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These are the new Rules for the Street cars that run on Thursday night.　

1.All IHRA safety rules apply.
2.Nitrous bottles in passenger area must be vented outside.
3.Frames- Back half only. Stock frame from rear of seat forward.
4.No wheelie bars.
5.10.5 Non W Slick or 12.5 or smaller DOT
6.One Power Adder Only.
7.Turbo 78 mm or smaller 3" down pipe max. No twin turbos.
8.3100 lbs. minimum
9.Muffler required except turbo cars.
10.Must have working lights.
11.Rules and weight may be adjusted for certain combinations

Interesting. Many stock street cars can't even meet those rules, much less street cars that have been modded.

4. No wheelie bars.
Really? So, I guess it's better for them to just dig their bumpers into the track or go so high they lose control?

6&7, I assume "One Power Adder Only" means no super charger and turbo? Well, there goes a very large number of cars you can buy nowadays. "No twin turbos", again a limit on lots of cars you can buy right off the lot, especially the smaller cylinder cars.

8. 3100 lbs. minimum. Well, no more bringing my everyday street car in. It doesn't weigh that much, and it's the heavier version.

I just think it's kind of stupid to put in rules for "street" cars that keeps actual street cars from racing. Other than 6, 7, and 8 the rules make sense. The other rules all are in keeping with the concept of "street", as they limit the amount of body modifications and things in order to keep it more stock. But 6-8 do just the opposite in today's world in my opinion.

-Mark Jr.

I think that rule #11 might take care of production cars off the car lot.
Whith no mods done to them.