WRIGHT'S
DEMO DERBY INC.
ALLEN L. WRIGHT - OWNER
(618) 922-4499
Rules & Regulations for
Friday Night August 22-Open:
Event Gates Open at 5:00 pm,
Derby at 7:00 pm
Saturday Night August 23- Open:
Event Gates Open at 5:00 pm
Derby at 7:00 pm
Full Size Cars ---All Cars must pass inspection or driver must make changes to comply with inspection. All rules will be enforced. Follow them or you will not run. ALL CARS MUST HAVE 20" X 20" OR SMALLER BILLBOARD SIGN MOUNTED ON TOP OF CAR WITH CAR NUMBER ON BOTH SIDES TO RUN (NOTHING LARGER).
1. Any American made sedan or station wagon can be run. **No Imperial or Imperial sub frames, 4x4's, ambulances, hearses, limos or trucks, etc.
2. Drivers must be 16 years of age and produce a valid driver's license upon request. Riders must be 16 years of age and produce proper ID. Upon request.
3. Helmets, seat belts and eye protection must be worn at all times. If any of the above items become loose or come off of the driver, the show will be stopped and if those listed items cannot be placed back on the driver, the competition stick will be broken. Long sleeve shirts and long pants must be worn during competition. Drivers must also have shoes or boots on at all times.
4.
All drivers must attend the driver's meeting. If you
do not attend this mandatory driver's meeting, you will not run the show and
you forfeit your entry fee.
5. DO NOT hit the driver's door. Intentional or careless door shots will cost the driver hitting the other driver's door to get DISQUALIFIED. DO NOT use the driver's door as a shield. If you intend to use the door as a means of competition, you may be the one to get DISQUALIFIED!
6. Idle only in the pit area, NO HOT RODDING!
7. Two fires will cause for a Disqualification.
9. No holding other opponents or double-teaming. The purposes of demolition derby are to trash out your car and have fun and maybe earn a little money. If you are a part of a team, the team stays in the pits. Teaming or holding will result in automatic DISQUALIFICATION. If the Officials find the need to stop the show to make you hit a "buddy", then we will do so. If you do not confirm to our request, you will be DISQUALIFIED.
9. You will have 2 minutes to make an aggressive hit.
10. NO ALCOHOL ON THE PREMISES. Anyone caught with alcohol or under the influence of alcohol will be disqualified and asked to leave the premises.
11. The top 3-5 cars in the feature are subject to re-inspections before any prize money is paid out. If car is found illegal, driver's position will be revoked and will go to next qualifying car. You may run any of the following: switch panel, hand throttle and/or homemade shifters.
12. Please do not use the following excuse while in inspection: "They let me do that at another derby, why can't I do it here?"
13. There is a $300 protest fee; you will have 3 minutes to protest the feature event after completion. If driver's car found illegal, driver will loose ALL money. If driver found legal, protestor will loose their $300, driver will receive $150 and promotions will receive $150. Only event drivers and allowed to protest and must have money upfront.
Any controversies should be brought up during the driver's meeting.
CAR PREPARATION:
1. All cars must be stock, unless modification is stated in the rules.
2. All glass, Plastic, Chrome, Fiberglass and interior must be removed before arriving at the derby.
3. All decking in station wagon MUST be removed.
4. Tires no bigger than 16 inch. No split rims. No studded tires or tractor lugs. Tow motor tires or double tires are approved. We don't want flat tires. Valve stem protectors are allowed if deemed reasonably safe by inspectors.
5. Use motor and transmission of choice. Motor must be in the stock location. You may weld or chain the motor in place. (DO NOT STRENGTHEN FRAME!)
6. You must use a radiator and it must be in the stock location.
7. All cars must have working brakes.
8. All trailer hitches and braces must be removed.
9. Original Gas tanks must be removed and replaced with a METAL Boat tank or fuel cell properly covered. NO PLASTIC TANKS! Tank must be mounted in the back seat area and secured to floors. This is one of the major concerns that we have: If you can lift up your tank or move it, it's still loose. Make sure that this area is looked over before arriving to the track.
10. Transmission coolers are allowed but must be located in a safe place and well secured. No fuel line allowed to transmission coolers (hydraulic line is recommended).
11. Batteries must be moved to the front passenger floorboard. Batteries must be properly secured and covered.
12. You may weld all vertical and horizontal door seams. To make it simpler, weld the doors completely shut on the outside of the car.
13. The trunk may be welded from sheet metal to sheet metal only (do not attach the straps to the bumper). You may weld the trunk but you MUST also have a 12-inch square or circle in the middle of the trunk for inspection purposes. The top and the bottom of the trunks may not be welded, just the sides of the trunk to the tops of the quarter panel.
14. Tailgates: The tailgates of a wagon may only be welded from top to bottom. You may not attach the tailgate to the bumper in any way.
15. You may weld a plate across the driver's door not to exceed 6 inches past either door seam or no thicker than 1/4 inch.
16. You may patch sheet metal. If there is a rust hole, leave the rust and patch over it
17. You may trim the fenders for wheel clearance.
18. Frame seam welding is limited to: from in front of the A-arms forward to bumper mounting. You may only weld the topside, do not weld any seams on the bottom side in front of the A-arm. There is to be no other welding to the frame other than what is stated. If your frame is broken, cracked, split or ripped, leave it alone and let nature take its course. There is also no "BAND AIDS" to be added to the frame. If your car is found to have any frame welding done to it other than what is listed to be proper, you forfeit you entry fee and receive no refund. ,
19. You may have a four- (4) point roll cage surrounding the driver's compartment. For a non-post car you may weld a pipe in between posts. For those of you that run bars from dash bar to the bar behind the seat the bar cannot exceed the midpoint on rear door of four door car or eight inches past the back seam of the door on a two door car.
20. Dash Bar must be mounted in a fashion that is above the steering wheel brace (not below for safety reasons).
21. Bumpers are interchangeable, any year OEM automobile to any year OEM automobile. No truck bumpers. You may weld the bumper brackets or towers to the frame. You can weld bumper brackets and shocks to the bumper. You can weld the shocks to the shock towers. Weld them good; we don't want loose bumpers on the track. You can collapse shocks and bolt the shocks to the towers with 1/2-inch bolts or less, bolted vertically. You may trim the bumper ends or fold them around. No other welding on bumpers will be allowed. DO NOT weld your bumpers to anything except brackets or shocks.
22. Rear bumper brackets may be trimmed and welded solid around bracket to the frame. Bumper shocks may also be welded so that the bumper does not come off the car.
23. You must have two (2) 8" holes in hood, 4" in diameter on each side of carburetor. You may use 1-inch all-thread at the core support and go all the way through the bottom of the frame at the core support holes.
24. Hoods may be bolted with four (4) 3/4" x 4" bolts, outboard of radiator in the hood. You may also use No.9 wire. You may use only one method, no combinations. Plates for hoods are limited to 4" x 4" and 1I4"thick. You are not allowed to wire your hood/core support to your bumper. You may not add an extra brace on hoods (for lifting or opening purposes). You may go all the way from the hood through the frame.
25. Trunk lids may be fastened down with wire in 4 spots if you choose not to weld your trunk lid into place. The 4 spots must be sheet metal to sheet metal and may contain up to 4 loops of wire per hold after inspection. If yon choose to wire your trunk lid instead of welding it shut, you DO NOT have to have an inspection hole. BUT your trunk lid must be open for inspection purposes; All thread of two (2) 3/4" all thread rods may go from trunk lid to floor pan (not to frame). Or you may use wire in 2 spots with 4 loops and may go around the frame with the wire. YOU MAY NOT DO BOTH.
26. If rear of sedan or station wagon is "tucked", there must be "large" access holes for inspection.
27. Body mounts must remain in place and remain factory appearing. (Examples: you may use a hockey puck, stack of washers, or something similar in spacing). There has to be spacing from the body to the frame for inspection purposes. (Example: 11/2 inches thickness minimum). You may add a nut and washer to the top of the bolt inside the car.
28. It is mandatory that you have 2 spots of wire 2 loops per spot from the firewall, to the roof in front of the driver. You may use flat steel or 1 inch tubing, etc. Something has to be there to keep the hood from coming back into the driver's compartment.
29. Suspension may be locked in front as long as the method you choose to use does not consist of welding the A-Arms to the frame.
30. Rear suspension may also be locked with one of the following ways: Homemade shocks, All-thread, Wire or Chain. If using All-thread, it cannot pass through the body; you can only put a nut/washer on the frame in place of the factory shock (if unclear, do not do it). Homemade shocks are shocks that look "factory" but do not move or give.
31. Wire or chain can go from the rear end to any SHEET METAL or PART OF THE FRAME close to the original area of the shock mount. Coil springs have to be secure at the bottom, not at the top. You may bolt or weld the tops of your coil spring to the frame only; the upper bolt may not pass through to the sheet metal. If your bolt does pass through the sheet metal, you will be required to remove it or not run.
32. Leaf Springs must stagger according to factory specs. If you have to rebuild a set, a 2-112 stagger must be used. You may have up to 9 leaf springs per side of any leaf sprung car. Yon may not weld your leaf springs together.
33. You may use the rear end of your choice as long as it is a "factory" 5-lug rear end.
34. You may strengthen your tie rods as long as they still look stock appearing. Example: you could weld a piece of 1 inch by 1 inch angle iron on the outside of the tie rod.
SMALL CAR RULES:
1. Cars must be 104" wheel base or less. Factory
specs apply. NO EXCEPTIONS!
2. One heat of 4 cylinder cars and one heat of 6 cylinder
cars.
3. If using original gas tank, must be mounted in rear seating
area securely.
4. Big car rules apply except specified above. If you have any
questions, CALL!
TRUCK RULES:
1. One
half or three-fourth pickup trucks are eligible.
2.
Engines may have any motor to any truck.
3.
Exterior molding, license plates and glass, including head and tail lights must
be removed before entering the fairgrounds. All dirt, debris and other
loose pieces must be swept out.
4.
Box must be bolted to cab with four bolts only, maximum of three-fourths inch
with 5 inch washer.
5.
Box must be bolted to frame with four chains (3/8 inch) or new u-bolts,
tailgate limited to four chains.
6.
No split rims.
7.
Gas tank must be securely fastened 12 inches behind the cab. An 8 x 8
inch hole must be cut between the box and the cab for the gas line. Tank
must be metal and cannot hold more that five gallons of fuel. The
original tank must be removed or dropped.
8.
No electric fuel pumps unless standard equipment.
9.
Cooling system must be original equipment and must contain water only.
10.
Original bumper may be welded to frame with no extra reinforcement.
Original truck front bumper only. No tube bumpers.
11.
Bumpers cannot be installed upside down. No trailer hitches or other
reinforcement allowed.
12.
All doors must be welded shut.
13.
Trucks must have standard suspension.
14.
Battery must be securely fastened in the front seat area. No extra
battery allowed in truck.
15.
Hood must be held down using two single strands of chain (3/8 inch) or four 3/4
inch bolts. One 8 x8 inch hole must be cut in hood for fire access.
16.
Minimum 2 inch and maximum 3 inch tubing must be placed in truck running from
post to post behind driver's seat with maximum 12 inch square end plates
permanently attached to truck's body. If dashboard is removed a
safety bar with minimum 2 inch and maximum 3 inch tubing and 6 inch square
mounting plates must be installed in its place. A roll cage manufactured
from minimum 2 inch and maximum 3 inch tubing with no reinforcement gussets can
be installed for driver protection.
17.
It is mandatory that you have 2 spots of wire 2 loops per spot from the
firewall to the roof, in front of the driver. You may use flat steel or 1
inch tubing, etc. Something has to be there to keep the hood from coming
back into the driver's compartment.
18.
Truck number must be on both front doors and roof. No advertising or
other signage in these areas. No upright signs higher than 12 inches on
truck roof.
19.
Driver's door may be reinforced with a maximum of 1 inch thick plating
extending mo more than 3 inches past door opening seams, and no more than 18
inches wide.
20.
No welding of tailgate. Bolt tailgate with 2 3/4 inch bolts or chain
through bed only.
21.
NO PRE-BENDING OF BED. NO BENDING END OF BED OVER.
22.
Competition rules are same as cars.
ANY
QUESTIONS - CALL
If you're not sure it is legal, call.