helmet required for 1/4 mile?

[garystocker]

first time commin up! What do I need to have? Do I have to pass a tech inspection? How do I prepare?

87 5.0

 

[Daniel50]

you will need a helmet if your car goes 13.9 and lower. your tech will most likely check if your battery is held down and your not leaking anything badly.

 

[maverick0716]

Yeah, what he said. If you run a 12.99 or quicker you need a driveshaft safety loop, if you run 11.99 or quicker I think you need at least a 6 point roll cage.

 

[garystocker]

does it matter if it is old? I have a snell 80 and a shoe motorcycle helmet! Do they check the helmet?

 

[90mustangGT]

If your car is almost stock, on street tires, you probally won't need one.

Don't go down the track with a helmet unless your required. It makes you look like such a poser. There was this one guy with a Focus. He unloaded it off a trailer, full roll cage (at least 10pt), he had a full firesuit on, helmet, the works, (even the shoes) and ran high 12's.... in the 1/8th. You should have heard the jokes, and the announcer cracked on him like no other.

 

[90NotchBack]

you don't need a roll bar until 11.49 and quicker now.

 

[maverick0716]

Personally if I didn't know how fast my car was I'd bring the helmet but not wear it for the first run.....and then if you run faster than 13.9, wear it for the rest of your runs. Oh and NHRA rules says you need a SNELL 95 or newer helmet.....(stupid rule)

 

[BaXTeR3221]

If you run a 12.99 or quicker you need a driveshaft safety loop,

That cant be a universal rule can it? I know a lot of ppl running that fast that dont have one.

 

[z9_87]

sun roof and convertible have to wear one to right?

 

[Scorcher2005]

sun roof and convertible have to wear one to right?

definately not sunroof. but opposed to having a non-covertible needing a roll cage at quicker than 11.99, a vert needs a cage at 13.99.

 

[jaymac]

check the rules w/ your local track on the website, if they have one. At my track, verts do not need a rollbar until 13.5, and they require Snell 90 or newer for anything faster than 13.99

 

[mrswivlepants]

My track requires everyone to wear a helmet no matter what. Tech involved a fat redneck asking me if my car was basically stock....you answer yes, he signs your card and you're off. I don't even think he looked in the direction of the car the entire time.

 

[Curse]

first time commin up! What do I need to have? Do I have to pass a tech inspection? How do I prepare?

87 5.0

You should call you local track and ask them. Depending on who certified the track(NHRA, IHRA etc.)those will be the rules you have to follow. At my track if you are on slicks, no matter how slow you run you have to have a D/S safety loop.

 

[Fishhawk]

IHRA and NHRA tracks will require you to have a helmut. I believe the D/S rule stated by Mav. is NHRA. For sure if you're running slicks. My local track is no longer sanctioned, but they still require a helmut. New NHRA rules this spring have moved the cage rule down to 11.49. I think this is in anticipation of the upcoming new Vette that will run high 11's from the factory.

 

[Swarzkopf]

IHRA and NHRA tracks (mine is IHRA) both require that you wear a helmet IF you are running faster than 14.0. Higher than this you do not need to wear a helmet.

 

[87mustang347]

u dont need a driveshaft loop unless u have slicks, no matter how fast u go or unless u have a carbin fiber driveshaft