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2009 Super Modified FWD Trucks

Weight of truck not to exceed 6,200 lbs.

Drawbar Height 26 inches

Drawbar Length 30% of wheelbase

A: Body/Chassis

                1. Vehicle must have hood, grill and fenders in place as intended by manufacture.

                2. Vehicle body style must be or have been available from a dealer as mass produced.

                3. Vehicle must maintain original appearance.

                4. Vehicle must have complete outer shell (doors, fenders, hood, body sides).

                5.  No cab and bare chassis or flat bed

                6. All doors and hoods to be functional unless tilt bodies, tilt bodies without working doors must  have external lifting device.

                7. Truck doors must have a single latch design, allowing the door to be operated from inside and  outside.

                8.  Vehicles with less than stock size window openings must have an escape hatch with a  minimum size of 17 inches by 18 inches.

                9. Air shock type devices are allowed as long as there are no lines or controls going to or from  them.

                10. Adjustable front suspension stops must be mechanical.  Pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical  adjustable stops not allowed.

            11.  Vehicles must have safety glass or Plexiglas in windshield and rear window. Factory tint                     is  permitted.

                12. Stained or smoked glass is not allowed.

                13. Tinted windows that impair the track official's view of the driver's compartment are not  allowed.

                14. Vehicles in this division must have vertical bumpers at the rearmost point of the vehicle.   Bottom of bumper to be a minimum of  8  inches vertically.  Must be rigid.

                15. Hood line variance: original hood line should be kept and a 3 inch maximum clearance  opening will be allowed for speed equipment

 

B. Drawbars

                No drawbar greater than the angle of the sled chain.  (Acceptable angle: 0degrees to a maximum  of 33 degrees.)

C. Driveline/Driveline Shielding

                1. Vehicle must have three (3) round metal loops shielding driveshaft.

                a. 360 degree loop must be a minimum of 3/8inch aluminum or 5/16-inch steel, 3/4 inch wide (or wider) and not more than 2 inches from the shaft in any direction.

                b. End loops to be placed no farther than 6 inches from universal joints, with third loop in center of shaft.

                c. May use a solid tube (3/8inch aluminum or 5/16 inch steel) to meet the above requirements.

                2. If planetary reductions at wheels are used, the following drive shaft shielding criteria will  apply.  No cast metal.

                a. All remaining drive train, excluding additional manual transmissions, must be enclosed in 5/16 inch minimum steel or 3/8inch aluminum,      round, inside diameter not to exceed 2 inches  more than the outside diameter of the largest universal joint, fastened every 6 inches or closer,   with 3/8 inch or larger bolts, Grade # 5, or butt and seam welded, and securely mounted to  vehicle's frame.     Applies to all vehicles with exposed drive shaft.  No more than 1/4inch of end  of driveline shall be visible with driveline shielding in place.

                Note: If U joints are used in any drive shaft application, the shielding must be 5/16-inch steel or  3/8inch aluminum with 1/8 inch steel insert in aluminum.  The shield must be a minimum of 6  inches wide.

                b. ALL FWD vehicles engine/automatic transmission combinations must have either:

                                i. Two front engine mounts, two rear engine mounts, and a support saddle for rear of  transmission, with 1/2inch maximum clearances; OR

                                ii. Two front engine mounts, support saddle at rear of engine, with 1/2-inch clearance,  and a mount at rear of transmission.

                NOTE: This is to prevent engine or transmission from dropping if breakage occurs.

            3. Drive shafts between engine and transfer case must have solid shielding a minimum of 3/8inch  aluminum or 5/16inch steel.

                4. Vehicle must have 360-degree metal shield around the universal joints, 3/8-inch aluminum or  5/16-inch steel, minimum width 6 inches.

                NOTE: if a split design is used, mount as in Rule 2: a. above.

                5. Axle and hub bolt shield required, except where planetary final drives are used.

                a. Shield must be at least 0.060 inch thick.

                b. Minimum diameter of axle end or hub bolts to be covered on both front and rear axles.

                c. Mounting shield cannot be mounted to axle end or hub bolts.

                d. A hole may be installed in center of front shield so lock can be operated, so long as hub end or  axle bolts are covered.

                6. No counter balancers permitted in driveline.

D. Engine

                1. Vehicles are limited to a single automotive type engine,

                NOTE: Automotive engine is any engine or its replica available in a passenger car or pickup truck.  Maximum 10 cylinders.  A replica to be considered legal must accept and swing a stock crankshaft.  Acceptable engines to include Dodge V-10 and Ford V-10 and pickup diesels.  These engines must follow the rest of the rules related to cubic inch displacement, head configuration and pressure stages.

                 Maximum of 650 cu in motor naturally aspirated or 500 CI supercharged or diesel turbo.

                2. -500 CI maximum (supercharged only and dieeeessel turbo)

                  -Automotive type block Alum. or Cast iron allowed

                  -All motors with wedge style heads may use up to 871 supercharger but heads must

      Accept  stock valve covers (supercharged only) -40% maximum overdrive allowed on blower

     -Vehicles are limited to two valves per cylinder head and one spark plug per cylinder except for 5.9 CI Cummins engine.

      -Blowers or turbo limited to one pressure stage.

                   -All blowers must be bolted to manifold by aluminum studs

                  -Must have blower restraints consisting of four separate straps, one on each corner of the

                    supercharger, with each strap securely fastened to the engine by means of its own

                     attachment bracket.  The top bracket to be sandwiched

                    Between the lower surface of the injector body and the upper surface to the supercharger case.

                     The bottom attachment bracket for each strap shall be connected to the engine by a minimum

 Of an 5/16 bolt or stud  (sae grade 5 or better).

                 -Belt shielding to cover entire belt and to extend below the bottom pulley

                 -Shield to be made from metal and have a minimum 60thou. thickness

Turbo charger must be completely shrouded.  Except for inlet and exhaust pipes, with steel or aluminum or at least .60 in thickness.

     3. Exceptable fuels are gasoline, diesel and alcohol.

                4. Engine must be in stock location, which as defined as being, within engine compartment as  manufactured, behind stock grill, and in front of stock firewall. 

                5. Vehicle may run without a radiator, and engine maybe moved forward, but engine must stay  behind the grill. 

                NOTE: Entire engine to mean anything that is bolted to the engine block.

                6.  Except for high performance type starters with crank shaft drive, rear of engine block may not  be moved forward of center line of front axle.

                7.Automotive engines must run 2 valves per cylinder and 1 spark plug per cylinder.

                8. Fuel injection (and carburetors) and headers may protrude through the hood.

                10. Vehicle must have vertical exiting exhaust.  Height of pipe must be a minimum of one foot  above the bend.

                NOTE: Vertical is defined as "being in plumb" with a 10-degree variance in any direction  permitted.

            11. Engine to be shielded on both sides from bottom to top of block and the entire length of  block. Shields must be 60 thou. material or greater and be securely mounted.

                12. Engines that use harmonic balancers must use SFI approved balancer

                13. Throttle return springs, 2 per carb or injector,

E. FRAMES

                1. May be different than the make and model of truck body.

                2. Must be main supporting member of chassis, OEM truck frame.

                3. Tubular steel frame is allowed.

                4. Center of wheels cannot exceed plus or minus 6 inches of fender wells for wheelbase being  used, which means that a vehicle may run up to a maximum of 133 inch wheelbase.

            5. Wheels must be in fender wells as described above.  Body may be stretched in middle to accompany this.

                6. The outside edge of the tire on the narrow axle must overlap the centerline of the tire on the  wide axle by at least one inch.

                7. Maximum wheelbase cannot be longer than 133 inches.

                8. Weights to be no more than 60 inches from centerline of front axle.

                9. Solid rear suspension only.

E. HITCH

                1. Truck must have floor or bed cover.

                2. Truck may compete without tailgate or rear door(s) for greater hook point visibility.

                3. No portion of truck may interfere with sled, chain or hook during pull or while being hooked   or unhooked.

               4. An area 5 inches wide and 12 inches high immediately above the drawbar must be free of all  obstructions. (including weights, wheelie bars and second drawbars) for ease of hooking and  unhooking.

                a. If body extends more than 12 inches behind point of hook, the open area must be 18 inches above drawbar and 24 inches wide at rear most point of body.

                5. Vehicle must have tow hitch on front of vehicle

                a. It can extend no more than 6 inches ahead of the farthermost front portion of the vehicle.

                b. It will not be counted when measuring length of vehicle.

                c. It must have a 3-inch diameter hole, positioned horizontally.

                d. It must be strong enough to push or pull the vehicle at its heaviest weight.

                e. It is to be used only for pushing or pulling the vehicle.

                6. Hitch height to be 26 inches

                7. Hitch length to be 30% of wheel base no less.

G. SAFETY

                1. Vehicle must have a complete firewall (no holes except for controls).

                2. Vehicles that do not have working doors must carry an onboard halon fire system with a  minimum of (3) nozzles located within the driver's compartment/engine compartment. Truck with  working doors must carry 2 1/2 pound ABC or 1 1/2 pound halon  fire extinguisher convenient to driver.

                3. Flip-top or funny car type vehicles must have body in lowered position before vehicle may be  moved under its own power.

                4. Flip-top type bodies must have a safety lock to hold up the body.

                5. Body may be raised to start engine and may stay in raised position while engine is running as  long as vehicle is not in motion.

                6.OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT            

                a. No fuel tanks, fuel pressure gauges, fuel pumps and/or fuel lines are allowed in the operator's    compartment.

                b. If the fuel tank is located behind the driver, a fire barrier is required from the firewall to the  rear of the drivers seat. (0.060-inch aluminum or steel is acceptable fire barrier material.)

                7. Vehicles must use wheels no more than 6 inches off the ground, within 6 inches of the forward  most part of the vehicle.

                a. Wheels must be a minimum of 6 inches in diameter by 2 inches wide.

                b. Wheels must support the weight of the vehicle.

                c. Wheels must be raised or removed for the purpose of ground clearance when vehicle is not on  competition track.

                d. Wheels must be at least 3 feet apart.

                8. Weights must be safely secured to vehicle, and must not extend forward more than 60inches  from the centerline of front wheel.

                9. Truck must have rear kill switch and backup light

 H. TIRES

                Maximum tire size to be 112inch circumference, when inflated to 30psi-with original bar, not to  exceed 17 inches in width before cutting.

                No dual wheels, bar tires only

I. BELL HOUSINGS &TRANSMISSIONS

                1 Bell housings to be SFI 6.2 or 6.3

                2. Clutch must be SFI approved

                3. Automatics must have a scatter blanket

                Note: All bell housings and clutches need to be inspected annually.

 

J. ADDITIONAL RULES

                1. Complete fire suits are mandatory, including belaclava, fireproof gloves and boots. No running shoes

                2. Helmets must be worn by all drivers when making their pull

                3. Anyone not wearing a helmet will be disqualified

                4. Lap belts must be worn during a pull, original equipment lap belts are satisfactory

                5. Pullers will be on the honour system for weight, with off site scales.

                6. No trucks may bump up into class without complying with these rules.

                7. No floating finish except in pull off.

                8. At no time will a vehicle be left running with no one in the vehicle.