Pegasus Bay Drag Racing Club ~ Leggett Road,
Ruapuna Park, Christchurch
Rules for Drag Racing
IHRA
Tech Inspectors and Log Books
Grant
Little - Whangarei - 09 4353278
a/h
Dave Moyle - West Auckland - 09 8397227
Ray Pratt - Bikes Auckland - 09
3081633
Ian Hilder - Bikes Auckland - 021 932174
Trevor Watson - Auckland - 021
762144
Chris Johnston - Pukekohe - 0274 782767
Alan Williams - Taupo – 021
2752388
Colin Welsh - Wellington - 04 5288774
Murray Buckingham - Nelson – 03
5765585
Alan Taylor - Christchurch - 03 3472245 (wk 03 3588381)
Simon Fowke - Christchurch - 03
3540387
Earl Nunn - Bikes Christchurch - 0274 823264
ATTENTION DRIVERS
Once your bike or car has passed the tech inspection. To
have your log book issued you need to send the white copy
with $20 to the following address.
IHRA Details
IHRA NZ
Marua Automotive, P.O.Box 11610
Ellerslie Auckland
Paul 021 411429
Licences
IHRA NZ (Coming)IHRA Licence (Filled in example)
IHRA Licence Application
Street Cars do not require an IHRA Licence but must have a current Civil Licence
Street Cars
Your Civil Licence is all that is needed and you must
produce this before you can race. (No affiliation fees or
Sportsman Licence needed)
Please check the rules page for any updates before you
come racing just in case.
Street cars with WOF and Registration do not need a tech
inspection unless they run faster than the required time
which is being decided on at present.
You must have an overflow bottle for your radiator if you
have a radiator.
You need 2 return springs on all carburetor cars.
If running slicks then make sure you have legal tread
depth.
Please wear long sleeves, long pants and closed footwear
plus have an approved crash helmet
DYO ~ Dial Your Own Time
DYO and ET Explained
DYO is designed to make each race between two different cars even when it crossed the finish.The term DYO (Dial Your Own) and ET(Elapsed Time) is easy to explain. Say Car A ran in practice a 16.50, 16.53 and 16.49. He may opt to have a DYO of 16.50 on his car.
Now Car B ran a 17.70, 17.71 and 17.74 and he opts for a DYO of 17.70.
ET is the time it takes for your car to cover the 1/4 mile from a standing start, now comes the next factors. This means in the competition Car B will start 1.2 seconds before car A so that when they cross the line they will be even if they have chosen the correct time.
The only other factors that come into this is reaction time, red light and Breakout.
Reaction time and Red Light for DYO Streetcars
So if both car A and B ran perfect times (there nominated DYO time), then it is the person with the best reaction time without leaving the start too early that will win. Reaction is calculated once the lights go green until you break the start line to begin your ET. Jumping the start too early will cause a 'Red light' which will automatically give the other car the win. The only variation is if both cars red light then it goes to the car who jumped early by the least amount. Red Light simply means the driver crossed the start time before he was meant to. The start is controlled by a sequence of lights which counts down to the Green which means go.Breakout explained
Breakout happens when you run a faster ET than you have as your DYO.If a double Breakout happens it goes to the car who breaks out by the least
The Tree explained
The top 2 white lights tell the driver when his wheels are in the correct start position. If only 1 light is on then depending if its only the top light they need to move forward or the bottom white light they have gone to far.The next 3 yellow lights are the count down light and count 0.1 seconds then the green comes on making a total of 0.4 seconds which is why a perfect reaction time is .400
If you are knocked out in competition
If you get knocked out of the racing you can carry on racing, you just need to line up to the left of the 2 competing lines and wait until you are called up. You should get as many runs as the other street cars which means it could be around 8 or more runs depending on the amount of cars.General Rules of the track
No Smoking or drinking alcohol in the Pits!
There is an area of grass next to the towerNo Speeding in the Pits, beware of others.
Listen to the Pit speakers for information
Stay near your car once the racing starts
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