Title Question

Yeah. I'm only concerned because I read somewhere that it needed to be roadworthy. Technically, you need to have a clean title to drive on the road? I'm not sure how in depth this all means to get.

Thank you for your response.

Aaron

Nope, not at all true. One potential source of confusion is that Rule 2.1 does state that eligible vehicles must have been "legal for US highway use at the time of their manufacture" but there's no requirement that they be kept in road-legal condition for the race. Other parts of the rules limit what can be changed in terms of the crash structure, hood, and so forth, but that's about safety, not roadworthiness.

One advantage to having a title (and bringing it along to the race) is that getting rid of a hopelessly dead car is usually easier with paperwork. Without a title, convincing the local junkyard to take it off your hands can be difficult, so you may be stuck hauling it home even if you don't necessarily want to, such as after major damage. Fortunately major damage is rare, but it does happen.

Other than that, keeping it roadworthy, licensed, and titled is mostly a question of whether you plan to road-test it, or drive it to and from the race, or flat-tow it to and from the race, or keep it parked on the street between races, and so forth. This is often convenient, but again not a requirement.

You people in states with safety inspections...whatever.  For those of us in the lawless majority, we can.  Hand signals are totally legal in my state.  Add to that one of our cars was not originally equiped with directional indicators and I now feel morally superior.