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Post by skip17 on Aug 14, 2017 8:26:47 GMT -5
Heartland Park Topeka - September 30
PITS OPEN AT: 2:30 INSPECTIONS START AT: 3 FINAL INSPECTIONS: 6 DERBY STARTS AT: 7 pm
ENTRY FEE $40 PIT PASSES $20
CLASSES RUNNING:
LIMITED WELD
CHAIN FULL SIZE
WELD COMPACTS
POWER WHEELS
YOUTH MOWER CLASS
Here are the payouts: Payouts are GUARANTEED.....
HOBO/LIMITED WELD 1 = $2000+trophy 2 = $1000+trophy 3 = $700+trophy 4 = $300 5 = $100 6 = $40 7 = $40 8 = $40 9 = $40 10 = $40
CHAIN FULL SIZE 1st =$800 2nd = $400 3rd = $100
WELD COMPACTS 1 = $1000 2 = $500 3 = $300
YOUTH MOWER CLASS 1 = $150 2 = $100 3 = $50
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Post by skip17 on Aug 14, 2017 8:29:41 GMT -5
GENERAL RULES
1) IF CAR DOES NOT PASS INSPECTION AND YOU WILL NOT FIX CAR TO PASS INSPECTION, THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS OF ENTRY FEES. IF ANYTHING IS FOUND IN THE CAR/FRAME/BODY OR HIDDEN THAT IS NOT ALLOWED IN THESE RULES YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO FIX IT AND WILL BE LOADED AND LOSE YOUR ENTRY FEE!!
2) ALL RULES WILL BE FOLLOWED OR YOU WILL NOT RUN.
3) DRIVER MUST BE AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE DRIVERS LICENSE. IF 16-18 YEARS MUST HAVE NOTARIZED PARENT RELEASE FORM.
4) DRIVER MUST WEAR HELMET AND SEAT BELT AT ALL TIMES.
5) DO NOT HIT DRIVERS DOOR. IF IT LOOKS INTENTIONAL, YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. IF YOU USE YOUR DRIVERS DOOR AS A SHIELD YOU MAY BE DISQUALIFIED.
6) YOU WILL BE GIVEN ONE MINUTE FOR AN AGGRESSIVE HIT, AND ONE MINUTE FOR RESTARTS OR HUNG UP.
7) DRIVERS AND OFFICIALS ONLY ALLOWED IN ARENA DURING AND AFTER DERBY. IF PIT PEOPLE, FAMILY, OR FANS ENTER ARENA, DRIVER OF THAT CAR WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. ABSOLUTELY NO WARNINGS!
8) There is a $250.00 protest fee, you must be a driver in the main event to protest another driver’s car. Driver must have cash in hand directly after the feature in order to protest. If the car is found to be illegal the car and driver will be DISQUALIFIED and will not receive any prize money and the prize money will move down to the next placing drivers.
ALL JUDGES DECISIONS WILL BE FINAL.
NO PASSENGERS IN ANY CLASS!!
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Post by skip17 on Aug 14, 2017 8:30:45 GMT -5
LIMITED WELD CLASS
Any American make car or station wagon can run with the following exceptions.No 1973 or older Chrysler Imperials or Imperial sub-frames, 4x4s, ambulance, hearses, trucks, limousines, No 2003 & newer Ford cars or frames, NO SEDAGONS,
These rules are REQUIRED and must be met or you will not run.
1. Overall condition must be safe. This applies to used cars as well as some fresh cars. IF the officials deem the car unsafe to run, it will not run.
2. Fire jacket highly recommended. Long pants are required. Eye protection and gloves highly recommended. Shoes are required.
3. Minimum of D.O.T. rated helmet required. Full-face helmets recommended.
4. Seat belts are required, must be functional, and fastened to the floor or seat bracket. Officials decision is final.
5. Car must be fully stripped of all flammable material. Factory seats and factory dash are allowed. All glass, chrome, door handles, and any unsafe items must be removed from the inside and outside of the cars. All plastic, stainless and pot metal trim, fiberglass, and rubber must be removed from the outside of the car. Car floor, trunks, and inside of doors must be swept of glass, debris, and must be clean.
6. Factory fuel tank(s) must be removed. Unused factory fuel lines must be blown free of gas. Removing unused fuel lines recommended. Factory fuel tank may not be re-used.
7. A minimum of two steel straps or bars must be located in windshield area. These may be bolted or welded and must only attach to sheet metal.
8. Battery must be re-located inside of passenger compartment. The battery must be in a solid container and must be securely fastened and covered.
9. No steel gas cans or plastic gas jugs allowed. A steel boat tank is recommended, however any metal tank deemed safe by the officials is acceptable. Any plastic or urethane fuel cell must be in a solid metal container and must be covered with metal. The fuel tank must be securely fastened inside the passenger compartment. Officials decision is final.
10. Hoods must have a minimum of one 12" hole for fire control.
11. Cars must have some type of working brakes.
12. Electric fuel pumps are allowed, must have high pressure fuel line, All fuel hose must be covered. And be safe!
13. Radiator coolant over flow tubes must point straight down.
14. All trailer hitches, tow bars, and other material used for towing, must be removed completely.
Car Building Rules
Any American make car or station wagon can run with the following exceptions. No 1973 or older Chrysler Imperials or Imperial sub-frames, 4x4s, ambulance, hearses, trucks, limousines, No 2003 & newer Ford cars or frames.
If it is not allowed in the following rules, then do not do it! Officials decision is final.
CAGE:
1. A steel seat support (seat bar) is required from the inside of the driver door(s) across to the passenger door(s), must be behind the seat, and must be no farther back than 6" from back of drivers seat. This support must be made of steel, 2 x 2 x square, 2 x round minimum, 6 x square or round maximum. Steel plates are required on the ends of this support, 6 x 6 x minimum, 12 x 12 x maximum. These steel plates must be welded well to the support. Officials decision is final. The steel plates may be bolted to the car, however welding is highly recommended. IF the factory dash is removed, a support similar to the seat support is required. If you use a dash support, it may be connected to the seat support bar with similar material. These bars may be against inner door skin. These bars may not extend past the dash or seat supports more than 6 inches.You may weld 2 down bars from cage to frame vertically or to the floor to protect batteries and your feet. These down bars must remain within the inside front door seams and may only be welded to the top side of the frame, these bars cannot exceed 2x3. Halo bars can be welded to top side of frame also and must be a minimum of 5 inches in front of the center of the rear seat body mount. If your cage is built to GSA rules it will be allowed but must have a 6" gap between the end of your cage to wheelwell.
2. Halo bars and rollover bars are allowed. The addition of posts on hardtop sedans (connecting top of doors to roof) is also allowed. Roll over cages may run on the exterior of the roof, and must be welded to the seat support and dash support (if used). Connecting these roll over cages to the roof is allowed and recommended. These roll over bars, behind the seat only, must be vertical (not angled up and back) Halo bars can be welded to top side of frame also and must be a minimum of 5 inches in front of the center of the rear seat body mount.
Frame and Body Rules:
1. No frame / body swaps. No added metal to car body or frame other than what is allowed!!
2. Frames must remain stock. WELDING of factory frame seam is allowed ONLY top side only in front of a arm bracket forward! No filling holes in frame, big or small! No re-painting frames with paint or under coating. No grease and dirt tricks. No means NO! If you have any paint, undercoating, or other dirt grease tricks, foam or mouse nest etc. inside your frame you wont pass inspection! Scopes will be used for inspection!! Cold tilting is allowed. A total of 14” of welding allowed behind the a-arms. This will allow the FoMo Cars to cut and tip the box and reweld with 14” of weld and the old iron cars to reweld the seams where the factory missed or any other factory welded seam. Only factory welded seams may be rewelded.
NO FRAME SHAPING!!!!
Any repairs on pre-run cars must call first! May have 5 4x4x1/4 repair plates per frame rail on fresh and used cars, Must have 1" gap between welds, no overlapping or butting up plates, plates are ONLY allowed on sides of the frame, not allowed on the top or bottom of the frame.
3. Cutting and or pre-notching the frame are allowed, but must not re-weld any part of it. No adding of body mounts to the frame allowed.
4. Engines and transmissions may be interchanged. May run a lower engine cradle, pulley protector is allowed but MUST REMOVE sway bar, MUST USE FACTORY STYLE LOWER MOTOR MOUNTS WITH BUSHING IF RUNNING A CRADLE. Motor Mounts can be welded down. Two 3/8 chains will be allowed to help hold motor in place, may be bolted to front of the head ran to frame, will allow 1 link to be welded to the top of the frame.... Distributor Protectors are allowed but if you use a dp it must not come in contact with anything. Firewall will be cut out completely behind it. If we feel that the car has been built for the dp or any part of the protector is being used to support the car you will not run or will be asked to change it
Mid Plates are allowed. If we feel that the car has been built for the midplate or any part of the protector is being used to support the car you will not run or will be asked to change it.
Transmission Brace: You may run multiple bars down or one solid plate that conforms to the transmission and may run from the back of the heads or DP to the back of the transmission. Must have 3 relief cuts in floor the length of trans brace in transmission tunnel. Your trans brace can only be 12” were it meets the transmission cross member (see below for cross member). You are allowed to build a 90 degree angle were it meets the transmission cross member and be tied down by one 3/8” chain or 2 – 5/8” bolts with 1.5” washers. Can not be welded!!!! Must have 3 inches of slide built into mount location for transmission. NO LOCKING TRANS OR TRANS BRACE ONTO CROSS MEMBER.
Transmission Cross Member:
You must run the transmission cross member in the stock location for the car you are building. You can weld a single piece 2” angle iron no thicker than 1/4”, no longer than 8” to the side of the frame to support the cross member. You must remove the stock mount if you run the angle iron. You must replace the cross member it can be no larger than 2x2”x1/4” square tubing, no other material is allowed! The transmission cross member must be one piece and must be straight from side to side. The transmission cross member is the only method which the transmission may be supported.
Body:
1. Bodies must remain stock, No added bolts or screws to body seams than what is allowed in rules. No adding metal to body other than driver door.
2. Body mount bolts can be replaced with 3/4" bolts, body mounts can be replaced with steel or washers but MUST HAVE A 1" GAP and have the same diameter as stock spacers. Bolts may extend through body and have up to 1- 2"x4" washer on top, washers must be separate and cannot reinforce the frame. Only added mounts are the front core support/ Hood bolts and two trunk bolts may go to frame. CLARIFICATION: NO 1" SPACER BETWEEN BODY AND BODY MOUNT YOU WILL NOT RUN, NO EXCEPTIONS!!
3. Radiator support mount bushings may be removed completely. The radiator support may contact the frame but must not be welded to it. The two radiator mount bolts may be up to 1" diameter. These two bolts may be welded to the frame. These two bolts must extend straight down through core support to the bottom side of the frame. These two bolts must extend up next to or through the radiator support, through to the top of the hood, and be used as two hood hold down bolts. Core support spacers cannot exceed 3"x3" tubing or 3" round pipe, these spacers must remain between frame and lower core support and can be welded on 1 side only, either to the frame or core support NOT BOTH!!
4. All cut outs for fenders, hood fire hole, inspection hole, and header hood openings may have up to six 3/8 bolts per cut out.
5. Hoods must open for inspection. Hoods must remain in the stock location and position. Bending down, or bending up, excess hood in front of radiator support allowed. Holes cut in hood for fire control, or exhaust may be bolted (not welded) back together with up to six 3/8 bolts (1 washers maximum) per hole. Hoods must be either chained or bolted shut. Hoods may have no more than ten 3/8 bolts (1 washer max) fastening inner/outer hood sheet metal together on hood itself.
If bolted shut: A maximum of six bolts, not to exceed 1" diameter is allowed. The factory hood hinges DO count as a hood hold down. Only the front two bolts may go down through the hood to the frame. The other four bolts, if used, must be sheet metal to sheet metal only. No bolts to be placed in front of radiator as protection. Washers for the topside of the hood may not exceed 5 square and 1/4 thick. The hood washers may be welded to the top of the hood. 5 square washers may also be welded to the inner fenders at the corners (fender to radiator support and fender to the fire wall or cowl) below the hood. Bolts may then be welded to these washers to hold the hood.
If chained/wired shut: A maximum of 6 spots of 3/8 chain or 9 wire (4 loops max) may be used. The use of 5 square washers is allowed as above.
6. Radiators must be in the stock location and may use factory type mounts. Ratchet straps, wire, and chain may be used to hold in radiator. Aluminum radiators may be used. Electric fans may be used. Air conditioner condensers may be bolted directly to the radiator support.
7. Fenders may be cut for a larger wheel well opening. Fenders may be bolted back together (with no welding) with up to six 3/8 bolts (1 diameter washers maximum) per wheel well opening. Excess front fender in front of radiator support may be cut, folded over, and bolted (not welded) back together.
8. Doors must be chained, or wired shut or welded! Not to exceed 2 spots per door seam. Chain must be a minimum of 1/4, wire must be a minimum of 2 loops and MAX of 4 loops. If welding may have two 3"x4"x1/4" inch plate per seam . Only the Drivers door may be welded solid! Welding the outer drivers door seams completely is highly recommended. Outer drivers door skin reinforcement is allowed and highly recommended. Outer drivers door bar may not extend in front of the front door seem more than 6", and may not extend past the rear door seem more than 6". No grader blades. Pipes, C channel, or other material are allowed on the outside of the drivers door. Reinforcement on the inside of the drivers door with pipe, bars and other material is allowed.
9. Trunk lids and station wagon tail gates must remain in the stock position. Tucking and folding the rear portion of trunk lid is ok. Trunk lids and station wagon tail gates must be chained, wired or welded! If welding you can use one 3"x6"x1/4" plate per seem.. Chain or 9 wire must Not to exceed 2 spots per seam. You may have two 3/4 inch all thread from trunk lid to frame. No more than 2 chains or #9 wire (4 loops MAX) can go from wagon gates/trunk sheet metal to back bumper. Trunks must have a 12"x12" square cutout for inspection hole. Station Wagons: are allowed to pre bend roof but NO SEDAGONS!!!
10. The use of fabricated parts such as steering columns, transmission shifters, seat brackets, battery boxes, fuel tanks, and coolers are allowed. Transmission and engine oil coolers are allowed. Two batteries are allowed.
11. Oil coolers, engine and transmission, are allowed. IF air coolers (fans) are used, a shield must be located between the cooler and the driver. High-pressure hydraulic lines and fittings are recommended. No gas hose is allowed. It must be compatible with transmission oil. If oil hose is used, minimum of two hose clamps per fitting. Non high-pressure oil hose must be covered. Engine cooler hose and fittings must be high pressure.
12. Seat, battery, fuel tank, and cooler brackets must be welded to, or bolted to, the floor sheet metal. No chain, wire, or rubber type straps allowed to fasten these items. The seat, battery, fuel tank, and coolers must be secure. No bracket may be attached to, or come in contact with, the seat bar, dash bar, or door bars. Steering column brackets and seat brackets may come in contact with, and be attached to, these bars. No bracket may extend in front of the dash bar (other than steering column bracket). No bracket may extend past the rear of the seat bar. Brackets in the front seat area must be welded to, or bolted to, floor sheet metal only. Brackets in the front seat area may be attached to the factory body mount washers. Brackets in the back seat area must be welded to, or bolted to, the floor sheet metal only. Bolts in the back seat area may not go through, or around, the frame or sub-frame. Brackets in the back seat area must not be attached to, or come in contact with, the seat bar or door bars. Brackets for the front seat area, and brackets for the back seat area, must be completely separate. Gas tank protectors may be welded to seat bar and must have a 1 space between the backseat area. No wider than 24 and must be vertical, The official's decision is final.
Suspension Rules:
1. No leaf springs under non-leaf cars allowed. Solid suspension is allowed, you may use one 1/2" bolt per side, one 2x4x1/8 inch strap welded vertically, 4 wraps max of 9 wire or 3/8 chain with 1 link welded to frame. No reinforcing of steering or suspension components other than what is allowed in these rules.
2. The front spindles, rotors, and upper A arms and tie rods must not be reinforced or altered and must be considered OEM car, not truck or SUV.
3. Rear axle assemblies must be stock factory type rear ends. Rear ends must not have more than five wheel studs per axle shaft. Rear axle housing braces are allowed, Braces must not extend more then 4 1/2 inches on outer 10 inches of stock axle tubes and no more then 10 inches else on housing, back side ONLY, NO AXLE SAVERS!!!!!! Slider shafts are allowed. TRAILING ARMS MUST REMAIN FACTORY!!!! WATTS CONVERSION ALLOWED BUT MUST BE CLEAN AND AS BASIC AS POSSIBLE.
4. No more than 7 leaf springs per side, no more than 3/8 thick leaves. The leaves must stagger down to bottom spring with a minimum of 1 stagger. The leaf directly under the main may not extend longer, or past, the main leaf eyebolt. No double wrapping of the main leaf. No leaf may be as long as the main leaf. No leaf springs on top of, or above, the main leaf allowed. 2 leaf spring clamps allowed per leaf spring pack. Maximum size of clamps is 2 wide by 5 long by 1/2 thick.
5. Coil springs may be wired, welded, or cabled in on top or bottom. Only one place is allowed to hold coil spring in. Air shock lines must be cut.
6. Allowed two chains or cable or wire around axle housing to frame or body. May not be welded or bolted to frame or body, just looped around it.
7. Wire (four loops maximum) or cable (one loop of 3/8) from driver side frame rail, across to the passenger side frame rail, is allowed. If used, it must be located above and behind the rear axle housing. No welding.
Tire rules:. We do not want flats.
1. No bigger than 16 rims, no spit rims, no studded tires on driven wheels. No rim reinforcements. No spikes, paddles, or other material to be welded inside or to the rim. No liquid filled tires allowed. Rim screws allowed. Implement tread, forklift type, foam filled, urethane, solid, and double tires are allowed. Valve stem protection is allowed. Any ply allowed. Small wheel centers are allowed, NO FULL CENTERS, NO BEADLOCKS!!
Bumper Rules:
1. Bumpers may be cut. Bumpers may be chained, bolted, or welded on. Bumpers may be welded to the brackets, and brackets may be welded to the frame. Brackets may be cut. Use only factory brackets, no extra steel or other material allowed as a bumper bracket. You may use either the factory brackets that came with the bumper, or you may use the factory brackets that came with the car, not both. Bumpers may have seams welded. Bumper chrome may be smashed down and welded to inner bumper support. Bumpers may be mounted upside down. Rear car bumpers allowed on the front. Front car bumpers allowed on the rear. Rear bumper brackets may only be used on the rear of the car. Front bumper brackets may only be used on the front of the car. No bracket may extend rearward more than 10 inches from the rear of bumper, if no brackets are used you may use one 4 inch wide by 3/8 thick plate on side of frame connected to bumper. All brackets/shocks must make contact with the bumper and only be on side of frame only.
2. Home made bumpers ARE allowed 4x4x3/8 thick MAX, may have point and MUST taper over 32 inches and point CAN NOT extend more then 4 inches from front face of bumper.
3. Any car bumper allowed on any car.
4. You are allowed to run two 3/8 chains or 9 wire (4 loops MAX) from core support to front bumper but they cannot be placed in front of the radiator and cannot be wrapped around the althread.
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Post by skip17 on Aug 14, 2017 8:32:05 GMT -5
CHAIN FULL SIZE RULES
Any American make car or station wagon can run with the following exceptions. No 1970 or older Lincolns, No 1973 or older Chrysler Imperials or Imperial sub-frames, 4x4s, ambulance, hearses, trucks, limousines, No 2003 & newer Ford cars or frames, NO SEDAGONS,
These rules are REQUIRED and must be met or you will not run.
1. Overall condition must be safe. This applies to used cars as well as some fresh cars. IF the officials deem the car unsafe to run, it will not run.
2. Fire jacket highly recommended. Long pants are required. Eye protection and gloves highly recommended. Shoes are required.
3. Minimum of D.O.T. rated helmet required. Full-face helmets recommended.
4. Seat belts are required, must be functional, and fastened to the floor or seat bracket. Officials decision is final.
5. Car must be fully stripped of all flammable material. Factory seats and factory dash are allowed. All glass, chrome, door handles, and any unsafe items must be removed from the inside and outside of the cars. All plastic, stainless and pot metal trim, fiberglass, and rubber must be removed from the outside of the car. Car floor, trunks, and inside of doors must be swept of glass, debris, and must be clean.
6. Factory fuel tank(s) must be removed. Unused factory fuel lines must be blown free of gas. IF YOUR ARE RUNNING A FWD OR A CAR WITH FACTORY FUEL TANK IN FRONT OF REAR AXEL IT WILL BE ALLOWED. NO FACTORY TANKS ALLOWED BEHIND REAR AXLE. PERIOD!!
7. A minimum of two chains or 9 wire must be located in windshield area.
8. Battery must be re-located inside of passenger compartment. The battery must be in a solid container and must be securely fastened and covered.
9. No steel gas cans or plastic gas jugs allowed. A steel boat tank is recommended, however any metal tank deemed safe by the officials is acceptable. Any plastic or urethane fuel cell must be in a solid metal container and must be covered with metal. The fuel tank must be securely fastened inside the passenger compartment. Officials decision is final.
10. Hoods must have a minimum of one 12" hole for fire control.
11. Cars must have some type of working brakes.
12. Electric fuel pumps are allowed, must have high pressure fuel line, All fuel hose must be covered. And be safe!
BODY AND FRAME
1. NO WELDING ON FRAME OR BODY UNLESS NOTED. 2. Body mounts must remain factory. If mount is rusted out you may wrap 2 strands of 9 wire through mount and around frame. 3. Allowed two locations of chain or 9 wire(4 wraps max)per door seam. 4. Trunks MUST be open for tech. Allow 2 chains or 9 wire(4 wraps max) per seem. You may tuck lid or cut off part of the lid but DO NOT fold lid in half to create doubled trunk lid. NO WEDGES...quarters and taillight panel must remain vertical. No threaded rod anywhere. 5. Notching and dimpling OK. No pre bending. No creasing. 6. Hoods Must be open for tech. Allowed 6 locations to secure hood with chain or 9 wire (4 wraps max). NO threaded rod anywhere. 7. Require 2 chain or 9 wire(2 wraps min) in windshield area for driver safety from hood.
CAGES
1. 4 point floating cage allowed. 4 inch diameter max pipe or square tubing. Must have minimum 6x6, maximum 12x12 plate on ends of bars to prevent spear effect. Can not contact or be connected to floor or frame in any way. 2. Halo are allowed but must be welded to cage only. CAN NOT contact the floor in any way. 3. NO gas tank protectors. Didn't need them 10 yrs ago 4. Dash bars MUST be 6 inches off fire wall and 4 inches off tranny tunnel. 5. Seat Bar Can not be any farther than 6 inches behind driver seat. Door bars may only extend 8 inches past seat bar for a location to attach halo. 6. At Minimum would prefer a seat bar. 7. DRIVERS DOOR BAR IS MANDATORY!!
BUMPERS
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!
FRONT BUMPER
1. Any car bumper may be used. 2. Ends may be trimmed but CAN NOT be loaded, stuffed or chrome beat down and welded. NO home made bumpers. 3. You weld on bumper with ONE of two options- OPTION 1-Weld bumper Directly to bumper mounting plate on shock only. OPTION 2-Remove shock completely from frame and hard nose bumper on end of frame. Bumper CAN NOT be slid over frame. CAN NOT cut frame back, Must remain factory. EXAMPLE-Lincoln town cars 4. Shocks may be collapsed but CAN NOT be welded. Must remain in factory bolt locations if used as bumper mount. 5. May have 2 chains or 9 wire locations to hold bumpers on. CAN NOT be in front of radiator. Chain can only be bolted...no welding 6. Weld may only be 1/2 wide single pass. Can go completely around shock plate or frame depending on option you use.
REAR BUMPER
1. CAN NOT be welded in any way. Must remain in factory location and mounts. Can be removed but shocks must also be removed.
DRIVETRAIN
1. Motors must be make specific. Ford to Ford, GM to GM, etc..... 2. Drive shafts must remain stock....No sliders. 3. Rear ends must be model specific from factory for that brand. Allowed to weld spiders. 4. No after market shifters or pedal assemblies 5. No tranny or oil coolers. Looped lines are ok. 6. Must use factory motor mounts. 7. Can have one chain per side to hold motor to frame. Must come straight off motor. Must be bolted NOT welded.
SUSPENSION AND STEERING
1. Suspension must be factory and unrestricted. No solid suspensions 2. All steering components must be FACTORY. 3. No aftermarket columns. TIRES
1. 16 inch tire max. Must be DOT tire. No skidder, AG, Forklift, Solid. 2. no wheel centers allowed 3. valve stem protectors allowed. 4. tubes allowed
REPAIR PLATES PRE RAN ONLY!
1. Will be allowed one repair plate per frame rail or side of car. 2. 3x3 1/4 inch MAX thickness. Single pass weld 1/2 max. Plate allowed on side of frame only. 3. Bend must be visable. Judges decision is final.
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Post by skip17 on Aug 14, 2017 8:33:03 GMT -5
WELD COMPACTS CLASS
Wheelbase: RWD cars 106" MAX factory RWD TRUCKS 108" MAX FACTORY FWD 110" MAX factory DO NOT ALTER WHEELBASE Car Preparation
THIS SET OF RULES WILL BE FOLLOWED FOR ALL CLASS.
1. No Fresh Paint or Undercoating on the frames at all. No buffing or grinding frames except where welding is specifically allowed in these rules.
2. All cars and trucks must be stock, unless modification is stated in the rules.
3. All glass, plastic, chrome, and interior must be removed from car before arriving to the derby.
4. Tires no bigger than 16 inch, No split rims, No studded tires. Foam filled or doubled tires are ok we don't want any flats!!! Valve stem protectors are ok. Bead locks ok. Tires may be screwed to rims.
5. Use rear end of choice, but must be no more than 5 lugs. You can tilt rear end if you wish. Welded or posi-track highly recommended. Back braces are welcome. axle savers are allowed.
6. You must use a radiator and it must be in stock location.
7. All cars must have working brakes.
8. A-arms, ball joints must remain stock. Aftermarket tie rods are allowed.
9. All trailer hitches and braces must be removed.
10. Original gas tanks must be removed. You must use a boat tank or well made fuel cell, and it must be properly secured and covered. Only metal tanks may be used. Fuel cell cannot exceed 10 gallons. Fuel line must be secured and fastened properly. Keep away from exhaust. Place fuel cell behind driver's seat or in the center of the car where the back seat use to be. No other source of gas inside the car at all. Engine coolers are allowed, however they must be a cooler with an elect. fan, no water/ice barrels or boxes can be used, these coolers cannot be placed to reinforce the car.
11. Transmission coolers are allowed, but must be safe and properly secured.
12. Batteries must be moved to passenger front floorboard. They must be properly secured and covered.
13. You must have a number in Bright colors on each front door and must have a 12"x12" sign on the roof of your car with car number on it for judging and recognition of the car. Please paint all cars with the same color of paint and the number all in the same color. We want all cars to match as closely as possible.
Car Building Compact
1. NO welding will be allowed on any part of the body or frame. The only welding allowed is in this set of rules. If your car is found with any weld, other than what is allowed, and you refuse to fix it to the judge's satisfaction, you will not run!!
2. All doors must be chained, wired, bolted or welded shut. Driver's door may be welded inside and outside. All doors may be welded solid with strap no bigger than 3"x 1/4" thick. Tops of the doors may be pinched together and welded but do not add any filler material. Trunk lids may be welded solid using 3"x1/4" strap
3. **For drivers protection, you may weld a bar behind the seat from doorpost to doorpost, it can be an X, and you may also have a bar across your dash bar to bars behind the seat across the inside of the front doors only. You can also weld a plate across the driver's door not to exceed 6 inches past each seam. You may have a roll loop behind the seat, which must be welded to the floor or frame and may be welded or bolted to the roof no kickers going back or front of the car. You may also weld a steering column to the cage. Back of cage including roll bar can only be 12" behind the back of the driver seat. You may also have two 2"x3"x1/4" downbars from the door bar down to the floor or frame, do not extend any further forward than the front door seam, MUST stay between door seams. Cage material must be no bigger then 6" OD. Gas tank protectors may be welded to seat bar and must have 1" space between the backseat area. No wider than 24", speaker deck may be removed.
**Please reinforce your driver's door very good, in this type of competition all drivers doors will take some type of hit during the event. We want you to be safe and protected behind your reinforcement.**
4. Bumpers are interchangeable, homemade bumpers are allowed 6"x6"x1/4" thick - must be safe. You are allowed to use any FACTORY bumper shock or bracket but they must start as a factory shock or bracket. Can not exceed 24" long You can weld bumper brackets or towers to the frame. You can weld bumper brackets and shocks to the bumper. You can weld shocks to shock towers. You can collapse shocks, and you can bolt the shocks to the towers with 1/2" bolt or less, and it must be done vertically. If you don't use bumper brackets or shocks you are allowed a strap 3/8th thick 4" wide and 24" long per frame rail, strap must be welded to bumper backing with no space. Welding the bumper skins (chrome to inner liner) is allowed. When welding bumpers, shocks, and brackets - do not add any metal. Weld them solid. We do not want them coming off. No welding bumper to the body in any fashion. Bumper height not to exceed 22" to the bottom of the bumper to the ground. Bumpers must be in stock location.
5. Bumpers may be welded to the end of the frame with no added metal, just welding wire. Front and rear bumpers may have 2 chains or 4 loops of wire from radiator support/trunk lid or deck (to sheet metal only do not go around core support bolts) to bumper (not frame). These cannot be placed in front of the radiator.
6.May have 4 1" all-thread in trunk two all-thread may go from the trunk lid to the frame, MUST go through body mount hole, or be welded vertically on the side of the frame rail and the other two must go from sheet metal to sheet metal only. You may use wire in 2 spots with 4 loops from trunk lid and may go around the frame with the wire. DON'T DO BOTH. Trunk lids may be chained/ wired/welded/ bolted from sheet metal to sheet metal. Chryslers may weld all thread to side of frame but the all thread must be vertical and go up through the deck lid, or they can go through the frame if they so choose. Short Trunk cars“ If you run ready bolt through the front body mount they must be slightly bent to make sure they go through the trunk lid. Ready bolt can also be just tin to tin if you choose not to go through or attach to the frame.
7. You can fold hoods or trunk lid over. Rear quarters must remain mostly vertical
8. Hood must have at least a 12 inch square hole cut out in case of fire. Any holes in hood may be bolted back together with 3/8in or less bolts and 1.25in diameter washer no more than a total of 12 bolts allowed to pinch the hood sheet metal back together. You may cut multiple holes but do not exceed the 12 bolts. You are allowed 8 spots to hold the hood on; you must have a minimum of 4 tie down spots. You may have up to 1" all-thread, 4 may go from the hood to the frame, but must go through the body mounts or welded vertically to the side of frame rail. All other tie down spots must be sheet metal to sheet metal only. You may have plates for hood tie down, not to exceed 5x5x1/4"square or 6"x1/4" round.
9. Body mount bolts can be replaced with 1" bolts. Bolts may extend through body and have up to a 5x5x1/4" square or 6"x1/4" round washer on top and bottom washers must be separate. If you choose to use a body mount hole for you trunk ready bolt this does not have to be up inside frame, the plate can go on the bottom side of the frame. Radiator support mounts can be removed, and you can suck the radiator support down solid. Absolutely no body mounts may be moved.1 body mount can be added. Do not add bolts, wire, chain, or cable in any fashion from the body to the frame other than stated in these rules.
10. You can patch rust holes in sheet metal with sheet metal only. Do not cut rust out; weld 2" beyond rust. Rust repair on frames: You can patch it but it will count as part of the 36" plate that you are allowed.
11. Suspension can be modified. Leaf springs must be stock and made of stock spring material, with a 1" stagger and no springs can be as long as the main leaf. You can only have a total of 7 leaf springs per side no thicker than 3/8" thick. The main leaf must be the top spring in the spring pack and leaf springs must go down from longest to shortest in minimum 1" stagger. You can re-clamp springs, 6 clamps per side with only 4 being homemade. Homemade clamps can't exceed 2x4x1/4". You can change coil springs to a stiffer spring, you can double the rear springs (they may be tied together in no more than two spots, do not weld them together), or put spacers in sagging coil springs to get your height, do not raise the suspension any other ways except what is listed above. You can bolt, wire, or chain coil springs to rear-end and frame to prevent springs from falling out. You may weld leaf spring mounting brackets to prevent them from becoming unbolted. You can loop chain or wire (1 loop of 3/8 chain or 4 loops of #9 wires) from rear end to frame in 2 spots on each side, must go around frame, do not bolt the chain to the frame. We are going to allow you to weld the chain to the side of the frame, for your chains from the frame to the rear end, you can weld one link only to the side of the frame if you choose to weld the chain instead of wrapping it around the frame. Leaf spring conversions on the rear allowed .
12. Rear end control arms can be reinforced. If you reinforce your control arms you must build them starting with a stock set. They maybe shortened or made longer.
13. Steering must be remain stock.
14. You can run shifter through the floor, and you can have a switch panel. If you are running an electric fuel pump, it must be hooked up to your ignition switch, so when your car shuts off so does the fuel pump.
15. You may alter your steering column to prevent steering loss.
16. You may cut wheel wells for tire clearance. Fenders may be bolted back together with 8-3/8 bolts or less with 1.25" diameter washers. No rolling your fenders and welding them. If you wrap or fold your fenders around the front of the core support do not exceed 8 3/8 bolts with 1.25in washers to bolt back to the core support of fender.
17. For safety, all cars must have (2) windshield bars extending from the roof of the car to the firewall/dash, no larger then 2x2 box. No more than 6" of material allowed on the firewall and can connect to halo bar. You are also allowed two rear window bars, can attach to halo bar and may be attached to deck lid no farther back than 8 inches from front trunk seam one set of rear all-thread may be attached to rear window bars
18. You are allowed 2 spots with 4 loops of wire (no cable or chain) in each window opening and may go to the frame. All #9 wire going through the windows must stay in the passenger compartment. When going through the floor and around the frame it has to go through the flat part of the floor. If you don't understand please call first.
19. You may run wire from frame rail underneath back of car, behind rear end with 4 loops of wire or 1 loop of 3/8 chain or cable. This must go around the frame, not bolting it to the frame. Do not pass this wire through the trunk as it would be another body mount, must go under trunk floor.
20. Rewelding of factory frame seems (both top and bottom) from the firewall forward is allowed. FRESH AND PRE-RAN CARS ARE ALSO ALLOWED 36" OF 4" WIDE BY 1/4" THICK PLATE PER FRAME RAIL. SHORTENING OF FRONT FRAME RAILS IS ALLOWED. SUBFRAME CONNECTORS ARE ALLOWED. 2 KICKERS ARE ALLOWED BUT MUST REMAIN INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAN ATTACH TO DASH BAR.....
21. No radiator guards
22. Use motor and tranny of choice, motor must be in stock location. You may chain or weld motor and tranny to keep in place, but don't strategically strengthen the frame. You may attached a strap on all four corners of engine going down to the frame, this strap may be welded directly to the top or side of the frame only, not to exceed 3/8" thick by 2" wide strap. The straps on the front of the motor cannot extend on the frame any more than 2" past the front of the head and cannot extend backwards at all. The straps on the rear of the motor cannot extend back on the frame any more than 2" past the back of the head and cannot extend forward at all. These straps can be connected from front to back, but the connection piece must be at least 4" above the frame and not to interfere with the A-Arm. Motor cradles are ok and can be welded to the cross member. This Rule will be Enforced. You must run the transmission cross member in the stock location you can weld 2" angle iron no thicker than 1/4", no longer than 6" to the side of the frame to support the cross member. If you pre-bend your frame do not use angle iron to re-support the bent area. The transmission cross member is the only method my which the transmission may be tied in. Do not attach transmission to dash bar or any other point in the car other than the cross member. If you choose to run an engine mid-plate this can only be attached to the frame by using the straps on the back of the motor. ENGINE PROTECTORS ARE ALLOWED[/b]
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Post by skip17 on Aug 14, 2017 9:05:16 GMT -5
YOUTH MOWER CLASS. 16 AND UNDER
Must be lawn mower not garden tractors
Must be belt driven....no chain or shaft driven
Must have leg guards or leg protection
May have front and rear bumpers....must be no wider than center of tires.
May have protective cage around motor
May plate frame from center of front motor mount bolts FWD
Pulley swaps allowed
Tractor/bar treads allowed
12inch rear wheel maximum
May use small car battery
Gas tank and battery must be secured
Welding of spider gears is allowed
No plastic hoods.
If throw belts or mower dies you are done..no dragging out to fix and go again.
Welds need to be smooth as possible
Back protectors allowed
One roll over allowed if no leaking gas and safe.....next one out.
REQUIRED HELMET AND HAVE FUN.
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