It’s a full tube chassis. From a HotRod article:

I don’t disagree with you. However the only thing left factory on Larson’s S-10 is the roof and the shell of the cab. Doors are the correct height, but carbon fiber. Lexan windshield, custom firewall and floor.

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Most guys out my way (SD) buy them new, get them serviced and taken care of by JD under warranty, then trade them off when the warranty expires. No big loss for them.

Correct. when I made this comment MTOD wasn’t out yet. Shortly after this it was released. I’ve been a sub since the beginning and have been happy with the content they post on there.

So headsets, a battery pack, and if you go for the plug in kind they need to go into a distribution amp of some sort right? Seems like lots of things to up and down the grandstand. Then when you get there, where do you put it?

Agreed. Couldn’t arc it into the corner. His line was all messed up. The car wiggled and walked up the track, into Busch. It’s racing.

It will take a looong time for electric to become competitive compared to nitro fuel cars. I don’t think we’ve seen a powerful enough motor in a small and light enough package to be put into a dragster. Also, there’s 50+ years of R&D into the fuel cars to make them run that fast. It will take a long time for…

Dragsters do, yes. Most are injected nitro, but there are still a few alcohol/supercharger cars out there.

Brainerd has that and yes, pants-wetting is inevitable.

All sponsor money. And there’s not big money in it for the driver and crew like in other sports. I read somewhere the average nitro driver makes like $75,000 a year.

Top Alcohol Dragster is now allowing injected nitro on non-supercharged engines. They run 5.50's or so. Too slow and not violent enough in my opinion. I think Top Fuel is doing fine at the speeds they run currently. Funny Car needs to be slowed down, which it sounds like will happen next year when they limit the…

If you want to sell lots of merch and create diehard fans for many years to come, start with children. Best move NASCAR has made in some time.

Found this answer on the internets... I cannot confirm/deny any of this:

Remember the All Star Race where all those cars got caught a lap down? NASCAR has proved it isn’t smart enough to change it’s stupidest rules on the fly.

Minimum speeds and black flags at the discretion of NASCAR covered this already. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

The “if you take it behind the wall, you’re done” thing I’m ok with. What bothers me is the “no adding or replacing body panels during the race.” Nose pieces are fiberglass, have been for awhile. If something knocks a hole in the nose or a tire tears up a fender, that car will be slow. It’ll be above minimum…

Great point. Restart after Segment 1 at Homestead and they all are involved in a heavy crash that takes out all four cars. The Championship would be determined by who had the highest position at the time of the caution, which would suck.

Came here to post this. NASCAR now will not have stories like this to generate PR. In an era where clicks, shares, and viral videos rule the world a story like this should be welcomed by NASCAR.

It’s not a popular opinion, but rather than innovating, I’d rather see them go back to the late 90s early 2000s style cars. Valance, no splitter. Sheetmetal noses (they’re currently fiberglass) and as you said a range of where they can run the rear spoiler. Mininum height and angle, after that it’s up to you. Also,…