Racing Class & Time Slips

Series Summary

Coming from the back roads of America after the second world war, drag racing's roots were planted on dry lake beds like those found in the Mojave Desert, where hot rodders had come since the early 1930s to satisfy their need...their need for speed! One could even argue that drag racing was born with Wally Parks, who nearly four decades after his birth in 1913 would found drag racing's most successful and influential sanctioning body. But ultimately the heart and soul of racing lies within the the daredevil spirit of the human heart.

In this free video series, our expert Tina Stull will teach you how to register to race in the NHRA. She will talk about time slips, downloading the racing forms, racing passes, required signatures, physical forms, where to get help, and drivers licenses. Tina will also tell you about where to look for racing tracks and classes, how much to pay, NHRA racing rules, NHRA scheduling, grade points, national events, and how to withdraw from a race. Finally Tina will show you how to look up a race, sign up, find, register, and finish registration.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Tina Stull, and I drive the Top Dragster for Interstate Batteries. On behalf of Expert Village, I'm here to help you walk the process of filling out the forms so that you can compete in the NHRA. Next, you look for what class you want to register. I typically drag, Top Dragster or Super Comp. Super Comp is an eight ninety flat, which means all the cars must go 8.90 seconds. If you go faster, it's called breaking out. If you go slower, there's an opportunity to for you competitor to have a better time than yours and you would lose. It's real important to have a consistent car. On your application, you also need to have your time slips. Your time slips are the slips you get at the track when you do a run. It gives you a breakdown of not only incrementally how fast you've gone and the speed of the car and in what time. It gives your final result as to how well that run is."