NASA Technical Classes

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• Class 1
• Class 2
• Class 3
• Class 4
• Class 5
• Class 6
• Class 7
• Class 8, 9 and 10
• Junior Specials

Class 8, 9 and 10 - "The Specials"

These are vehicles with a steel tube spaceframe chassis, either home constructed or professionally built, divided into three classes by the application of an engine capacity and/or engine type limit. The specials are strongly built to withstand a collision or roll over, but are not fitted with bumper bars as deliberate contact is definitely not allowed. There are unlimited tuning modifications allowed, the engine / gearbox / transaxle / axle types are free according to each class cc limit and specification. Specials are fitted with a multitude of engine types with 1.0, 1. 1, 1.3 Motorcycle, 1.3 / 1.4 SOHC & DOHC engines or 1.8, 2.0 SOHC & DOHC engines or 2.1, 2.5 DOHC / 2.8, 3.0 V6 / 3.5, 4.0 & 5.Oltr V8 engines, mainly being mid or rear mounted to a Hewland/RenaulttVW gearbox or direct drive. All of the special classes are very popular with the spectators. Many are geared to achieve speeds of 100 Mph!