RULES AND REGULATIONS
| A. | EACH DRIVER MUST FILL OUT AN ENTRY BLANK. Entry blank denotes cash purse offered. |
| B. | ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS MUST BE OBSERVED. Track operators or promoter reserves the right to approve or reject any and all entries. |
| C. | ONLY
DRIVER AND ONE (1) MECHANIC will be permitted in the pit area or on
track. ARM BANDS WILL BE ISSUED AND MUST BE DISPLAYED AT ALL TIMES. The entry fee must be cash, money order, or company check. NO PERSONAL CHECKS. Entry fee -- $25.00 (No Refund) |
| D. | BOTH DRIVER AND MECHANIC must be present when vehicle is inspected and certified. Also both must be present at driver-mechanic overview meeting held one hour before event. |
| E. | MEMBERS OF THE AUTO DEMOLITION DERBY are not employees of the track operators or the promoter of the Auto Demolition Derby. |
| F. | NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES are allowed in pit area. Drivers or Pit crews caught drinking disqualifies their car and driver. |
DRIVERS ENTRY
| 1. | DRIVERS MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE and have a valid driver's license in their possession. (16 years of age with a notarized parental medical statement.) |
| 2. | ALL DRIVERS MUST SUPPLY THEIR OWN CARS. Limit of two cars per a driver per a night. |
| 3. | ALL DRIVERS AND CARS must be entered and at the track two (2) hours before the scheduled starting time of derby. |
| 4. | PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT BEFORE ENTERING ANY RESTRICTED AREA. |
| 5. | ENTER EARLY! THERE WILL BE A 50 CAR LIMIT SET PER DERBY. |
| 6. | You must paint the car # provided on the Official Entry Blank that you return on front driver and passenger car doors in 24-inch WHITE letters. |
PARTICIPATION REGULATIONS
| 1. | FULL-SIZE STOCK HARDTOP AUTOMOBILES OR STATION WAGONS ARE ALLOWED. THIS INCLUDES FOREIGN AUTOS. This year we will allow (4 Cyl) autos to compete in their own heat if there are enough entered. Compacts must have a wheel base of at least 100" inches (center of front hub to center of rear hub). Please take note that some compacts cannot compete against the larger full-size automobiles with a degree of safety. If you have one of these cars you would be required to have another full size car that had also competed in a heat during the derby. You may use front wheel drive vehicles. No trucks, Jeeps, hearses, ambulances, convertibles, SUV's, Rear engine autos, or Chrysler Imperials. |
| 2. | ALL GLASS AND CHROME TRIM and anything that might become imbedded in the track must be removed from the car before bringing auto to the grounds. Also car must be cleaned out including trunk. Fire walls must remain in place. They cannot be sectioned or deleted. Do not leave broken glass in doors; clean them out. WINDSHIELDS MUST BE REMOVED. ALL AIR BAG SAFETY SYSTEMS (this includes activation charges) must be removed. |
| 3. | TIRES MUST BE STOCK SIZE, 4 ply only, Mud & Snow okay, no inner liner, no truck or light truck tires ( LT's), no spoked rims. Tires can only be filled with air, no fluids or solids (tires within a tire are considered reinforcements) (tires marked tubeless may have tubes inserted in them). Remove wheel weights. |
| 4. |
A MAXIMUM OF FIVE (5) GALLONS OF GASOLINE WILL BE ALLOWED. GAS TANKS MUST BE METAL, and be moved to the trunk or to the driver's compartment back seat area. If within driver's compartment the tanks must be Completely covered by a Metal firewall. Only unleaded gasoline with a maximum octane level of 93 will be permitted. BOOSTED or RACING FUEL will not be allowed. If you have a car equipped with a fuel pump in the gas tank you must bypass the steering column key switch and insert a safety gas pump cut off switch allowing you to cut off the pump manually in case of emergency (mark with a red circle). Gas lines or fuel pumps will not be permitted to run within the drivers compartment unless double lined. Example: fuel line within a conduit pipe or another type hose line that is double clamped. |
| 5. | ONLY ONE (1) STOCK BATTERY will be allowed. A maximum of 850 cold cranking amps will be permitted. It must be incased in some way to catch any leaking acid if it should become ruptured. It may be moved into the passenger floorboard but must be mounted and covered for Your own protection. |
| 6. | NO REINFORCEMENTS OF ANY KIND WILL BE ALLOWED. Only exception will be the driver side front door. Trailer hitches or any type of stiffening device are considered reinforcements. You may Weld rear ends or differentials to create a positive traction rear end. Welding of bumper shocks are considered reinforcements. Maximum bumper height is 24 inches from the ground to the center of the bumper for V 6 & V 8s. Max bumper height 20" inches for 4 Cyl cars. |
| 7. | STANDARD EXHAUST SYSTEM may be removed or cut off just aft of the fire wall. NOT PERMITTED: additional headers, stacks, or custom manifolds that protruded past the level of the hood or through the body of the car, etc. |
| 8. | DO NOT WELD OR BOLT hood or trunk lids down. Use wire only on four points of hoods. Trunks can be chained shut in four places only. All doors must be Chained shut or welded (Chain is preferred on at least one door to allow for quick removal of injured participants). If doors are welded a maximum of two (2), four inch (4") welds in length on the two vertical seams per a door will be permitted. If a drivers side door comes open he or she will be disqualified. |
| 9. | A 12 BY 15 INCH HOLE must be cut into the center of hood to allow for early fire detection. |
| 10. | ALL FAN BLADES must be removed. Only exception will be if your car is equipped with a slip clutch fan blade and fan shroud or came stock with an electric fan and shroud. You may create your own fan shroud out of some type of thin metal material & replace stiff original fans with slip clutch fans. |
| 11. | PRIOR TO BRINGING CARS TO FAIRGROUND radiators must be drained and back flushed of all antifreeze coolants. They then can be refilled with water or the new naturally biodegradable coolant "Sierra" distributed by Safe Brands Corporation: Omaha, Nebraska. You must remove all air conditioning apparatus (lines & pumps) and gas refrigerant coolants from your vehicles. You may leave those for your fan belt pulley system. |
| 12. | SAFETY BELTS, HELMETS, AND IMPACT RESISTANT EYE PROTECTORS are required. If car was equipped with a shoulder restraint system including lap belt, both must be used. Driver can be disqualified at any time if either belt or helmet is removed during a heat. Drivers must wear long sleeves and Pants. |
| 13. | DRIVERS MAY MANEUVER FORWARD OR BACKWARD. No deliberate head-on collisions or deliberately ramming a driver's door. This can lead to disqualification. A TIME LIMIT will be set. No Possums! IF A DRIVER DOES NOT HIT A LIVE CAR WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT you may be disqualified. |
| 14. | ALL CARS MUST BE REMOVED FROM GROUNDS BY THE OWNER NO LATER THAN 8:00 A.M. THE NEXT DAY FOLLOWING THE DERBY. THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, so make arrangements before derby time. |
| 15. | THE DERBY WILL BE COMPOSED OF INDIVIDUAL HEATS AND A FEATURE HEAT with cash prizes and trophies going to each heat winner and grand prize to feature winner. Feature heat will be comprised of winners from each heat of the show. The show will have a designated Best Appearance Theme: HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES. The show will have a Best Mechanic award. Both awards pay cash & trophies. |
| 16. | ADDITIONAL SAFETY REGULATIONS MAY BE IMPOSED depending on the track. Rules are subject to change to fit event. If you have any safety concerns, Call 1-888-361-5767. THE DECISION OF JUDGE IS FINAL. ANY DRIVER NOT OBEYING THE RULES WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. |