{"id":4602,"date":"2026-10-14T14:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=4602"},"modified":"2026-10-14T14:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:35:20","slug":"nhra-cracks-down-on-counterfeit-chassis-tags-2500-fine-and-one-year-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=4602","title":{"rendered":"NHRA Cracks Down on Counterfeit Chassis Tags: $2,500 Fine and One-Year Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**the car in the photo is NOT the car in question. We used it from a previous feature**<\/p>\n<p>A counterfeit NHRA chassis certification tag has resulted in disqualification, a $2,500 fine and a one-year suspension for racer Anthony D\u2019Aversa.<\/p>\n<p>According to NHRA\u2019s October 12 statement, D\u2019Aversa\u2019s vehicle was found to have a counterfeit tag during an NHRA member track event at Toronto Motorsports Park.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1e85550a-4e9d-401e-8756-f6e02865c70c-1.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4600\" width=\"1122\" height=\"1402\"><\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Aversa was disqualified from the event and suspended for one year from competition at both NHRA-sanctioned events and NHRA member track events. He must also successfully complete a chassis inspection before participating in a future NHRA event.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling highlights the serious consequences of falsifying chassis certification. For racers purchasing a used race car, it also serves as a reminder to verify its certification with NHRA rather than relying solely on the presence of a tag.<\/p>\n<p>Two Top Dragster Racers Also Disqualified<\/p>\n<p>The same statement announced penalties for David Jordan (L037) and Robert Churchill (L038) following the 2026 Lucas Oil event at World Wide Technology Raceway.<\/p>\n<p>NHRA reported that both drivers recorded elapsed times quicker than 6.000 seconds in Top Dragster, violating its Top Sportsman\/Top Dragster Index Enforcement Policy.<\/p>\n<p>Both were disqualified and will receive zero points for the event. The race will also count as one of each driver\u2019s eligible scored events for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**the car in the photo is NOT the car in question. We used it from a previous feature** A counterfeit NHRA chassis certification tag has resulted in disqualification, a $2,500 fine and a one-year suspension for racer Anthony D\u2019Aversa. According to NHRA\u2019s October 12 statement, D\u2019Aversa\u2019s vehicle was found to have a counterfeit tag during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[61],"class_list":["post-4602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1e85550a-4e9d-401e-8756-f6e02865c70c-1-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1e85550a-4e9d-401e-8756-f6e02865c70c-1-600x600.png","author_info":{"display_name":"DC Media","author_link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/author\/auteejay"},"authors":[{"term_id":61,"user_id":5,"is_guest":0,"slug":"auteejay","display_name":"DC Media","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d51765f05e753046aaf69cf0314e9a0f5c5945d8d9ed498ce027408f7d38abf9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"DC","last_name":"Media","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4603,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4602\/revisions\/4603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4602"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=4602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}