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Sponsor Decals.As notified previously, any racer failing to display series sponsor decals will have points removed! We are checking vehicles through TV / Video footage and photographs starting from the Digga event and points will be removed from non compliant competitors.
On both sides of the vehicle is just that! No corporate sponsor of your vehicle would prohibit a small decal on your car if that companies decal was paying for the coverage you are getting. Coverage that probably got you the sponsor deal in the first place!
Pre Entry.There may only be one more National event to pre enter for the Power Series championship but racers are reminded, there is a cut off date for pre entry and it will be enforced. Pre entry helps you the racer financially and us to work the race day out better. Help us help you have a better days racing.
Rule submissions for 2010/2011 season.
Racers are encouraged to discuss these rule submissions with other racers within your division and give your Drivers rep some guidance to your preference or ideas.
Drivers representitives will discuss these with NZDRA at the Prestone NZ Nationals.
1/ Super Street:Super Street changed to 11-12.99 second and street 13 second +, as per ANDRA rules.
NB: That super street has the largest field and that half the competitors only race at their own track and don’t have any intentions or knowledge about the National point seriesI regularly have a 5 second handicap which no other class has such a handicap I believe there is more than enough cars to make a full field in the 11 to 12.99 second class.
If submission number 1, is not approved then I would like to see Super Street ( 11-12.99) get 20 points for each round win as quiet often we have to do 2-3 rounds before we even get points.
NB: This is due to the large fields in Super Street since there is no drag racer of the year anymore this would have no effect on that.
2/Sports Compact:Introduce another Class & index into Sports Compact aimed at the 10.99 and faster street cars like the EVO’s and Skylines from the night wars, they’d have to abide to the same safety rules as sports mod, but give them a lower index so they are not getting thrown in the “deep end” with a 8.4 index of sports mod, in the hope they “get the bug” and want to go faster.
NB: Because at the moment there is no real place for the faster night wars cars to run flat out.
Introducing another index for Sport Mod with OEM gearbox:We would like to see the cars running an OEM gearbox be put under a separate index to the present S/M cars running clutchless gearboxes. We believe the fastest sport mod has gone with an OEM box is 9.41.
NB: Present weight break of which many Sport Mod cannot achieve is not fair compensation.
Allowing extended nose bodywork (up to 45’’ - 724mm) in Pro Import.
NB: Re evaluation of last years submission.
Allow any engine / body combination in Pro Import.
NB: Sport Mod does not requires this nor does any other NZDRA class.
3/ Bike submissions:
Reinstate D/DB and DD/DB for 0-499cc bikes.
NB: There are some of these bikes around and they need a class to run in. This class may have been omitted from the current rules.
/AB Ignition – All - /AB must be fitted with a positive ignition cut off switch attached to the rider with a lanyard. Cut off switch must be on low-voltage side of ignition circuit.
NB: No rule there at present but should be there.
/SBGround Clearance – Minimum of 50mm with rider in position on machine.
NB: No rule at present but should be there.
4/ Top Alcohol / Competition:
Propose that all PSI Blowers be excluded from AA/, BB/ etc Competition classes.
NB: To create a clearer line between AA/ Competition cars and Top Alcohol cars.
Overdrive limits imposed on Competition vehicles.
NB: To create a clearer line between AA/ Competition cars and Top Alcohol cars.
If a weight break should be Introduce for A/Fuel vehicles to race in Top Alcohol.
NB: At least one of these has been brought to NZ.
5/ Funny Car:
Rule - Body may not be lengthened or shortened?Clarification needed as all Funny car bodies are lengthened from stock!
Replace with: Body may be lengthened up to 10% of original factory body dimension. Widths may also need amending to comply with international body regulations.
6/ Competition - Altered:
Rule - Vehicles must be equipped with a grill or simulated grill for body used.Replace with: The use of a grill / radiator surround is optional but if used must resemble the original in shape and contour.
7/ Competition – Top Street:
NZDRA would like feedback from racers in regards to combining Competition and Top Street togeather at National events in a division called Super Comp.
NB: NZDRA have always invisaged keeping open wheel vehicles and street type vehicles separate but the advent of minimal numbers at some events means combining the two index classes would keep the racing exciting and racers would be assured maximum round points.
8/ Junior Dragster:
8.1To amend the 8.5 second E.T Limit and amend the wording concerning the implementation of the rule.
Minimum E.T dial –in restricted to 7.90 seconds or slower in the eight-mile, based on either an E.T dial-your -own or heads-up basis, breakout rules apply. Any qualifying pass made quicker than 7.90 seconds by a competitor will be placed at the end of the qualifying field for that round of qualifying and any subsequent qualifying pass by that competitor slower than 7.90 seconds will then apply as their best qualifying pass , Eliminations will revert back to the 7.90 E.T cut off. Any competitor running quicker than 7.7 0 E.T in the eight-mile or faster than 85.00 mph will be allowed one warning,(to be entered in competitors log book ) for the event, Any competitor running quicker than 7.50 E.T in the eight-mile or faster than 89.99 mph at any time during the event will be disqualified from the event and could be subject to additional disciplinary action at the discretion of NZDRA.
NB: Discussion point whether chassis specs need to be upgraded if this proposal was to be accepted.
8.2 To amend the Junior / Intermediate / Senior Classes
The junior and intermediate bracket classes together as a more age E.T / mph based group.The senior bracket class to race together as a more age E.T / mph based group. You could call the two eliminations, junior and the senior group - junior pro. This season as a number count we have junior/ junior and intermediate junior classes 17 cars Senior class juniors number count 19 cars , so there is available a good number for each classes to split the fields, which makes it a lot safe to run as age and et and mph based classes.
8.3 Minimum weight ( without driver or driver apparel) of 102 kg (225 lbs)Removable ballast is limited to 11.3 kg (25 lbs ).
NB: The use of ballast and minimum weight cars is allowed by other overseas sanctioning bodies (e.g. , ANDRA and NHRA as a way to assist with keeping junior dragsters with in the set ET Limits and assist with loading of polar clutches etc (USA designed and built cars etc).
8.4 To change Steering regulation to read as follows: Karting type steering on junior dragsters must not be overly direct, junior dragsters running 8.89 ET and quicker must have rack and pinion steering only.NB: Rack and pinion is not required under ANDRA ( junior dragster) or AHRA (American hot rod association ) junior dragster rules, but is required on a ET based time under NHRA (junior dragster rules ) 8.99 et and faster.
Safety / General Regulations:
9/ Licence fee’s Super Street:License fees for Super Street (11- 12.99) to be all the same.NB: I think it is unfair that I am paying $170.00 for my limited license and most of my competitors are only paying $75.00 for their sportsman’s license, yet we are all racing in the same class.I think a fair solution to this maybe $100.00 for all super street (11-12.99) racers.
10/ Engine Nappies:
That all cars running under 11 seconds that they be fitted with an approved safety engine nappy.If above ruling is not applied perhaps a clean up charge or fine of $200 could be implemented.
11/ Junior Dragster first round seeding:
To be seeded regardless of field size from the first round.
12/ All unlimited field size - seeding:
To be seeded regardless of field size from the first round.
13/ Seeding of 5 and 6 car fields:
At present with low entry numbers in some classes 5 and 6 car fields are seeded in a way that doesn’t provide for 4 semi finalists. In the age of TV and promotion of the sport, raising its profile etc this not the ideal situation having a bye run at the semi final stage. As far as points chases go it also removes 20 points every meeting as semi final points can only be gained by one driver. A change as detailed below I think would provide a better spectacle and also create a tighter point score race. In a perfect world seeded drivers 1,2,3 and 4 should be meeting in your semi finals, under the current seeding, driver #4 has very little opportunity of doing so and all things going to plan is sitting on the trailer come semi final time while only 3 cars compete at semi final stage.
Submission for seeding of these size fields would be.
6 car field:
1st round:
#1 and #2 get a freebie, a bye, which that would race in paired competition ( a pre-curser to a final later in the day, maybe) against each other, both progressing to the semi final.
#3 races #6 and #4 races #5, the winners progressing to the semi final.
This leaves you with 4 cars remaining and seeding of those would continue on as normal, 1 v 4 and 2 v 3 and then your final.
5 car field:
Maybe your first round only consists of a "knock out" or "sudden death" type of race between your #4 and #5 qualifiers, the winner moving on to round 2 (semi final) to join the top 3 qualifiers thus leaving you with 4 at semi final stage. Weather or not qualifiers 1,2 and 3 have to make runs is to be worked out but basically they have free passage to the semi final stage anyway.
14/ Advising Out:Something also needs to be done about cars who are clearly broken being seeded in fields. On the weekend again there was a lengthy delay as large pieces of a cars engine were picked up off the track and yet that very same car was seeded in the field for the first round. I know it would be hard to enforce as you can’t physically check or ask every driver if they are still in, but surely in obvious cases common sense would prevail.
15/Changing Vehicle Classes Part Way Through The Season/NZDRA Season Points:
For the NZDRA Point Score series, racers may only enter in one class per vehicle, eg A/DB or AA/DB, but not both. If a racer decides to change classification part way through the season, that may be done, but points gained when competing in one vehicle class (eg, A/DB), cannot be transferred to the new vehicle class(eg, AA/DB).
NB: Changing classes is an easy way of gaining significant advantage at very little cost (being the cost of a tech inspection) to go to a softer factor with the same vehicle, and doing so gives the racer an unfair advantage, by virtue of the fact that not every racer can change classes using the same vehicle due to the fact that some vehicles only fit into one and one only classification. In order to keep the sport as fair as possible, and not give some racers advantages that others are not privileged to (thus giving said racers an unfair advantage), this proposed new rule makes sense, and makes the playing field fair for all, which it currently is not.
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