis certified and then transfers that sticker to a different car that maybe wouldn't certify, there is a way to identify that.
Sound like a new way for them to make the racer pay for something new. I am sure it will cost the racer something.
"Just Shut Up and Race"
Brian Martin
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| | | Posts: 1401 | Location: Va.Beach .Va | Registered: August 03, 2005 |
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| I'm guessing that some of the big chassis manufacturers have offered monies to the NHRA to phase out older chassis'. Kind of like safety equipment people have done. They have to have an opening paragraph. This new rule will be it. Soon, your 10yr old chassis will be scrap metal if you want to play in their sandbox.  ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ |
| | | Posts: 559 | Location: Republic of Texas | Registered: January 16, 2011 |
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