ITEMS NOT MENTIONED IN THE FOLLOWING MUST REMAIN STOCK AS
PRODUCED BY THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER.
MUFFLERS MANDATORY
NO GUTTING
NO MORE THAN 92 db NOISE LEVEL
RULE DISCLAIMER
The rules and/or regulations set forth herein are designed to
provide for the orderly conduct of racing events and to establish minimum
acceptable requirements for such events. These rules shall govern the
condition of all events, and by participating in these events, all participants
are deemed to have complied with these rules. NO EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
WARRANTY OF SAFETY SHALL RESULT FROM PUBLICATIONS OF OR COMPLIANCE WITH THESE
RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS. They are intended as a guide for the conduct of
the sport and are in no way a guarantee against injury or death to a
participant, spectator, or official.
The race director shall be empowered to permit reasonable and
appropriate deviation from any of the specifications herein or impose any
further restrictions that in his opinion do not alter the minimum acceptable
requirements. NO EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF SAFETY SHALL RESULT FROM
SUCH ALTERATION OF SPECIFICATIONS. Any interpretation of deviation of
these rules is left to the discretion of the officials. Their decision is
final.
BODY:
Any year model American made car. No front wheel drives allowed.
Wheelbase must be factory stock. No tolerance. No subcompact cars. Rack and
pinion cars must be factory stock parts only. If chassis is altered or
steering parts are not stock and in stock location, it’s not legal! All
unibody cars must be tied together. Must have a complete stock factory floor
pan and firewall. Trunk area may be cut no further forward than pinion of
rear end. Seats must be in stock location.
Complete stock bodies and frame for that year model. Stock floorboards,
rear fender wells and firewalls. Body must look factory, may use sheet metal
on doors and fenders. NO aluminum bodies. Steel performance bodies okay. Bumpers may be square tubing – must run inner rub rail –
minimum size 1 ½ inch round tubing on rear bumper, rub rails must extend
forward at least 6" from rear bumper. Must have tow loops
front and rear. Spoilers must not exceed 6 inches. 2 braces allowed, one at
each end and cannot exceed 6 inches in length. Spoiler must not be wider
than trunk lid. Back of body must be enclosed fender to fender. Rear fender
wells may be cut out for tire clearance, must maintain inner fender well
that attaches to floor pan. Factory stock OEM frame front to rear. NO
alterations allowed. This includes all cross members. Hood and trunk must be
pinned down. Stock steel hoods or fiberglass hoods. Factory trunk lid or
stock appearing aftermarket trunk lid – steel only. Front fender wells may
be unbolted and removed. Fenders may be trimmed for tire clearance.
All weight must be added in the form of roll bars or solid weights bolted
securely to the frame of the car outside of the driver’s compartment. All
weights must be painted white with car number on it.
All doors must be secured to body. Must have stock appearing hoods and
trunks. All window openings must remain factory size. Must have 3 bars in
front of driver’s window. All cars must have front dash in stock location.
Sheet metal only. Rear firewall must extend from bottom of rear window to
bottom of floor pan. Holes in firewall must be covered with metal or
aluminum. Enclosed interiors okay. May replace factory dash with aluminum –
no wider than 12 inches. 1/8-inch doorplate in mandatory.
All glass must be removed, including head and taillights. No rear view
mirrors allowed.
Gauges may be removed. All flammable interior (carpet, headliner,
interior side panel, rear seats, etc.) must be removed. Racing seat strongly
recommended. Wiring harness may be removed and replaced. Shoulder harness is
mandatory. All cars must be equipped with racing safety-approved seat belts
bolted to the frame. No standard auto safety belts allowed. Neck brace and
window net (or arm restraints) are mandatory.
Quick release wheel is optional. Quick steer boxes OK. Steering remains
in stock position.
WEIGHT: 3400 lb. after race with driver. Top 5 weigh after heat races.
Last chance transfer spots will weigh. Top 5 will weigh after ‘A’
feature.
ENGINE & DRIVE TRAIN:
MUST HAVE 360 DEGREES EXPLOSION PROOF STEEL BELLHOUSING
Engine must be stock production. Factory blocks only. No 90 or newer
roller
cam blocks. No bowtie or aluminum blocks. Casting numbers must be
readable by tech official. No 400 blocks. Engine set back #1 plug even with
upper ball joint. Flat top or dished pistons only. Maximum cubic inch
displacement to include clearance and wear is 362 for GM and Ford and 370
for Mopar. All other must not exceed 362 CID. NO stroking or destroking.
INTAKES: Any production cast iron intake or low rise dual plane aluminum
intake.. No
porting of the heads or gasket matching of intake or heads. Intake may NOT
be reworked under carb area. Carb spacer no taller than 1 ½ inch allowed.
CARBURETORS: 4412 Holley 2 barrel or stock factory carbs. 2-barrel only.
Bottom throttle plate hole 1 11/16 inch. Top 1 3/8 inch. Factory style HEI
distributors. No remote coils on GM distributors. No onboard electronic
devices capable of storing information allowed. No aftermarket electronic
amplifying devices allowed. Tachometers only.
Hydraulic camshafts only. NO flat tappet cams or mushroom cams. No roller
hydraulic cams. Engines must not pull less than 14 inches of vacuum at 1000 RPM’s.
Must have access port on intake easily accessible to Tech official. All cars will be checked in tech. Zero valve lash is required.
Heads must be stock OEM production only. No aftermarket heads. Casting
number must be readable by tech official. 2.02 – 1.60 valves in GM is the
largest size allowed. No aluminum heads or angle plug heads. Aftermarket
valve springs OK. Stock OEM rocker arms only. Screw in studs allowed.
Headers are legal. Must have mufflers securely fastened to headers.
Factory stock automatics or standard transmissions. Standards must have
all gears working-NO LIGHTENED TRANSMISSIONS or aftermarket transmissions. Must use factory
stock OEM clutch disc and pressure plates on stock steel OEM flywheels only.
Flywheels must weigh 26 lbs. NO EXCEPTIONS. Stock type factory torque
converters required on all automatics. 11" minimum diameter scatter, shield
mandatory. Driver must be able to put car in
gear from park/neutral and move forward and reverse at time of inspection.
Must have driveshaft loop. Drive shafts must be painted white.
There is a $125 teardown rule on each: pistons, cams, lifters, porting
heads, intake, flywheels/clutch, and driveline. Drivers only may protest.
$25 of the money goes into the drivers point fund.
SAFETY REGULATIONS:
Roll cages are required. No screw joint fittings allowed. The minimum
requirement for all roll cages on all cars shall be an "A"
shaped affair, constructed of at least 1 ½ OD pipe with bars running from
the upper right corner to the lower left corner, and just the opposite on
the other side, forming a "X" as viewed from front to rear. There
must also be a cross bar on top of "A" and 4 bars down the side
and 4 bars around the top to complete a caged affair around the driver. All
roll bar pipes must be at least .095 inches thick. Must have 4 kidney bars
on the driver side and 2 bars on the passenger side. The driver and passenger doors inner
liner only may be altered as necessary to install bars in the door area. No
further gutting allowed. Gussets required. Bars may be added to protect
radiator and gas tank areas. 3 ¼ inch bars in front of driver’s window
are mandatory. 1/8 inch doorplate is mandatory.
Gas tanks must be in stock position. Fuel cells mandatory. 32 gallon
maximum.
Gas tanks/cells must be securely installed with 2 inch wide by 1/8 inch
steel straps. Pump, racing, or aviation gas only. NO nitrous oxide allowed.
TIRES, WHEELS & SUSPENSIONS:
Monticello Speedway Track tire Only.(Stamped Monticello Speedway ashphalt
pulloff F45s available ONLY at Monticello Speedway & AM Rental/Racing) No
exceptions once the points races start. All tires must pass tech inspection.
Steel racing wheels only. Maximum width is 8 inches. Right front and rear bead lock
recommended. NO plastic or aluminum wheels. 5/8 inch stud mandatory.
1" Lug nuts Required
Racing springs allowed on front and rear. Adjustable/Cheater weight jacks
on front only. Rear springs must use upper spring pads in stock location.
Racing shocks allowed, must mount in stock location. No heim mounted
shocks allowed. Must have 3 or 4 wheel brakes, valve must be in engine
compartment. OEM master cylinder. Front Suspension must remain completely
stock, tie rods, drag link, idler arm, steering arm, and steering box.
Stock A arms upper and lower, stock locations. NOT MOVED, stock
spindles, No alterations.
Rear suspensions must mount up factory stock. No alterations. All control
arms must mount in stock positions. No aftermarket control arms. No banana
brackets. No Johnny
joints. Any stock American made car or ½ ton truck rear ends allowed. All
cars on stock suspensions for the car that it is under. No gold tracs or any
form of traction devices allowed. All rear ends must be locked.
9 inch Ford housing highly recommended. GM rear ends MUST have axle
retention. Grand National Housings Allowed.
It does not matter what you have been told in the past these are the
rules for 2008.
