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2008

DEMOLITION DERBY

 

RULES & REGULATIONS

 

  1. Each and every driver is required to fill out an entry blank before the derby starts.
  2. Only owners, mechanics, drivers, etc. who have signed the release sheet will be allowed in the pit area.
  3. No car will be allowed on the track prior to the heat in which it is to participate.
  4. Intoxicating beverages, or use of such are prohibited prior to or during the event.
  5. NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED
  6. The last two (2) cars moving, in all events will be officially proclaimed the winners.
  7. You will draw your heat when your car goes through inspection.  You get two times to go through inspection.  When inspection is complete the goes to line up, no ifs and ands about it.
  8. If you are not a driver you are NOT allowed on the track.  If you are not a driver and you are on the track you will disqualify the car you are with.
  9. All mini cars must have wheel base of 102 inches or less.
  10. Drivers may maneuver forward and backward.  No deliberate hitting on drivers door.
  11. NO REFUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  12. No infield and track destruction, donuts, etc.
  13. Additional safety regulation may be imposed at the time of the derby due to track conditions.
  14. Cars must have brakes before beginning of heat.
  15. Same car winning heat must run in feature.

 

DRIVER ENTRY

  1. Minors must have a notarized release from parents or guardians.
  2. All drivers must supply their own car.
  3. Any driver and/or crew member disobeying rules will cause his car to be disqualified.
  4. NO REFUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

TIME LIMITS

  1. One (1) minute to hit
  2. If a driver does not hit a car within the time limit, he will be disqualified.

 

INSPECTION

  1. Derby officials reserve the right to inspect any and all cars entered in the Demolition contest at any time.

 

CAR REGULATIONS

  1. Any front engine, hard top car or station wagon is allowed.  No trucks, jeeps, carry-alls, limos, 66 or older, Chrysler Imperials, or travel all, etc.
  2. Judges decision is final.
  3. Safety belts and approved safety helmets are required and must be worn.  Shoulder harness recommended.
  4. All glass including headlights, tail lights, mirrors, etc. must be removed.  Car must be swept clean of all dirt and loose pieces.  ALL THIS WORK must be done before entering the fairgrounds.
  5. A maximum of 5 gallons of gas will be permitted.  Gas line may be changed.  No original gas tank.  Must have steel gas tank, no air hose for gas line, must be steel line or gas hose.
  6. No special bumpers, trailer hitches, or reinforcements will be permitted.
  7. Cutting fenders and bumpers for wheel clearance and/or restrictions of steering is permissible.  Suspension can be welded or bolted solid.  NO plating of frame or body.  When repairing sheet metal use sheet metal only.  Sheet metal should not have more than 1” overlap onto old sheet metal.
  8. All doors must be fastened shut by wire, straps or welding.  Drivers’ door may be welded solid, all other welds may be 3 inch welds, 3 inch gap, 3 inch welds on doors, tail gates and truck lids.
  9. A bar or #9 wire must be ran from the firewall to the roof in the middle of the windshield.
  10. You may weld coil springs or wire them in.
  11. Hoods may be bolted in four places but not to the frame.  Trunk lids may be chained, wired or welded.  Hoods and trunks lids can be wired to bumpers 4 times, 2 places.  Sedans must have 12” hole in trunk lids.  All cars must have 12” hole in center of hood.
  12. Wagons must have factory leaf springs.  Wagons springs must stair step and be staggered 1 ½ inch.  Nor more than 9 stock leaf springs on wagons, 3 clamps per side, no more than 2” wide and 4” long, springs no bigger than 2 ½” by ¼”.  Springs and spring shackles must be in factory location.  Shackles can be welded.  Rear decking in wagons must be removed and wagon clean to the floor.  No laid down wagons.
  13. Sedans must remain factory, if coil spring leave coil spring, if leaf spring, leave leaf spring.  Same spring regulations as wagons on leaf spring sedans.  If smashing of trunks on sedans trunk lids must be no lower than 12 inches from floor plan (NO WEDGE CARS) may have two pieces of all thread on trunk decks through sheet metal only.
  14. Mini cars leaf springs no more then ¼” thick and no more than five leaves.  Leaf springs must be stair step and staggered 1 ½ inch.  No spacers between leaf springs and rear end.  Leaf springs must bolt to the rear end.  May have 3 clamps per side on leaf springs but must be no more 2” wide and 4” long.
  15. All chrome and decorative ornaments must be removed from outside of car.  Protruding fenders and/or tail light fins must be cut or bent over including luggage rack.
  16. You must stay in your car.  Do not leave your car unless you are told to do so by an official or the last car has stopped.  If an emergency arises during any event, all cars will be stopped.  If any car must be moved to allow emergency equipment to operate, then all cars must return to their original starting position to resume heat.  If it is unnecessary to move nay car during an emergency, then the heat will “restart” from the present positions.
  17. Batteries may be moved to any reasonable position in the car, but they must be securely fastened to the car and must be covered with a suitable shield.
  18. Any vehicle visibly leaking fuel will be disqualified.
  19. Bumpers may be welded all the way around shock.
  20. Car may have four point cages.  Bar behind seat from door post to door post and bar along firewall from sided to side.  Bars along doors from bar behind seat to bar on firewall.  Door bar can not go past bar behind seat and bar on firewall.  Door bars cannot be inside doors at all.  Bar behind seat no more then 12” behind door post and if over top of car must be straight.  No angling of roll bar over top of car.  Firewall bar must be straight.
  21. The radiator must remain in its original position.  No auxiliary engine cooling system or transmission coolers are allowed.
  22. Car must measure 22” to the bottom of bumpers and no lower than 18”.
  23. No tire regulations.  No valve stem protectors.
  24. Body mounts may be removed, but have no plating from the bottom of frame.  Must use no more than a 3” by 3” washer to replace the factory washer on body mounts.  You can add 2 extra body mount bolts but must be through top of frame. No added mounts to side of frame.
  25. THIS IS NOT AN OUTLAW DERBY SO DO NO BRING LOADED CARS OR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE.
  26. All frame seams may be welded, no added reinforcements, plating or leading inside of frames, factory frame holes must be open from inspection.
  27. May have a plate welded on outside of rear hump, plate may be no bigger than 6 inches by 22 inches and no thicker than ¼ inch.  Plate must be straight and centered across the rear hump.  Do not angle hump plate.
  28. You may bolt your fender and quarter panel but only 4 bolts per panel.
  29. Center of Firewall where the hole for the distributor is, you may have 2-pieces of all-thread bolting from firewall to firewall bar.
  30. On standard or 8 lug rear ends, you can make or modify the upper control arms only on lower control arms you can cut and shorten but don’t overlap no more than an inch where cut and welded together.  Must use factory control arms on lower.
  31. No sliding drive shafts.  No distributor protector.  No gas tank protector. No reinforcing of tie rods.
  32. NO REFUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!