Wearing a helmet at the track?
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Wearing a helmet at the track?
so i just got stage 2 installed yesterday, and my best stock was 14.8 and i have read stage 2 will improve et by a second...so the rules are 13.99 or quicker must wear a helmet, should i invest in a helmet or not worry about it for right now?
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here in miami to wear a helmet you should be running 12s. In my opinion someone who runs 13s is and wears a helmet will look pretty stupid. But maybe thats the rule in ohio.
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Originally Posted by Ljavy17
here in miami to wear a helmet you should be running 12s. In my opinion someone who runs 13s is and wears a helmet will look pretty stupid. But maybe thats the rule in ohio.
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here in miami to wear a helmet you should be running 12s. In my opinion someone who runs 13s is and wears a helmet will look pretty stupid. But maybe thats the rule in ohio.
OneFast20 check your rules again.
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Originally Posted by OneFast20
so i just got stage 2 installed yesterday, and my best stock was 14.8 and i have read stage 2 will improve et by a second...so the rules are 13.99 or quicker must wear a helmet, should i invest in a helmet or not worry about it for right now?
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most of the time, until you run that low ET... they won't say anyhting... once you hit that mark, they will say something most of the time.
Here @ PRP, they are spotty with it depending on what night it is. @ test and tune nights, I think they are more lax on it, but on event nights, they are supposed to be a bit more strict about it.
I've heard some say there that once you run 13.99, you must wear one, and others saying NO.. it's 12.99
If you ran high 14's stock, with street tires, who knows depending on the weather what you can turn.
I've not seen a GM staged car run, but we have some running that have the intense kits ( of varying stages and tunes ) and some have run low 14's and one even ran a 14.00 @ almost 109mph... and that is with bad street tires, no exhuast work ( well, gutted cat ) and a CAI... Traction is the worst part of the runs. Once we get hooked up it flies down the track.
My best time was a 14.9 @ 94 ( had a 15.2 @ 97 ) and my 60' times SUCKED...
Anyway... good luck in getting down in the 13s.. should be cool.
BTW... what track are you rrunning?
Here @ PRP, they are spotty with it depending on what night it is. @ test and tune nights, I think they are more lax on it, but on event nights, they are supposed to be a bit more strict about it.
I've heard some say there that once you run 13.99, you must wear one, and others saying NO.. it's 12.99
If you ran high 14's stock, with street tires, who knows depending on the weather what you can turn.
I've not seen a GM staged car run, but we have some running that have the intense kits ( of varying stages and tunes ) and some have run low 14's and one even ran a 14.00 @ almost 109mph... and that is with bad street tires, no exhuast work ( well, gutted cat ) and a CAI... Traction is the worst part of the runs. Once we get hooked up it flies down the track.
My best time was a 14.9 @ 94 ( had a 15.2 @ 97 ) and my 60' times SUCKED...
Anyway... good luck in getting down in the 13s.. should be cool.
BTW... what track are you rrunning?
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Originally Posted by CoBOT
Rules say 12.99 or faster requires a helmet. If you can't keep your high 13 second car out of the wall so you need a helmet for safety, please stay home.(not directed at thread starter or you Ljavy17).
OneFast20 check your rules again.
OneFast20 check your rules again.
it's not that the driver can't keep there 13+ second car on the track. it has to do with the guy next to you that had a 13 second car and decided to put a 250 shot on it and send his car sideways blowing fluids all oveer the place into your lane or even worse into your car. it's just a safety precaution. if you really worry about how you look at the track, please stay home(not directed at thread starter or you ljavy17)
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Originally Posted by CoBOT
Rules say 12.99 or faster requires a helmet. If you can't keep your high 13 second car out of the wall so you need a helmet for safety, please stay home.(not directed at thread starter or you Ljavy17).
OneFast20 check your rules again.
OneFast20 check your rules again.
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Different tracks, different rules...I know by me, they'll boot you if you run anything below 14 without a helmet.
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Originally Posted by cawpin
Um, no. These are NHRA rules, not track rules. Most tracks go by the NHRA rules. Your track is dumb.
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Originally Posted by cawpin
Um, no. These are NHRA rules, not track rules. Most tracks go by the NHRA rules. Your track is dumb.
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At Quaker City Raceway it's 12.99 or faster to wear a helmet. Unless they changed it since i moved about 10 months ago.
But yea at Firebird its 13.99 and faster you need a helmet.
But yea at Firebird its 13.99 and faster you need a helmet.
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Originally Posted by R33P3R007
it's not that the driver can't keep there 13+ second car on the track. it has to do with the guy next to you that had a 13 second car and decided to put a 250 shot on it and send his car sideways blowing fluids all oveer the place into your lane or even worse into your car. it's just a safety precaution. if you really worry about how you look at the track, please stay home(not directed at thread starter or you ljavy17)
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In the immortal words of Seinfeld.
"I cannot believe that we have helmet laws to force people to protect the very brain that decides that it doesnt need to be protected."
Ask the guy eating his food through a tube if he felt "cool" not wearing his helmet.
Wake up and use your head.
"I cannot believe that we have helmet laws to force people to protect the very brain that decides that it doesnt need to be protected."
Ask the guy eating his food through a tube if he felt "cool" not wearing his helmet.
Wake up and use your head.
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Go run 13's and then see what they say. The first time I went Edgewater Sports Park in Cleves, OH, the guy didn't say anything. I was running consistent low 13's. A few weeks later my first run was a 13.1 and the guy told me I needed a helmet to run anymore. It just depends on who's passing the tickets out. The track rules require a helmet with a 13.99 or better but they don't seem to enforce them until someone is running low 13's.
Just my 2cents! Good luck with 13's... Hope you get them!
Just my 2cents! Good luck with 13's... Hope you get them!