A review of team websites and various websites including You Tube requires NHRA to remind teams of the current policy regarding taking and using video from NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series national and divisional events.  The NHRA Rulebook, section 1.9 and 1.10, pages 25-26, cover this and related subjects. To sum it up, shooting video at the track other than for competition/analytical purposes is strictly prohibited.

We understand that teams would like to utilize new technologies to promote teams, drivers, sponsors and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.   Therefore, if you wish to shoot video for any use besides competition/analytical purposes, please abide by the following policy:

1)      If you want to produce and distribute videos, apply for an access and licensing agreement with NHRA.   Visit www.nhra.net/broadcasting for the online application process.  The agreement will define what and where teams can shoot, where and when the footage can be posted, and any additional requirements regarding posted footage.

2)      No video may be shot or posted of the track and of racing action.  The track is defined as anything from the water box through and including the top end.

3)      No video shot onsite at a national event may be distributed by any means until after the first air of the day’s racing activity on ESPN2/ESPN2HD.  Some exceptions will be considered if the video is strictly human-interest and not competition results related.

We are asking any team currently conducting such activities to immediately begin the access and licensing process.  To that end, log on to www.nhra.net/broadcasting and submit what you are currently doing and what you are planning to do, no later than 30 days prior to the event.

In the coming months, NHRA will be redesigning the NHRA You Tube Channel to include team sections, as well as opportunities to link current team sites to the NHRA Channel to increase visibility and views for all teams and NHRA.

We recognize that distribution of video from NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series national and divisional events through multiple outlets is a valuable source of promoting teams, drivers, sponsors and the sport.   However, we are confident the teams will understand and abide by the current and new policy moving forward given the rights of NHRA and those rights that have been extended to ESPN.