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Old Feb 1, 2005 | 06:54 AM
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Has anyone heard the latest on rollbars/rollcages needed for ttops and verts. at IHRA tracks like NED. The last thing I heard was a cage was mandatory for 11.49 or faster...ouch. Please tell me they rethought this.
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Old Feb 1, 2005 | 07:42 AM
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Dont worry brent you will be 12.0 at 140 still
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Dont worry brent you will be 12.0 at 140 still
Ouch!
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Old Feb 1, 2005 | 07:55 AM
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t-tops rule completely eliminated. They dropped it for 11.00-11.49 a few months ago...they just made a rulebook change for 10.00-10.99 cars

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p. 97 RollCage/ Roll Bar: Delete the 4 th sentence of the section stating, “T-top vehicles follow convertible guidelines.”
http://www.ihra.com/tech/index.html
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Old Feb 1, 2005 | 07:56 AM
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BTW...convertibles still require them
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Old Feb 1, 2005 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Fireball
t-tops rule completely eliminated. They dropped it for 11.00-11.49 a few months ago...they just made a rulebook change for 10.00-10.99 cars



http://www.ihra.com/tech/index.html
Hey, thanks. So, if I'm in the 10's with a ttop c5 my 6 point roll bar is OK?
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Old Feb 1, 2005 | 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by PurEvl
Dont worry brent you will be 12.0 at 140 still
Ya youre right. But can you just imagine how much fun it's going to be burning rubber throught he 1/8. Maybe that 200 shot will help me break into the 11's
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Originally Posted by BrentC5
Ya youre right. But can you just imagine how much fun it's going to be burning rubber throught he 1/8. Maybe that 200 shot will help me break into the 11's
I believe 10.99 or faster need a full cage for ttop.
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Originally Posted by My84Z
I believe 10.99 or faster need a full cage for ttop.


t-tops are treated as hardtops. as long as firewall and floorpan are unmodified, you can run a rollbar as fast as 10.00000000
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Originally Posted by Fireball
t-tops are treated as hardtops. as long as firewall and floorpan are unmodified, you can run a rollbar as fast as 10.00000000
Thanks fireball.
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