I’m refurbishing a LH steer street roadster to run in the local ET footbrake class. I’m thinking about removing the front fenders and running boards. Is a fenderless LH steer roadster permitted? The XHRA rule books are no help.
Mike Allred

I run a roadster in footbrake also and have been doing so for years. It does however have the fenders and running boards on it.

We have had guys that ran cars without them and it was no problem. Usually local brackets are ruled by the tracks management but using xhra safety rules. I don't see how removing the fenders changes anything because you are still left of the center line.

These days if you have entry money that is usually all it takes. LOL

That's almost certainly going to be a 'Track Rule' rather than an 'HRA Rule'.

Around here, I've raced against many center-steer altereds and dragsters in No Box/Pro ET, even at the NHRA ET Finals.

We have a few center steer altered's that run in no box / footbrake and they dont have fenders or running boards so I don't see why it would make any difference if you have a left hand steer with no fenders or running boards.
Like others have said, if you have entry money they will gladly take it

Pay the $50 entry and run it, where we race no one cares.

Bob

ps: I have a really nice left hand steer '27 Davis roadster with a 582 for sale. Car, trailer and equipment.

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Originally posted by Big Steve:
We have a few center steer altered's that run in no box / footbrake and they dont have fenders or running boards so I don't see why it would make any difference if you have a left hand steer with no fenders or running boards.
Like others have said, if you have entry money they will gladly take it

I ran Ardmore’s big money race last weekend and there were 2 altereds in Footbrake that were fast. One was running 5.teens

That’s encouraging feedback guys. I’ll keep the fenders in the rafters if they’re needed. This thing should look pretty raw and retro with everything exposed. Should run high 5s in the eighth. Hitting the track next spring.
Thanks for the replies!

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Originally posted by CURTIS REED:

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Originally posted by Big Steve:
We have a few center steer altered's that run in no box / footbrake and they dont have fenders or running boards so I don't see why it would make any difference if you have a left hand steer with no fenders or running boards.
Like others have said, if you have entry money they will gladly take it

I ran Ardmore’s big money race last weekend and there were 2 altereds in Footbrake that were fast. One was running 5.teens

That would be Billy Simpson

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Originally posted by Big Steve:
We have a few center steer altered's that run in no box / footbrake and they dont have fenders or running boards so I don't see why it would make any difference if you have a left hand steer with no fenders or running boards.
Like others have said, if you have entry money they will gladly take it

Never understood the lh steer restriction. What is difference in driver in left or in center? Then never understood why nho dragster in footbrake. Not like advantage. Hell if anything only 2wheels with brakes has to be disadvantage.

Looks like to me with falling numbers letting anyone who want to run race. As long as box ,no box or footbrake requirement is met.

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Originally posted by wideopen231:

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Originally posted by Big Steve:
We have a few center steer altered's that run in no box / footbrake and they dont have fenders or running boards so I don't see why it would make any difference if you have a left hand steer with no fenders or running boards.
Like others have said, if you have entry money they will gladly take it

Never understood the lh steer restriction. What is difference in driver in left or in center? Then never understood why nho dragster in footbrake. Not like advantage. Hell if anything only 2wheels with brakes has to be disadvantage.

Looks like to me with falling numbers letting anyone who want to run race. As long as box ,no box or footbrake requirement is met.

In an altered you don't have anything restricting your view to the left or right. When you are offset in a roadster the width of the car to the right makes things look different like a regular car.

Where I race motorcycles, dragsters and altereds are all good to go in footbrake.

If you want to run super gas or super rod, you will need the fenders, if not, just send it.

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Originally posted by Big Steve:

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Originally posted by CURTIS REED:

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Originally posted by Big Steve:
We have a few center steer altered's that run in no box / footbrake and they dont have fenders or running boards so I don't see why it would make any difference if you have a left hand steer with no fenders or running boards.
Like others have said, if you have entry money they will gladly take it

I ran Ardmore’s big money race last weekend and there were 2 altereds in Footbrake that were fast. One was running 5.teens

That would be Billy Simpson

Don't know what was up on Sunday late but he got me and he dialed 5.80 so I ran him way down and dropped him. Broke him out pretty bad.

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Originally posted by CURTIS REED:

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Originally posted by wideopen231:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Big Steve:
We have a few center steer altered's that run in no box / footbrake and they dont have fenders or running boards so I don't see why it would make any difference if you have a left hand steer with no fenders or running boards.
Like others have said, if you have entry money they will gladly take it

Never understood the lh steer restriction. What is difference in driver in left or in center? Then never understood why nho dragster in footbrake. Not like advantage. Hell if anything only 2wheels with brakes has to be disadvantage.

Looks like to me with falling numbers letting anyone who want to run race. As long as box ,no box or footbrake requirement is met.

In an altered you don't have anything restricting your view to the left or right. When you are offset in a roadster the width of the car to the right makes things look different like a regular car.

Where I race motorcycles, dragsters and altereds are all good to go in footbrake.[/QUOT

Asking why not allowed to run one in some class' while other is not. View of race does not seem to be reasonable for restricting one over the other.Then lot of **** does not seem reasonable now days.