Gainesville Raceway is NHRA owned so they go by the book, no exceptions. The one inconsistency, as I see it, is the roll bar rule that dictates a roll bar for cars running 11.49 down to 10.00. Okay, I get it but I have always contended that the rule should be based on speed as well as e.t. It bugs me that my son's car can run a 11.40 at 118 and be required to have a roll bar, but some ricer can come out and run a 12 flat at 130 and not be required to have a roll bar. I have seen this many times as they have no performance down low but when the turbocharger really gets wound up they run big speed #s.
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69 Bird w/1970 400 block(409 cubes), #64 heads, hyd. roller, Q-jet by Jeff E., original interior, ps, pdb, th350, and 3.73 gears. Pump gas, street driven muscle. 3800 lbs. race weight. Best, 11.39 @118, my son's car.
79 T/A w/463, Scat crank, Eagle rods, Icon pistons, Lunati solid roller, 262/270, KRE 325 heads, Northwind intake, QF950 carb, full interior, ps, pdb, th350, and 3.73 gears. Pump gas, 3650 lbs. race weight. 10.68 @ 126 so far... no tuning yet.
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