NHRa putting Nitro in another Box

I haven't seen the fax yet, but that is what i'm hearing. I heard they are dropping us from 7900 rpm to 7700 rpm and they are limiting the funny cars to a max of 12 degrees p/sec timing after 3.25 seconds. They don't want the nitro cars running 330mph. I will let you know more info after i read the fax myself.
 
has anybody ever tried to calculate how fast the nitro cars are going before shutdown, from leaving the cones there or calculating off driveshaft RPM? Very few actually shut off at 1000, most are still tuggng the full 1/4 it seems before getting the barrell valve closed. I would imagine it's upwards of 345?
 
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