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Stock
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Super
Stock /
4
x 4 Modified /
2
Wheel Drive Modified / Pro
Mod Diesel
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.
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