atco rule on ds loops? - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

dan · 03-02-2006, 07:41 PM

i'm planning to go to atco tomorrow, and i'm going to run drag radials for hte first time....am i required to have a ds loop?
i cant get a straight answer from anyone

79CamaroDiva · 03-02-2006, 08:15 PM

not with drag radials, no. You're required to have a loop if you break 11.49 or run slicks.

dan · 03-02-2006, 08:19 PM

score!, thanks diva

..i have one i just dont want to install it right now with the weather as it is..and i may be selling the car so it'd be osmething to remove later anyway..

79CamaroDiva · 03-02-2006, 08:27 PM

if they give you any lip tell them its 2:4 in general regulations in the book. the very end says:
"Driveshaft loop required on all cars running 13.99 seconds or quicker and utilizing slicks; except vehicles running 11.49 seconds or slower equipped with street tires"

I doubt theyll give you a hard time, but thats where it is.

dan · 03-02-2006, 08:45 PM

thanks again, i just didnt want to get there and catch hell and not be allowed to race...that would totally wreck my "race day buzz"

bitchincamaro · 03-02-2006, 09:16 PM

they probably wouldnt check anyway, before they new my car, they would ask me how fast i was going, i'd tell them i was hopeing to make a 11 second pass.

badzracing · 03-02-2006, 09:18 PM

If you drive it in, chances are they won't even tech the car. In fact, if you run "no-time" you can get away with more than usual as far as rules go.

camaroracer1992 · 03-02-2006, 10:03 PM

if its atco youre lucky if they check you have lug nuts on the wheels!

79CamaroDiva · 03-03-2006, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by camaroracer1992

if its atco youre lucky if they check you have lug nuts on the wheels!

when i go there for the gamblers races, tech is IN the staging lanes. As in fill out your name, hand him the paper as you're pulling up to the water.

camaro2you · 03-03-2006, 05:05 AM

i just put my loop in gotta take it off till i get new exhaust later down the line the damn y pip hits it.

camaroracer1992 · 03-03-2006, 09:50 AM

wow diva i didnt know it was that bad, i know buddies that race there and they tell me about it, thats why ive never ran my car there, id rather go to a track that has more reputable tech and spend 15 min in there and know that everyone is safe going down the strip.

79CamaroDiva · 03-03-2006, 10:25 AM

well, like i said, this is for the gamblers races there. ($5k, $10k, whatever to win) I suppose in their eyes, why inspect 2-300 dragsters when most of the racers there know more than the tech inspectors. If your cars not safe by that level, there's a problem. However, I think they should at least do a random inspection just to be sure everyone is legit.

Those are the only days that i've run there, with the exception of one tuesday, so I don't know what tech is like on their regular days. I don't remember if I had to get inspected or not on the tuesday.

camaroracer1992 · 03-03-2006, 12:06 PM

cool, still at that rate with those fast cars i think they should still check. islands tech is cool that old guy cracked me up when i was in there for hte nats last year!! give him a raise!!

Tru2Chevy · 03-03-2006, 01:07 PM

The tech at Atco is pretty much a joke. Granted the only car I have ever raced there is the Lumina, but they still don't check anything. The one time I raced at Island the tech inspector popped my hood and trunk to make sure everything was ok.

- Justin

Brando56894 · 03-03-2006, 03:37 PM

hopefully ill hit up atco during spring break

dan · 03-03-2006, 10:45 PM

i went

, couldnt hook to save my life..and hit a best of 12.924, at 107.95 with a 2.009 60'...and that was on drag radials, i need a converter bad and it should really wake her up