NHRA mandates crash sensors for Funny Car, Top Fuel classes (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

By JOHN STURBIN

All vehicles competing in the NHRA's volatile Funny Car and Top Fuel classes next year will be equipped with Ford Racing "Blue Box" crash sensors, the result of seven months of testing primarily conducted by star-crossed John Force Racing in 2007. Ford Racing offered the crash sensors -- mandatory equipment in the Champ Car World Series from 1996-2006 -- as part of its ...

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