NHRA technical bulletin/rule revision: Funny Car body

The NHRA Technical Department has announced that effective immediately in Funny Car, modification to the lower, rear corner of the front wheel opening(s) may be allowed, if required to meet the clearance for starting-line timing lights. In side view, the body should present clearance, all the way across the car, 3 inches from the ground, extending for a length of 12 inches + ¼-inch max, rearward from the front spindle centerline. Any exposed edges or openings as a result of trimming the wheel-opening corner should be patched and refinished. Such modifications must be authorized in advance by the NHRA Technical Services Department and approved upon completion.

Rulebook revision

Funny Car
Section 16
Body: 7
Page 259
(Effective 07/08)
Body: Add after second sentence in second paragraph: "Modification to the lower, rear corner of the front wheel opening(s) may be allowed, IF required to meet the clearance for starting-line timing lights. In side view, the body should present clearance, all the way across the car, 3 inches from the ground, extending for a length of 12 inches + ¼-inch max, rearward from the front spindle centerline. Any exposed edges or openings as a result of trimming the wheel-opening corner should be patched and refinished. Such modifications must be authorized in advance by the NHRA Technical Services Department and approved upon completion."