Yep, you have it right. Pretty relaxed standards, street car quality safety gear plus current Snell SA Helmet.
They ARE sticklers for things like battery tie downs (no bailing wire or bungee cords), proper wheel lug nuts (
all present and accounted for Sir!), proper rated tires... other stuff on the USFRA website under
130mph club.
Tips: Having been through USFRA tech, and having been through NHRA tech hundreds of times, and have beenTHE tech inspector at member tracks myself, anything that is not factory will get scrutinized for safety. No safety wire on fasteners required, but zip ties holding heavy stuff on is a non-no. Loose interior items, stuff that could come loose in a rollover and beat the crap out of the driver should be fastened down or removed before you tech the car. Aeromods they want held on by rivets (instead of sheetmetal screws, that can vibrate out and cause other cars to get flat tires). Poprivets are great. They will look over your boat tail real good, to make sure it isn't going to fall off and delay the event. If you use salt flat discs wheel covers, they want 6 screws now (I think) or 3 Dzus fasteners (no friction finger held on type allowed). They don't want large oversize penetrations from the engine compartment into the passenger compartment, where fire could find it's way in under speed, and burn the driver. No liquid inside the passenger compartment allowed (no aux fuel tank, no fuel lines inside, a coupe of drinking water bottles are fine). Your surface rust wheel are fine. Or wire brush, rattle can, and work on the important stuff.
Be sure to add to your list before leaving home:
current registration AND proof of insurance, and a valid driver's license. They won't let you race 130mph club without those.
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Originally Posted by JethroBodine
Nope. AFAIK, the 130 mph class is the only one that doesn't even need a roll cage. Pretty low safety standards compared to other classes. I could be wrong.
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