Dash panel

[Jason Treschl Racing]

Looking for opinions on the legality of not running a dash panel in the car. Don't see any rules specifically saying you can't remove it. I don't have any gauges, and the switches are located on the driveshaft tunnel, so there isn't really a reason to have one.

Anyone done this?

[Legends57x]

A few years ago we traveled to Eldora for an end of year Legends dirt special as part of the Blue Collar Bash.  One Legend car showed up with half a dash and they made him install a piece of metal in place where it was missing before he could race.  However, since this was approx. 3 years ago, things related to enforcing this may have changed.

[RyanMech29]

I agree that there would be no reason to have one. But I always refer back to this note in the rule book.
"If this rulebook does not specifically say that you can change/modify/add something, then you must consider that the change/modification/addition is illegal."

[ZForceRacing01]

It depends on where you race. When I ran the Asphalt Nationals in November I was told we had to have one by an INEX/ USLC employee. He said they were using What Ryan said, "If this rulebook does not specifically say that you can change/modify/add something, then you must consider that the change/modification/addition is illegal." I was told they had like 50 dash boards on the truck for people to install. Guess what? By the A Mains I still seen one or two cars without them. Bunch of Clowns.

I would ask your tech guy.

[Jason Treschl Racing]

I went ahead and emailed Reinhardt for clarification. I figure that will be his response also, but at least I'll have it in writing.

[Jason Treschl Racing]

As expected response was essentially "It came in the car so it must remain in the car".

[VMS Motorsports]

I had asked Scott about a plexiglass/lexan dash for ease of seeing wiring problems if experiencing an issue, he said that would not be legal, but if I wanted to make one and send it to him, he would consider it...wasn't worth my time, so I didn't

[Jason Treschl Racing]

I agree Jim. Makes it much easier to get at the clutch adjustment also. Oh well.

[NCSU_racer]

There are a few cars in NC that don't have them. The car I'm building this winter isn't going to have one either. I plan on only having a Longacre switch panel. There is no performance advantage so what's the big deal?

[Legends57x]

Everybody is trying to make their car lighter...