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: When are you required to have a roll cage?


Pville
09-23-2008, 09:08 PM
I heard NHRDA at a certain point requires roll cages. Can anyone tell me the time you gotta run to be required to do this?

km2006dmax
09-23-2008, 09:11 PM
IIRC its 11.49 roll bar

9.99 or more than 135mph certified full cage.

http://www.nhra.com/contacts/tech_faq.html

Oilfield_Mafia
09-23-2008, 09:21 PM
hmm.. I thought it was 10 seconds like the NHRA? I might be wrong..

JoshH
09-23-2008, 11:26 PM
What km2006dmax posted is NHRA rules. A bar at 11.49 and faster. A cage at 9.99 and faster.

Pville
09-24-2008, 09:40 AM
where would the bar be located in a crew cab? does it have to be behind the driver seat?

king d
09-26-2008, 08:50 PM
i have a bar in my truck ,you guys ca check it out at the oct event...

JoshH
09-27-2008, 11:06 PM
i have a bar in my truck ,you guys ca check it out at the oct event...
:confused: Don't you run in the 9s? Have we been misinformed about the cage rule?

king d
09-28-2008, 08:44 PM
no my truck is an 05 dodge ctd,my old truck the 03 dmax which my brother races runs 9s and it has a cage....

JoshH
09-28-2008, 08:57 PM
Gotcha, thanks. Sorry about the mix up.

05LLY2500HD
10-30-2008, 08:33 PM
sooo................where would the bar be located in a crew cab???

TheBac
10-30-2008, 09:27 PM
Probably runs along the B pillars.

Nasty Girl had an interesting rollbar. Check out Keith's garage.

bigbird
11-09-2008, 11:28 AM
Probably runs along the B pillars.

Nasty Girl had an interesting rollbar. Check out Keith's garage.

According to NHRA rules Nasty Girl's bar is not legal. You need to have the 30 degree bars going from the top bar down to the frame. Rules are you need a 5pt. bar to run 11.0-11.49, you need a 6 pt. bar to run 10.0-10.99.

bigbird
11-09-2008, 11:31 AM
sooo................where would the bar be located in a crew cab???

Has to be within 6 inches of the drivers head. So up behind the headrests.