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| 1. DRIVERS... All cars
are subject to N.H.R.A./I.H.R.A. rules and specs that apply to your vehicle
and category. You are responsible for knowing and implementing these
regulations. Copies are available at our concession stand or numerous other
outlets. 2. Sportsmanlike conduct at all times. 3. There shall be no alcoholic beverages in the race cars on the track or in the staging lanes. If you are suspected of having too much to drink, you will be asked to leave the staging lanes. 4. 4-Wheelers, 3-Wheelers, Skates, Bicycles, Mini-Bikes, etc. are not allowed on premises. 5. Seatbelts and helmets shall be fastened during burnout and approaching the starting line. 6. Dragsters and open-front-wheel cars shall be allowed one (1) burnout through the lights. Full-bodied cars will be held back. 7. If you leak anything on the starting line, you shall be backed off. 8. You shall not stage until your opponent has prestaged or unless you have been instructed to do so by the starting line manager. 9. Glass containers are not allowed on property. 10. When you stage, you buy it . . . 11. No unauthorized personnel will be allowed on the race track. Press personnel, photographers, camera crews and pit crewmen must report to tech man at head of staging. 12. Race cars must pass through "tech," and your tech card must be filled out and turned in at "tech". 13. No deep staging will be allowed. 14. No holding of cars or bikes during burn-out. 15. Speeding vehicles or careless driving in the pits is strictly forbidden. It may result in your having to leave the race track. 16. Once eliminations have started, there will be no time trials until after the third round. There will be no substitutions of vehicles or drivers. 17. No pets (dogs, cats, etc) are allowed on the premises of Gulfport Dragway. 18. If you test on top end of the track, helmets and safety equipment must be fastened. 19. Persons working the staging lanes are there to move the mass of machinery by two, safely, smoothly, swiftly as possible down the race track. Lanes numbered odd 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9 will use left lane, even numbered lanes 2, 4 , 6, 8, & 10, will use the right lane. However, if this is not always possible you will be told what lane to get into. Either go down the track or get on the trailer. 20. Drivers, do not start your burn-out until the drivers who are attempting to stage have gone from the starting line. |
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Pass Safety Tech Working windows Door slammer Operational headlights, brake lights, tail lights Nitrous permissible Wheel tubs permissible |
Mufflers Glass Windshield Trailered through gate permissible D.O.T. tires ONLY Line Locks permissible Long pants and helmet No Electronics |
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Bracket drag racing
is the most equal opportunity sport in the world. Man and women, young
or old, all have an equal chance. Anyone can win bracket racing, with any kind of car, truck or motorcycle. All you have to do is drive consistently. It makes no difference if you car is fast or slow, because the races are based on a system where the slower car gets a head start. Bracket racing is easy to learn and entry fees are less than the average rock concert, but you can win cash and prizes worth 1,000s of dollars. Drivers make time trials during the first part of the day. Time trials are practice runs: on each run the elapsed time (E.T.) is electronically measured and presented to the driver on a computer printout. The elapsed time is the time it takes to get from the starting line to the finish line. After time trials, drivers study their elapsed time printouts and try to predict what their cars will turn on the first run of eliminations (actual competition). The driver's elapsed time predictions are dialed-in to the starting line computer used to determine the handicaps. As two cars pull to the starting line the computer compares their dial-ins and gives the slower car a head start, via an earlier go signal from the computer controlled Christmas Tree. If your decision is to race, the first stop inside the gate is the tech area, teching in only takes a few minutes. The official checks tires, steering, brakes, battery, anything that might be a safety hazard. Any well, maintained highway car will pass tech, and when this is done the officials assign a number to that vehicle. Next you find a pit area. The pits are where the race cars are worked on and where drivers leave their gear and crew members. There are two unwritten laws of pit etiquette. First, pedestrians let the race cars have the right of way. This is mostly done as a courtesy, because many race cars are towed or coasted through the pits to keep the motor cool. Second, being in the pits gives you up-close access to all the racing machinery; therefore, the rule is look, don't touch. The staging lanes are where the drivers line up and wait to make a run down the race track. The staging director and starter are there to make sure the cars are flowing smoothly and safely, and their word is law. The bleach box is where the cars spin the tires in water. The process is called a water burnout and it is done to get the tires hot and sticky for better traction. A drag strip is actually two race strips in one; each lane has its own starting and timing system and function independently of the other. One lane can be totally inoperative and the other will still function perfectly. The starting system for each lane consists of the Christmas Tree and two beams of light aimed across the starting line. The Christmas Tree is the pole on the starting line with the amber, green and red lights, the top most and smallest bulbs are the pre-staged and staged lights. Next are three amber countdown lights, next the green-go-light, and the red-foul light. As the front tires roll into the first light beam, it signals the tree and lights the pre-staged bulb. A few inches further and you're in the second light beam and the staged bulbs comes on. At this point, the driver is supposed to be ready to race. The starter waits a few seconds and starts the Christmas Tree. It blinks down - amber, amber, amber, green...a half second between bulbs, one-and-a-half seconds from first amber to green, that is all there is to it. The green light is your signal to go, but it is only a signal... the elapsed time will not begin until the front tires move out of the light beam, this never changes. The elapsed time computer is triggered by the front tire...not by the go signal. There is a time-recording related to the green go signal. It's called the reaction time. Reaction time is computed in thousandths-of-a-second; it tells how quickly you moved off the starting line (out of the light beam) after the green light. On the other hand, if you leave the starting line before the green light, you will be disqualified via a red light / foul start. At first it might seem ridiculous that anyone would leave too soon, but the reaction time is so important that drivers try desperately to cut the green light as closely as possible. In fact, because the front tire must roll a few inches before they are out of the light beam practiced drivers actually have floored the gas and have their cars moving while the last amber light is still on; but they know their cars and themselves so well they do not break the light beam until the green has flashed. It takes practice and concentration. Separate lines are painted at the finish, each having its own set of lights and is marked with cones. The lines are 66 feet apart and are called the traps. Crossing the first line starts the MPH computer, crossing the second line stops the elapsed time computer, which started when the car left the starting line. It is also the finish line and is exactly 1320 feet from the starting line. We have enough shutdown area to stop a 290 MPH dragster, with three exits: one at 1,550', another at 2,000' and the last exit at 4,500'. Paralleling the drag strip is the return road. All drag strips are one way - never, never turn around and return via the drag strip. The dial-in is used to determine the handicap start. Based on your time trials, the dial-in is what you think you will turn your next run, which will be the first round of eliminations (actual competition). The dial-in is written to the hundredth-of-a-second on the passenger window with white shoe polish. As the competitors approach the starting line, the tower personnel enter the dial-ins into the computer, which programs the Christmas Tree and gives the slower car the head start. During eliminations dial-ins may be changed between rounds. You may never have an elapsed time quicker than the dial-in. If you do, you break out and are disqualified. The dial-in handicap works like this. Say your dial-in is 20.00 seconds and your opponents dials-in at 19.00 seconds. You will get a one second head start, that is, one second after you get the go signal, your opponent will get his go signal. When all the cars in a bracket have made a run, it is called completing a round. Each run has a winner and a loser, so each time a round is completed, half the cars are eliminated. Even with 100 cars in the bracket, it only takes seven rounds to crown the bracket winner. During eliminations a breakout is an instant loss. If both cars break out, the car breaking out by the least is the winner. The red light is also an instant loss. If you red light, you cannot win. If your opponent red lights, you cannot lose. Also, if your opponent red lights, the breakout rule is waived. The buy-run is a lone run given to a randomly chosen car, because of an unequal number of cars in a round as determined by random, or by ladder sheet. During time trials both sides of the Christmas Tree count down together. During handicap eliminations the count down is staggered, because one side of the tree starts before the other. |
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Golf Cart and Motor Scooter Regulations All golf carts and motor scooters must abide by 20 mph speed limit Must have headlights and taillights None shall enter pedestrian area All golf carts and motor scooters are to be registered with Gulfport Dragway. Each must be issued a Gulfport Dragway decal and number. Proof of ownership, insurance company name, and insurance policy number will be required before a number will be given. There is a non- refundable yearly registration fee of $25 per golf cart and motor scooter or a daily fee of $10 per golf cart and motor scooter. Year is from January 1 to December 31. Must have listed on registration records, all designated drivers. No one under 18 years of age will be allowed to drive or maneuver a golf cart or motor scooter. One person allowed per seat. A child under one year of age is an exception to this rule. Golf carts and motor scooters are only allowed to enter the staging lanes if towing a racecar. Once the racecar goes down track, golf cart or motor scooter must leave the staging lanes. Golf carts and motor scooters cannot come up the fire-up road unless towing a racecar. Once the racecar goes down the track, the golf cart or motor scooter must leave the fire-up Right of way at Gulfport Dragway is
Violators will be issued no warning. There will be immediate removal of the golf cart or motor scooter. Violators can lose golf cart and motor scooter privileges for a year or more.
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| The rules and/or
regulations set forth herein are designed to provide for the orderly conduct
of racing events and to establish minimum acceptable safety requirements for
such events. These rules shall govern the condition of all events, and
by participating in these events, all participants are deemed to have
complied with these rules. NO EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF SAFETY
SHALL RESULT FROM PUBLICATIONS OF OR COMPLIANCE WITH THESE RULES AND/OR
REGULATIONS. They are intended as a guide for the conduct of the sport
and are in no way a guarantee against injury or death to a participant,
spectator or official. The race director shall be empowered to permit minor deviation from any of the specifications herein or impose any further restrictions that in his opinion do not alter the minimum acceptable requirements. NO EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF SAFETY SHALL RESULT FROM SUCH ALTERATION OF SPECIFICATIONS. Any interpretation or deviation of these rules is left to the discretion of the officials. Their decision is final. Gulfport Dragway |
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