IHRA Racers Will Only Be Faced With Points Forfeiture …
The NHRA considers running an IHRA event the same as a test session or
a match race, this according to NHRA Vice President of Operations
Graham Light. The NHRA announced on Wednesday that testing in 2009 will
be limited as a cost-cutting measure.
The NHRA detailed their new regulation using the following verbiage:
Unlimited testing for Top Fuel and Funny Car teams will be permitted
until the 2009 season opener at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Feb. 5. At
that point, and during the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
season (Feb. 5 to Nov. 15), Professional nitromethane teams will be
limited to a maximum of four one-day test sessions. This policy applies
to both the team and driver.
NHRA's definition of testing includes, but is not limited to, any run
or attempted run conducted at any track whatsoever, whether or not it
is an NHRA track or NHRA-sanctioned track. Exhibitions, match racing,
licensing attempts, and the like are considered testing and will be
subject to this testing policy. For example, participating at a two-day
match race will be defined as two testing-session days. Regardless of
the number of runs attempted per day, each day will be defined as one
testing