Thread: Another tragic outing for the NHRA

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Before we went to 3 inch shoulder harness, the 2 inch ones(even padded) would leave your collar bone area black and blue just from one chute at the 170-180mph range over a nights racing(usually 4 rounds---one qualifier and 3 eliminations)

I knew that if the belt was not set up right in it's mounting as for your hight that it could cause alot of stress on your back or shoulders.
But I had never thought about how wide the belt being would cause those problems but it makes sence now that you have said it Jerry.
Kurt

Another issue on this particular type crash---steering column design and mounting

NHRA has announced new specs for parachute mounts on top fuel, funny car, alcohol dragster and alcohol funny car

Jerry,

I am not sure where I saw this,but I seem to remember it on a jet dragster,but cylinders that where open to the air on front side and a trap door on the rear.Seems that way the chute would open fully faster.It has cross bars to pack the chute against it in the cylinder.