outlaw 10.5 dragsters and fc's?

,well the nostalgia top fuel cars run a 12" m&h spec tire,and run fives with little blowers,pumps etc. so why wouldnt it work,Keep me posted on this,I will be reading,

 

it stinks! anytime you limit tire size as a governor on et,you will always have people with money to buy more horsepower than they have the ability to control. these classes in texas crash cars weekly ,and it's only a matter of time before somebody gets killed in one of these cars!! texas promods have lost 5 or 6 cars already this year! big horsepower,eight mile tracks late at night,cool temps,slick tracks are a formula for these accidents.safety requirements is not that good on some of these race cars.just my 2 cents worth.

 

Flash, you are seriously misinformed. We run outlaw 10.5 on a weekly basis and while there are wrecks, I would say no more than in any other class. I'm sitting here trying to think when the last time I saw an outlaw 10.5 car wreck, and I think it was last season.

 

Can we run a Ford?

 

AS a matter of fact, I went back and checked and we had several cars crash last year when we ran on the big tires (16x33) but none this year on the 10.5's. At least w/ King of the Hill.

 

That isn't true at all.

 

I know of four Frankie, Bevo, The Bone Collecter
and Chuck N

 

Bebo Chandler, and Chuck Nuytten had wrecks last season, not this season.

Nathan Martin and Frankie Taylor had wrecks this year. Taylor's car will be repaired. I'm not sure about Nathan's car.

Will, I think you have a pretty good idea here if you can figure out how to keep the quickest dragsters and funny cars from running much quicker than mid to high 3.90's. Otherwise I don't think you will see many doorslammers.

 

ok, 4 promds have crashed the last 12 months,nathan martin has just ordered a new chassis,frankies will be front halved and a new body,chuck nyutten car has a complete new body on it,chandler I don't know about. this does not count the cars that have hit the walls or guard rails that have been repaired that you wouldn't count as crashes.I like fast cars, but slick tracks late at night,poor judgement on the drivers part,and the desire to win that we all have is a recipe for crashes.

 

sounds like match racing ....

 

I know this is a FEW years old, but is/was there any activity on this? Any races develop? Thanks.

 

I would like to see a pro comp style class started , The 10.5 tire rule is not good and dangerous , just have rules in other ways and keep it safe , I would vote on no Electronics , no power grid , no traction control , that would be a good starting point , lots of guys have this and cant Tune like they think they can with out all of that B.S. on there cars. If I am not mistaken , the Nostalgia Funny cars have the same rules , in no electronics or no Data loggers , thats my idea .

 

A race track in Indy tried this some years back. The class was called Ultimate Dragster 10.5. I never heard of any safety complaints or concerns from any of the participants. Some of the guys who could go 3.70's on a big tire went high 3.90's on them if my memory serves me correctly. I believe they enjoyed the class and the challenges the 10.5 W tire brought to it.

 

Yes your are correct , I was just making a suggestion on rules , that would make things more fair , I tune my own Car with no Electronics and been 3.70,s , but everyone has there opinion , and different ideas , I just understand why some people like this 10.5 tire ?