Saline County Fair

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Saline County Fair

 

Demolition Derby

 

Saturday  July 25^th 2009

PIT PASS $15

GATES OPEN @ 4

Drivers meeting @ 6:30

Derby @ 7

 

CLASSES

STOCK & OPEN (POSSIBLY 2 STOCK CLASSES)

 

1. All Contestants must fill out and sign proper registration form and pay entry fee PRIOR to unloading their cars.

2. Entry fee will be $25 if registered by 6 pm Friday, July 24^th or $35 after that. This is NON-REFUNDABLE. No entries will be accepted after 5:45, Saturday July 25^h.

3. Each driver must be 16 years of age. Any contestant must under the age of 18, must have a notarized statement with parents   permission.  The parent/legal guardian must also fill out waiver at the fair office in front of fair staff, releasing all responsibilities of the fair and or staff.

4. All contestants must wear helmet’s the ENTIRE time you are on the track. Even if you have broken your stick.

5. NO ALCOHOL IS ALLOWED ON THE FAIRGROUNDS and will be confiscated. Anyone found intoxicated or with alcohol, will be disqualified and escorted off the grounds. DRIVERS.. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR PIT CREW!

6. Judges may inspect your car at anytime, before, during, or after any heat.  JUDGE’S DECISIONS ARE FINAL!!!!

7. Saline County Fair has the right to approve or refuse ANY entries OR spectators!!!!

8. Drivers and their cars MUST BE unloaded and at inspection BY 5:45!

9. All drivers must attend drivers meeting to be held at 6:30.

10. Each heat race will take the last 3 (ACTIVE) remaining cars in each heat.  Those will automatically advance to the finale. All other cars will have the opportunity to go to the consolation heat, where last 3 will advance.

11. There will be NO INTENTIONAL HITTING OF DRIVER SIDE DOORS!

12. NO HOT RODDING IN THE PIT!

13. Sandbagging will be strictly enforced. Locking up the breaks to avoid a direct drivers door hit is understandable, but we can also run a powder puff!

14. Drivers must make an aggressive hit every 90 seconds. You will have 2 ½ minutes to restart a stalled car.

 

  

VEHICLE PREPARATIONS

 

1. All glass, including windows, windshields, headlights, taillights, rear windows, and mirrors MUST BE removed BEFORE coming to the fairgrounds.  Rolling down windows is not allowed.  Glass must be swept clean from the car.

2. Any American made hardtop or station wagon is allowed with the following exceptions. NO JEEPS, TRUCKS, HEARSES, LIMO’S, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL OR IMPERIAL SUB FRAMES.

3. Cars previously ran in Demo Derby’s, may install a new front clip. Any clip may be used on any car, BUT MUST BE INSTALLED IN STOCK MANNER. Judges MUST APPROVE.

4. Gas tanks may be moved to the back seat compartment, but will not be allowed in the driver’s compartment. Plastic or metal boat tanks must be mounted and bolted down with metal straps, not with rubber straps in the rear seat area. No gas cans with hoses duct taped. All other tank’s, must be mounted in front of the rear axel. Original tanks should be removed.  If original tank is left in place, IT MUST have holes punched in it with tank washed and cleaned thoroughly!!!!

5. All caps, fittings and lines must be leak proof.

6. All cars must have number on BOTH DOORS AND TOP OF CAR!

7. Only reinforcements allowed is to protect the drivers post. Reinforcements may not exceed from front windshield post and no more than behind drivers door.

8. All bolts may be attached to surrounding sheet metal, but not through the frame. All thread is allowed as long as not attached to the frame.

9. Hoods and trunks MUST be able to inspect. Trunks may be welded shut as long as back seat is removed to be able to inspect trunk!

10. No foam or sand filled tires. Tires must be street legal. (NO STUD, SNOW OR CUT TIRE) Mud grips ARE allowed.

11. Batteries must be secured and covered.

12. Radiators, if used must be under the hood. And IN STOCK POSITION.

13. No trailer hitches and no welded hoods.

14. All doors may be welded, chained or wired shut.

15. Any engine or transmission may be used in any car, but must be mounted in STOCK POSITION.  On a V-Block motor, front spark plug may be even or in front of upper ball joint, in inline motors, #2 spark plug must be even or in front of upper ball joint

16. Chained, welded, or ho-made motor mounts will be permitted, BUT MUST MEET APPROVAL OF JUDGES.

17. Transmission oil coolers and engine oil coolers are permitted. Any lines must be wrapped or ran through PVC. Judges must approve all mountings, lines, and fittings. NO BOLTING OR WELDING TO THE FRAME!!!!!!!!!!!

18. Must have inspection holes to see inside the bumper.

19. Any OEM shock canister may be bolted or welded to any car. Amounts of bolts or welds may not exceed typical stock installation. Homemade bumper brackets are permitted.  Not to extend past OEM mounting location. May use 2 ½ in. max round or square tubing. No thicker than ¼ in.  NO solid stock may be used.

20. Any OEM stock automobile bumper may be bolted or welded to the shock canister or stock bumper brackets.

21. Rear shackles must move, CANNOT BE WELDED SOLID!!

22. All body seams may be welded. NO metal may be added.  Body CANNOT be welded to the frame ANYWHERE!!!

23. Buicks, Olds, or Pontiacs may fill the large hole in frame behind the radiator support.  This must be a butt fit.  I pass weld only. No over lap allowed.

24. All top frame seams may be re-welded only but no extra may be added. NO CONCRETE, NO BAND-AIDS. DO NOT WELD FACTORY HOLES UP. ALL FACTORY HOLES MUST BE OPEN FOR INSPECTION OF THE FRAME.

25. You may run wire chain from frame rail underneath back of car behind rear end.

26. No frame welding is allowed. No plating, stuffing, heat treating, or foam filling of frames. NOT ALLOWED. Do not paint, undercoat, oil or grease your frames or you wont be inspected.

27. On all cars, hoods, trunks, and tailgates may be secured with the following method: on front of car, two pieces of 1 inch all thread, with a washer no larger than six inches Outside Diameter and 3/8 inch thick, all threads MUST be mounted outboard of the radiator.  In addition to all threads, six (6) 1 inch O.D. bolts with a washer no larger than six inches O.D. and 3/8 inch thick, or you may use angle iron back to back with a bolt through it. Angle iron cannot be longer than 6 inches.  Three on each side of car, a total of 6.  Total of 6 bolts holding the hood down and any amount of wire or cable. All wire, or cable MUST be mounted outboard of radiator. A maximum of 50 bolts 3/8 inch or smaller are allowed to bolt together hood seams. On deck lid of car, 2 pieces of 1 inch all thread with a washer no larger no larger than 6 inches O.D. and 3/8 inch thick and any amount of wire or cable.  On station wagons 2 pieces of 1 inch all thread, with a washer no larger than 6 inches O.D. and 3/8 in thick, all threads may be used in the rear through roof and stock body mount replacing existing bolt.  In addition to all threads, you may weld tailgates sold or six 1 inch O.D. bolts with a washer no larger 6 in O.D. and 3/8 inch thick, and any amount of wire or cable. All other body mount bolts may be replaced with 1 inch O.D. bolts with a washer no larger than 6 O.D. and 3/8 inch thick. Body mount bolts inside passenger compartment that are close together may have one washer 6 in x 12 inches, must have 2 or more body mount bolts through washer.  You may add 2 additional body mount bolts per side inside passenger compartment. All rubber biscuits may be removed.  All all-thread MUST have nut on top and bottom and NO WELDS!

28. Hoods have 2 holes, at least 4 inches in diameter on each side of carburetor- not directly on top of carburetor.

29. JUST BECAUSE IT DOESN’T SAY IT, DOESN’T MEAN IT CAN BE DONE!

 

 

 

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