NHRA wheel stud rule ? A litle confusing

What is your thinking on this ?? Do any of you racers not have your studs sticking past your lug nuts and pass tech . I have 3" studs all ready on the rear and they do not sick out past the lugs I am running Weld wheels and they are very thick

The way I read the rule for wheel studs is that the lug nut must protrude the wheel studs by at least the diameter of the stud not go past the lug so it sticks out just in the lug nut the diameter . So if you have a 1/2" wheel stud and the the shank of the stud is 1 1/2 " long and its an open lug it is all ways going to be at at least 1/2" into the lug nut even though the stud does not stick out past the open lug.