1. Any 1960 or newer U.S. Manufactured full body passenger car. No 4-wheel drives, station wagons, Firebirds, Camaros, or convertibles.

2. Minimum wheelbase allowed is 108 inches. Unibody cars may be tied together. (Maximum 2x2 square tubing.) Tow hooks on front and rear of car capable of lifting the car are mandatory.

3. Full perimeter 4 post roll cages with X brace in rear securely welded to frame must be used. Three horizontal door bars on each side mandatory (four recommended). Driver’s side door bars must be tied together with vertical bars and attached to frame in at least two places not including the corner posts. One cross bar in top halo of roll cage mandatory. Minimum .095 tubing at least 1.667 outside dia. for cages & door bars. Petty bar will be allowed. One loop in front of radiator of 1 ½” round tube may be used between front frame horns. Roll bar padding required in driver’s compartment. One vertical vent bar from the front corner of halo to driver door bar is allowed (1-1/4” dia. bar).

4. Car body and frames must be completely stock. No cutting, chopping, or shortening allowed, except for placement of roll cage. Wheel openings may be trimmed for reasonable tire clearance. The steel stock unaltered floor pan, firewalls, trunk floor, trunk lid, and wheel wells must be retained. When using a newer style front wheel drive car body the floor pan must remain OEM for that frame and in OEM location. May use 1988-1996 Cutlass, Grand Prix, Lumina, Regal or Monte Carlo body on 1978-1987 GM 108-inch wheelbase full frame. Frame must match body – GM to GM, Ford to Ford, Chrysler to Chrysler, and wheelbase to wheelbase. Exception is: 1980 or newer Ford unibody may be installed on Ford full frame, and shortened to minimum 107.5-inch wheelbase. Rear of frame behind rear tires, from a point no further forward than one inch behind factory seam, may be replaced in OEM location with two-inch by three-inch steel tubing with .095-inch wall thickness. Factory seam must remain visible. Unibody must tie rear frame to front frame. Frame may be ‘X’ braced. No Camaros, Firebirds, or Mustangs. A steel firewall must be in place to separate the trunk from the interior of the car. Hoods may be gutted. Front inner fenders may be removed. All stock windows must be left open and no open hood scoops allowed. Front windshield screen and three vertical 3/8” minimum bars required. No interior enclosures or covers. After market nose and tailpieces allowed. Opera window may be enclosed if desired.

5. All glass, plastic, upholstery, lights, mirrors, molding & chrome removed.

6. All doors must be welded shut. Hoods & trunk lids must be securely fastened with pins, no bolts. Rub rails no bigger than 1”x 1” tubing or ¼”x 2” flat steel may be attached to body from fender well to fender well, flush with body with smooth edges and painted to match car.

7. Bumpers must be in stock location. Hydraulic bumpers must be welded to brackets and brackets welded to frame. Hydraulic bumpers should be drilled to release oil. Tube type bumpers are allowed on the front of the car, behind aftermarket nose pieces only. Cars that do not have an aftermarket nose piece must run a stock type bumper on the front of the car.

8. All cars must have an aluminum racing seat. Seat must be securely fastened to roll cage cross member and frame.

9. Stock gas tank must be removed. Fuel cell required. Fuel cell must be encased in an approved steel can and must be securely mounted. Fuel lines through driver’s compartment must be in steel pipe or conduit. No vented gas caps. Check valves are recommended in all vent lines.

10. Drive shaft must be painted white. An approved safety loop required and must be constructed of ¼”x 2” steel strap no more than 6” behind front universal joint. Drive shaft must be made of steel.

11. Battery may be relocated, but must be securely fastened in a sealed container. Only one 12 volt battery allowed in car.

12. No computers of any kind allowed on car.

13. Weights must be painted white with car number on them & must be secured inside trunk or inside the frame rails with two ½” bolts. No weight allowed in driver’s compartment. No sandbags or loose ballast permitted.

14. Spoilers, wings, skirts, air scoops, or anything that alters the stock appearance is not allowed.

15. Car must be clearly marked with contrasting number 24” high & 3” stripe width & have 18” number on the roof.

DRIVER’S EQUIPMENT

1. An approved helmet with a Snell SA 2000 or SA 2005 rating & full fire suits required. Competition 5-point shoulder harness & lap belts are mandatory & must be securely fastened to the frame or roll cage. Fire extinguisher recommended.

2. Fire resistant gloves required & fire resistant shoes highly recommended. Window nets & neck braces required. Kill switch clearly marked “ON” & “OFF” recommended.

SUSPENSION - TRANSMISSION - REAR END

1. All springs must be stock type for that make and model. Coils for coil spring cars, leaf for leaf spring cars. Full floating rear ends and safety hubs are allowed. No lumber or chains allowed. No air shocks. All 4 brakes must lock up. No brake shut-off devices allowed. No brake bias proportioning valves, other than the factory front to rear proportioning valve, are allowed

2. 9” Ford allowed, but must be mounted like stock rear end for that make and model. Disc brakes allowed on rear with Ford 9”, but must use O.E.M. type brake calipers. No aftermarket brake calipers allowed. No aftermarket brake pedal assemblies allowed. Posi-traction or locked rear ends are allowed.

3. Transmission must be O.E.M. Stock automatic must run operable torque converter. Stock clutch, pressure plates, and fly wheels only. If running a manual transmission steel scatter shield must be used. No aluminum flywheels allowed. No cheater transmission or couplers allowed. $50 will protest clutch assembly or torque converter and a 2” easy accessible inspection hole is required on all bell housings. If the protested transmissions are illegal, the protesting driver will receive the money back and the protested driver is disqualified for the night with no points or money. No transmission oil coolers located in the driver's compartment.

4. One shock per wheel in stock location using stock mounts. Maximum tube diameter is 1.999”. No adjustable spacers on springs. Suspension parts must be mounted in stock location with no other mounting holes in brackets or on the suspension part itself that may be used for adjustments. No screw jacks or weight jacks allowed.

5. No quick steer boxes allowed.

6. Stock OEM type steering pumps only. No aluminum bodied aftermarket power steering pumps allowed. Remote reservoir pumps are okay but pump must be steel.

TIRES AND WHEELS

1. Tires must be D.O.T. stock passenger car tires not exceeding 10" wide at any point on the tire. No recaps. No all terrain tires allowed. No shaving or grooving allowed. Tire may not extend outside the body of the car past the centerline of the tread at the top of the tire.

2. Only steel wheels allowed. Maximum of 8” in width. No bead locking devices allowed.

3. Right front wheel to be reinforced or spoke wheel, with larger stud.1” dia. lug nuts are required.

ENGINE

1. Engine must be visibly stock and maintain stock or approved stock replacement components (GM to GM, Ford to Ford, etc.) Engine must remain in stock location. Center casting line of the fuel pump must be 1 ½” ahead of the factory weld where the frame rail meets the cross member. No roller cams. No roller lifters. All cars must have operable starter.

2. One two bbl. O.E.M. external stock appearing carburetor only, no Holleys and no dual feed carbs. Carburetor must match engine, ford to ford and GM to GM. Venturi may not exceed 1-3/8” and must be round. No oval, egg-shaped, notched, or elongated venturies allowed. Carburetor maybe claimed for $50. If claim denied, there will be loss of points and money for that night’s racing. An approved adapter plate is allowed. 2-barrel or 4-barrel cast iron intake manifolds only, (no internal build up allowed and stock air cleaner mount must be retained).

3. Cast iron intake and exhaust manifolds only. No center dump exhaust manifolds. Exhaust must go down, back and exit past the firewall under the car. Exhaust may not be directed out the side of the race car.

4. No aluminum heads allowed.

CLAIMING RULES AND PROCEDURES

1. Cost of claim: $425 for engine - $25 for wrecker. $450 Total -

2. Claim does not include - (1) Flywheel (2) Clutch (3) Pressure plate (4) Bellhousing (5) Exhaust manifold (6) Carburetor (7) Starter (8) Motor mounts (9) Sending units & switches for oil pressure and water temperature (10) Fan and pulleys (11) Clutch ball (12) Clutch arm (13) Throw out bearing (14) Dip stick (15) Water pump (16) Fuel pump (17) Distributor (18) Plug wires.

3. First five position finishers must report directly to claim area and are subject to engine claim by any other driver finishing fifth on back in the feature. Any driver lapped by the fifth place car is not eligible to claim. Driver allowed one claim ONLY per event, regardless of outcome of that claim. In case of multiple claims on same engine, engine will to go to qualified claiming driver finishing farthest back.

4. Driver making claim must drive his racecar immediately after finish of feature, under its own power, directly to claiming area. Only driver and officials allowed in claiming area. Claim must be made within five minutes of checkered flag.

5. Claims must be made immediately following feature race, and claimed engine must be completely removed within one (1) hour after the last checkered flag falls.

6. Claims must be made to track official, and $450 cash must accompany intention to claim. Must have USRA license and raced the previous three events.

7. Only driver may claim engine & only driver may agree to sell or refuse to sell engine. First sell or no sell by driver being claimed is binding.

8 Any driver found to be claiming an engine for anyone other than himself will lose all track points for the season and will be suspended for 30 calendar days or until $500 fine is paid to the Speedway.

9. All claimed engines must be removed from the car at the track; buyer must examine engine before removal - once removal is started, sale is final.

10. No one driver may claim any other one driver more than once during current calendar year or claim more than two engines during the calendar year.

11. Refusal to sell will result in disqualification; loss of money and trophy won that night, all track points for the season and a $500 fine to be paid before being allowed to race remainder of year.

12. Drivers are to be held accountable for any sabotage discovered while pulling the engine. Any sabotage discovered will result in the driver losing all track points and being assessed a $500 fine. The claim may be disallowed and the money returned to the claimer.

13. Any driver using any device intended to deceive other drivers, including, but not limited to a device to squirt oil into or onto the engine to give the outward appearance of a “blown” engine, will forfeit all money earned that night. Driver will be subject to fine equal to amount of prize money forfeited.