Lunatic Promotions,
LLC Rules for 2011
General Rules
1.
Any American made sedan or station wagon may be run. No 73 or older
Imperials or Imperial sub-frames, 4x4’s, ambulances, hearses, trucks,
etc.
2.
80/newer cars must be a 1980 or newer body style car.
3.
Driver must be 18 years of age and have a valid driver’s license.
Ages 14-17 must have a notarized permission slip and some form of driver’s license.
4.
Driver must wear seat belt, helmet, and some form of eye protection.
5.
No intentional driver’s door hits. It does happen and you
will be disqualified if we feel it was intentional. Do not use your door as a
shield either as you will be disqualified for that also.
6.
You will be given 30 seconds for an aggressive hit and 60 seconds for a restart or if you are hung up.
7.
No sandbagging or holding.
8.
If you have 2 fires of any kind that need extinguishers to put it out, you will be disqualified.
9.
All drivers and pit crew members must attend the drivers meeting
10. Any
controversies will be taken up at the drivers meeting.
11. No
Alcohol in the pits. If any driver or crewmember is caught with alcohol their
car will be disqualified and removed from the grounds.
12. Cars
are subject to re-inspection before any prize money is handed out. There is a
$150 pro-test fee and you must be a driver in order to protest.
13. You
must arrive 2 hours prior to any show’s starting time, or you will be charged a $50 late fee and if you do not arrive
1 hour prior you will forfeit your entry fee. Please call if you will be late. You will only have 2 chances to go thru tech.
If you do not make the necessary changes you will forfeit your entry.
14. Any
questions call first. If it doesn’t say you can do it, don’t do it.
15. Judges
decisions are final.
Car Preparation
1.
All cars must be stock, unless modification is stated in the rules.
2.
All glass, plastic, chrome, etc. must be removed before arriving at the derby.
Do not paint on the frame or inside of the car. . Remove all grease from frame. Bolts to hold any chain can
not go through the frame. No foam in frame.
3.
All decking in station wagons must be removed.
4.
Use motor and tranny of choice but must be in stock location. Motor
and tranny mounts can be fabricated and welded as long as it does not strategically reinforce the frame, “A” frame,
or shock towers. No engine mounts, braces, cables, or chains may extend more
than 4” in front of, or 4” behind the a-frame. Pipe can be no bigger
than 1 ½” inches or ½” thick flat steel. Motor or tranny can not
be connected to any part of the cage. Crossmember must be in stock location and
stock appearing with no extra bracing. Tranny guardt may not be welded to the
crossmemeber, can only be connected to the tranny. If we feel that it does you will cut it.
5.
Use rear end of choice but must be 5 lug. Welding the rear end
is allowed.
6.
Radiator must be in stock location.
7.
Brakes must be workable and deemed safe.
8.
Trailer hitches and any extra bracing must be removed.
9.
A-arms and ball joints must remain stock.
10. Original
gas tanks must be removed. You must use a boat tank or well made fuel cell and
it must be properly secured and covered. NO GAS CANS. Plastic gas tanks must be covered with a metal shield. Place
fuel cell behind driver’s seat or in the center of the car. Gas tank bolts
can not be bolted or welded to or thru to the frame, sheet metal only. Sedans
only may have a gas tank protector. It can be no wider than 24 inches, 12 inches
on each side from the middle of the back seat area. It can not be attached to
the back seat panel. Must run straight back off the seat bar. Cannot act as a kicker and can not be thicker than 2” thick tubing.
11. Tires
no bigger than 15 inch. No split rims or studded tires. Valve stem protectors are ok.
12. Transmission
coolers are allowed but must be safe.
13. Batteries
must be moved to passenger floorboard and must be properly secured and covered.
14.
Number must be on both doors and on top of your roof in visible colors.
Car Building
1.
DO NOT weld on frames or frame seams anywhere except your bumpers and ONLY from the front of the A-arm forward
may be welded on top side frame seam. All doors may be welded solid using only
3/8” cold rolled filler, or up to 3” x 1/4” thick flat strap. Exterior
only may be welded. NO inner seam welding anywhere!! Trunks/tailgates may be welded solid but must have at least a 12-inch square cut in them.
2.
If you do not weld your doors, trunk, or tailgate you can chain them with 3/8 chain or less and will be allowed
2 chains per seam or you may wire it with #9 wire up to 3 strands in two spots per seam.
3.
The cage may be made of no bigger than 6” C-Channel or 4x4” square tubing. You are allowed a dash bar and 2 side bars and all side bars must be at least 10” behind the crushbox
or firewall. All horizontal bars must be at least 12” off the floor. A halo bar may be run but it must be run directly vertical of the back seat bar, cannot
be angled. 2 down bars will be allowed but can not act as a kicker in any way
or it will be cut. Sidebars cannot be longer than 60 inches and they cannot go
past the backseat body mount on a Ford or Chevy and no farther back than the front leaf spring shackle on a mopar. Cage may be welded to the frame. Any cage parts that strengthen the frame or car will be cut.
4.
Bumpers are interchangeable but must be a car bumper. No
homemade bumpers or brackets. You can weld bumper brackets or towers to the frame. You can weld bumper brackets and shocks to the bumper.
You can weld shocks to shock tower. Bumpers must be stock appearing and
deemed safe. 2 Straps (4” wide, ¼” thick) or 2 strands of #9 wire
can go from the bumper to the radiator support, not hood. You may add one
strap (3” wide, 1/4” thick) that can go from any side of the bumper and be welded ONLY 3 inches past the front
of the frame. It can not be angled or act as a kicker. Only one set of bumper shocks/brackets may be used. Bumper
brackets or shocks cannot exceed 12” from the front of the frame. Can only
be on one side of the frame. Call with any questions.
5.
Rear bumper may have 2 straps from trunk deck or tailgate to bumper not to the frame. Straps can be up to 4” wide and no more than 5” on the bumper and 5” on the trunk or
tailgate. Straps may be up to ¼” thick.
6.
Hood must be off or open for inspection. Hoods can not be welded
shut. Only bolted, wired or chained. Hood
must have at least a 12-inch square hole cut out for fires. You are allowed
16 total bolts in your hood for your cutouts. You are allowed 8 hood bolts
and must have at least 4. You can use up to 1” all thread for your hood
bolts. Chrysler products may run all thread behind radiator support down to top
of frame and be welded to top of frame with no added material. Hood bolts must
be sheet metal to sheet metal. Hood plates can not exceed 5x5x1/2. Angle iron maybe used as a hood plate but can not be thicker than 3/16” and not longer than 5 inches
long. Only 2 of your hood bolts may go thru the frame.
7.
Trunk/tailgate must be in stock location. You may fold over 60%
of the trunk lid. No sedagoning of wagons or wedging of sedan trunks. You may run two 1” all thread from trunk lid to frame but must go through body mount hole.
8.
Body mounts can be replaced with up to 1” bolts and the body mounts can be replaced with steel washers
no bigger than 3”. No body bolt can be more than 12” long except 2 of your hood bolts. If you have your body mount washers on the bottom side of the frame you must have a ¾” spacer
in. You do not need a ¾” space if you have your body mount washers up inside
the frame. Body Bolts can not be welded to the side of the frame. You may add four body bolts. May weld the spacers to the body
but not the frame. Bolts may extend through body and have up to a 5x5x1/4”
thick washer on top but must be removed for inspection if we can not see inside the frame.
Radiator support mounts can be 1” and removed and sucked down solid. You
may also weld your 2 front radiator support all thread pieces to the top or side of the frame. You may also weld the front
body mount spacer to the frame. No other all-thread may be welded
to the frame.
9.
Rust holes may be patched with sheet metal only, no thicker than 14 gauge sheet metal and do not cut the rust
out. Do not weld at least 2” of the plate so that we can tell how thick it is.
Weld only 2 inches past the rust hole. You may also use self tapping screws
to screw a piece in over the rust but this is the only place self tapping screws may be used on the car.
10. Tie
rod ends and rear control arms may be strengthened but must be workable.
11. Suspension
must be stock height. Leaf springs must be stock.
Leaf spring thickness can not be greater than 5/16” You may add one extra leaf spring as long as the main but
it may not be wrapped to form a double main. Leaf springs must stagger down from
longest to smallest. You must have a 2” stagger in the back and 1”
stagger in the front. If you have a leaf spring on top of the main you will cut
it completely out. No flat stacks or welding of stacks. NO Shackle can be bigger than 3” x 3/16” thickness. 6
clamps are allowed per side. Homemade clamps may not exceed 2x4x1/4”. You can put spacers in sagging coil springs.
You may bolt or wire your coils in to prevent them from falling out. You
may loop wire or chain from rear end to frame in 2 spots on each side. No bigger
than #9 wire (4strands max.) or 3/8” chain may be used. You may run wire
from frame rail to frame rail in two spots behind the rear end.
12. You
will be allowed 8 spots total inside the car of #9 wire.
13. Hardtop cars can weld a strap at the doorpost.
14. May
alter steering column.
15. You
may cut out wheel wells for tire clearance. Fenders may be bolted with 8 3/8”
bolts only. No welding of the cutouts.
16. Must
have at least 1 windshield bar in the front windshield for safety purposes. Windshield
bar can only attach to firewall sheet metal not to any other bars. Do not connect
your bar to your halo bar or roof sign. You can not run a back window bar at
all.
17. Bent
frames or rusty frames may be repaired with 1/8” metal, 2” past the bend or rust on two sides of the frame. Only 3 sides of the patch may be welded so that we can tell how thick your patch is
and to see your bend or rust. You can only repair the frame once in a spot. We must be able to clearly see the bend or you will cut the patch off.
18. No
pinning of the frame. Bolts can not go thru the frame for chaining or wiring
purposes.
19. If
we have any suspicion that your car might be illegal we will drill one or more holes in your frame.
20. Distributor Protectors will be allowed but only under the following conditions. Must be connected only to the engine or tranny.
It cannot be any wider than 12 inches. It cannot come in contact with
the Firewall, dash bar, or any sheet metal before or after the derby. You will
be disqualified and we do not want to hear any bitching. Take your own chances.
21. 80/newer
class cars only! You may weld on the frame seam, 16” of weld per side total
from the a-arm back, ½” wide. You may not use any filler or add any
metal.
22. All
Fuel Lines Must be run inside the car with high pressured lines and deemed safe!
23. If
you are running a 70 or older Lincoln, you must drill a ½” hole 6-10” in front of the fire wall on the outside
of the frame for inspection purposes.
24. 03
and Newer Fords must run the original engine cradle.
25. You
may convert a Watts Link Ford to a GM rearend in the following way. Use the trailing
arm brackets off an older Ford or metal of the same size and thickness. You may
cut out the package tray out of an older ford and weld it back in with only one pass ¼” thick. It cannot be positioned to strengthen the rear hump or frame. Call
before doing it if there is any question!
26. Anything
that we, as officials, feel that you have strengthened the car in an unfair advantage, you will have to cut it.
27. Leaf
conversions on 80’s cars: May only be done if running in an old iron class.
- Must
use the factory lower control arm mounts bracket for front leaf bolts. No short
stacks or sideway mounted leafs allowed. You may lightly re-weld control arm
bracket seams, but no frame reinforcements.
- You
are allowed 9 leaf’s maximum, only one as long as the main (and under the main), and the rest must be staggered every
2 inches. You may use 5 leaf spring clamps per side. No welding. Springs must be of passenger car origin.
- May
weld 3 inch washer to frame for rear mount bolt. No other welding or bracing
allowed on frame.
- You
CAN NOT weld 16 inches behind the a-arm if you leaf and 80’s car.
Rules for
Compact Building
1.
General Rules and Car Preparation also apply to compacts except for the following.
2.
Wheelbase is 108 inches or less with a 4 or 6 cylinder motor.
3.
4x4’s can be run but one drive shaft must be removed. No
altering Wheelbase
4.
A 2x2 ¼ inch thick piece maybe added on the top side of the radiator support but must be between the two pieces
of all-thread and cannot exceed the outside of the frame.
5.
All Frame and Body seams maybe welded under the hood, firewall forward with no filler.
6.
All cage rules apply with the exception that the side bars can be no longer than 72 inches
7.
One back window bar may be run in the middle of the back window. It
cannot exceed 2 inches wide and ¼ inch thickness and must be in front of the truck seam and cannot be attached to the halo
bar.
8.
You will be allowed to do one of the following, not both(neither can be 12 inches behind the front of the frame):
- Run a stock shock and bracket that cannot exceed 12 inches. If
you do this the shock must be inside the bracket.
- Run a pipe no bigger
than 3 inches in diameter or a 3x3” tube. Neither can be thicker than ¼”. Neither of these may be longer than 12”.
If you do this option you must have a ½” hole drilled in your frame at the 12” point. You must also drill in your pipe or tube a ½” hole so we can see how thick it is also. These must be drilled before coming thru inspection.
9.
You may run 6 leaf springs anyway you want. Cannot double wrap
the main and must be no thicker than 5/16” You may use up to 6 spring clamps.
Stagger must be 2” inches in the back and 1” in the front.
10. You
may wedge a trunk but if you do your bumper height must be a minimum of 18 inches off the ground from the bottom of the back
bumper.
Wire Class rules:
- Must be Ford to Ford, GM to GM, etc.
- Bumpers may be changed
but must be bolted on. You may weld the bumper to the shock but no other filler
and bumper cannot be welded to the frame.
- Driver’s door
may be welded shut. All other doors, hood, and trunk must be wired or chained
shut. One wrap of chain per door or seam.
No bolting or cable anywhere.
- Unlimited #9 wire.
- Rear ends may be welded
- Body mounts must remain
stock.
- No patching rust or
the frame. Patching will only be allowed for safety purposes.
- Cage rule applies but
you cannot have any down bars. No bars can come in contact with sheet metal or
frame. Halo bar must be vertical and come off the back seat bar.
- Tire rule applies
- 1” all thread
may be run thru the radiator support to the hood.
- Floor shifter and block
mounted gas pedals are allowed.
- No performance parts
allowed, example: slider driver shafts, Distributor protectors, etc.
- Everything must remain
stock except the above mentioned items. This class is about having fun and tearing
stuff up.
For questions about rules call Chad @ 515- 297-0310
For general questions or more info call Steve
@641-521-6659
