New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 62 - MOTOR VEHICLE RACE TRACK RULES
Subchapter 12B - JUNIOR DRAG RACING EVENTS
Section 13:62-12B.8 - Vehicle equipment and driver requirements

1. No person under the age of eight years of age may operate a junior dragster in any race or exhibition of driving skill.

2. All junior dragster vehicles shall adhere to the rules and regulations governing junior drag racing vehicles in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Junior Dragracing League Rulebook incorporated by reference at 13:62-12B.1.

3. No repairs shall be made on any junior drag racer during the course of a race unless the vehicle is removed to the pit area.

4. Persons shall not enter the race course to push a junior drag vehicle. A junior drag vehicle which has not been started on the starting area shall not be pushed on to the track proper but must return to the pit area or to the rear of the starting line. No person shall enter the race course for the purpose of starting a stalled junior drag vehicle while any race or exhibition is in progress.

5. All drivers shall wear a properly secured helmet, which meets or exceeds the Snell Memorial Foundation Testing Standard SA (2015), which is incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, which has not reached the expiration date established by the Snell Memorial Foundation at the time of the event. The standards are available from the Snell Memorial Foundation, 3628 Madison Avenue, Suite 11, North Highlands, CA 95660.

6. The driver of all vehicles shall wear windproof, shatterproof goggles or a face shield of the type which meets or exceeds U.S.A. standard Specifications for Head, Eye and Respiratory Protection Z2.1-1959 testing standard.

7. All participants shall remain inside the cockpit of the junior dragster while the vehicle's engine is running.

8. All junior dragster vehicles shall be equipped with an additional external engine shut off switch on top of the roll bar to shut off the vehicle's engine in case of emergency.