Southern Oregon Speedway Speedway 360 Sprint Rules 2006

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1 Southern Oregon Speedway Speedway 360 Sprint Rules 2006 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. No expressed or implied warranty of safety shall result from publications of, or compliance with these rules and/or regulations. These rules are intended as a guide for the conduct of the sport and are in no way a guarantee against injury and/or death to a participant, spectator or official. The track manager and race director shall be empowered to permit reasonable and appropriate variation from these rules or impose any further rules that in their opinion do not alter the minimum acceptable requirements. No expressed or implied warranty of safety shall result from any variation of these rules. Any interpretation or variation of these rules is left to the discretion of said officials. Their decision is final. General Rules 1. Southern Oregon Speedway Speedway officials have authority over all events. At the discretion of the official (s) in charge, any competitor may be disqualified for rule violations or hazardous equipment or hazardous actions. 2. The inspector inspects all race vehicles subject to at any time. 3. Approval of race vehicles by the inspector shall mean only that the vehicle is approved for participation in a competitive event and shall not be construed in any way to mean that the vehicle is mechanically sound. Be it furthers that the inspector shall not be liable for any mechanical failure. 4. Any unsportsman like conduct by drivers, owners and/or pit crew members, shall be grounds for disqualification and will be strictly enforced. Drivers are responsible for the conduct and actions of their crew members and shall be the sole spokesman for the race team. Drivers will be paid all moneys and must furnish Southern Oregon Speedway Speedway with their valid social security or tax number. 5. Absolutely no alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs in the pit area. Absolutely no alcoholic beverages will be consumed by the drivers or their pit crews prior to, or during Southern Oregon Speedway Speedway events. Use, sale or distribution of illegal drugs at any time shall mean immediate and indefinite disqualification. 6. All drivers must be at least 16 years of age (proof required). i.e. birth certificate, drivers license. Drivers under 18 years of age must have a signed and notarized parental consent form, from a parent or legal guardian. This said document must be in the hands of Southern Oregon Speedway Speedway officials before participation of said individual would be allowed to participate. 7. Protests. Protests procedures go as follows: 1. Must be a driver. 2. Must have $200 in hand. 3. Must be from the same class as the car in question ONLY. 4. Must fill out a protest form. (Protest forms are available in pit tech office and if asked for will be given to the driver that wishes to file the protest). 5. One protest per car, per night only. 6. Must have reason for protest written on protest form. 7. The $200 protest on any engine in Sprint car classes will cover inspection from the cylinder heads up. Any Disqualification of car in question will result in points lost for the night, and any prize money that would have been awarded to the disqualified position will be added to the points fund of that particular class. NO EXCEPTIONS. CLASS SPECIFIC RULES SAFETY RULES 1. Mandatory Safety Equipment

2 A. Snell SA95 Helmet Minimum. B. SFI Fire suit, minimum two layers thick. C. Fire resistant gloves. D. Fire retardant racing shoes. E. Arm restraints. F. Right side head net. G. Driveline hoop or restraint (no open driveline). Must utilize a.065 steel hoop welded or bolted to the chassis. Rear cross member must be constructed of.083. H. High back (stock car style) seat. I. Padded knee guard. J. All cars to be equipped with fuel bladders. K. Three (3") inch, five (5) point seat belts installed in accordance to manufacturers suggested installation. L. Must use beadlock on right rear at all times. M. Drag link must be tethered to the frame. 2. Suggested Safety Equipment A. Windshield screens with a minimum.090 thickness. B. Head rest with padding. C. SFI flame retardant underwear, head sock and foot socks. D. Left window net. E. Helmet restraint. F. Neck collar. G. Steel tie rod & drag link w/ steel Hiems. H. Drivers seat fuel/fume deflector.

3 CHASSIS RULES Weight All cars competing with ASCS specifications cannot weigh less than 1450 lbs. with driver. All other cars must weigh a minimum of 1550 lbs. with driver when weighed as follows: Per official discretion initial weigh in will take place prior to qualifying and there will be a mandatory weigh in for the top three finishers immediately after finish of that event before going to your pit. Random weigh in at any time during the program. Scales available any time for checking weight before program begins. No bolted or added on weights or ballast of any kind. Penalties If a car is found too light after qualifications, your time will be scratched and you will be given an opportunity to bring your car up to the required weight. Once you are reweighed and pronounced legal, your car starts on the tail of all races. If you still do not meet weight after two times across the scale, you will be disqualified for the night and lose all points and money for that event. If your car is found illegal after the feature, you forfeit all points and money for the event. 1. Sprint type chassis allowed. All roll cages must be made of minimum 1 1/2 x.095 wall 4130 chromemoly tubing, securely welded. Maximum width of the cage at the top is 27" I.D. The following measurements are minimums. Only those areas indicated will be subject to technical inspections. Suggested material: 4130 normalized. Top rails: 1 1/2 x.095 Bottom rails: 1 3/8 x.095 or 1 1/2 x.083 Roll cage uprights: 1 3/8 x.083 Roll cage top cross members: 1 1/2 x.095 Upper rails: 1 3/8 x.083 Rear end safety bar: 1x.038 Brace: 1 1/4 x.065 Steel torque tube safety bar: 1 x Roll bar cage must be 2" higher than drivers head and be padded subject to the race director's approval. No bracing in the center of the top of the cage opening that would prevent a driver's ability to exit through the opening or inhibit the safety crews ability to extract the driver. 3. Hoods are required. No carbon fiber hoods, nose pieces or fuel tanks. No Gurney lips or turn outs on any body panels. Body panels or sheet metal may not extend rearward past a vertical line from the leading edge of the axle. (Currently at promoters disscression. It is a 2002 WoO rule).

4 4. Tech approved belly pans or floorboards. Throttle pedal must have toe strap and return springs on linkage and at injectors or carburetor. 5. All cars will have a sprint style fuel tank w/bladder securely mounted (not by bladder cover plates), and must be able to contain 24 gallons of fuel. Main fuel line to have 1/4 turn shut off valve between tank and pump. No plastic fuel lines or fittings. Tank must be vented in a manner that it will not leak if upset. No alteration or modification to fuel cell. Must be one piece construction of cross link polyethylene plastic. 6. Suspension optional, but if used, it must be non cockpit adjustable and have one working shock per wheel. Shock must not retail for more than $175 and be non cockpit adjustable. Front end type optional. Steering system types are optional and need to be approved by race director. 7. Wheel base minimum of 83", with a maximum of 90". Tread minimum of 48" wide, center to center. Wheel and tread width optional; single tire and wheel only. 8. All cars must be neatly painted. No primer. Numbers should be neat and in contrasting color. Top wing numbers on the side mandatory and should be 16" high. No letters allowed for CGS events. 9. Any one person owning two or more cars may have the same number, providing both cars are not run on the same night. 10. There will be no changing of car numbers after the racing program has started for that night. 11. Foot operated, hydraulic brakes required. Front wheel brakes optional. Steel or aluminum rotors only. 12. Wheels must be approved for racing. 13. Front, rear and side nerf bars, made of minimum 1 x.065 stainless or 4130 normalized material, required at the beginning of the race program. Cars must have rear nerfs securely attached to finish a race. Front and side nerfs lost due to damage during the racing event is acceptable. All nerfs and bumpers will be attached with a minimum of 3/16" steel alloy fasteners. No pop rivets. Subject to race director approval. No titanium. 14. Lettered, on/off toggle or push/ pull switches. 15. No mirrors. No radios. 16. Body Panels A. Right side opening 12 inch minimum at any point and 21 inch minimum front to rear at any point. B. No Gurney lips or turn outs on any body panels. C. Body panels or sheet metal may not extend rearward past a vertical line from the leading edge of the rear axle. for World of Outlaws races only.

5 ENGINE RULES cubic inch (maximum) standard steel blocks only. Aluminum or steel heads permitted. Valve angle will be 23 ± 2 degrees, Ford and Chrysler are the exception. Injection nozzles in heads not permitted. Maximum of eight (8) injection nozzles in manifolds only. Internal parts open. Dry sump systems permitted. Carburetor or fuel injection allowed. No blowers, superchargers or nitro methane fuels allowed. A. The valve angle and injection size will be checked at the time the engine is pumped. B. Injectors must be individual stack per cylinder containing one nozzle injection design and shall not exceed 2 3/16" inside diameter. If downsized stacks or a restrictor are used, there must be at least 3" of restriction to 2 3/16" ID. If Ford or Chrysler engine is used, injectors must be sleeved at ID. If using ASCS heads in 2004, you may use 2 7/16 injector stacks. C. Chrysler: W7 or W9 head. No porting or polishing intake & exhaust. D.Ford 1 7/8" and Chrysler 1 3/4" primary exhaust tubes, minimum 29" long. A.S.C.S. Head Rules: Spec heads, part # (Chevy), # (Ford) and # (Mopar). ASCS stamp may not be altered in any way. Intake opening no larger than original opening, except: Intake port floors and sides may be ground or polished ¾ of an inch or no further into port than the closest edge of the closest letter of the ASCS logo. During this polishing, the left side of the letter A is sometimes inadvertently brushed with the polish wheel. This is permissible as long as the letter is still intact. During polishing of inlet port, polish marks may go slightly further than the ¾ inch mark. Intake port at no time may exceed 215 cubic centimeters. Intake port polishing will be allowed no more than 1 ½ inches below the bottom of the original seat ring on the back side of the bowl area and no more than one inch on the short side. Polishing will be allowed in the combustion chamber area to avoid hot spot chaffing. Polishing will be allowed in exhaust ports, as long as the original ASCS logo is not affected or port shape is not altered substantially. Absolutely no intake or exhaust port relocation, raising, enlargement or reshaping of any type. Valve angle and placement may not be altered in any way. ASCS checking fixtures to check the above specifications and dimensions will be utilized. Any internally repaired ASCS spec head must be re certified by Brodix. Heads must be stock bolt size (3/8), location (no step studs) and remain within one degree of OEM angle specifications. (Must accept a stock intake manifold). No Brodix #112 heads. No 18 degree heads. No canted valve heads. No heads other than the original 23 degree valve angle ASCS heads. Titanium intake valve OK. Stainless steel exhaust OK. Titanium retainers OK. 2. No titanium crankshafts or rods will be allowed. There must be an inspection plug in the oil pan. Either a #12 AN fitting, or a 1" pipe plug. If a car is to be inspected and there is no inspection plug in the oil pan, it will be required to pull oil pan for inspection.

6 3. The race director has the right to pump any car in the pits at any time during the night. The top three finishers each night will be pumped. 4. When checking an engine s legality, pumping will prevail. Brownfield Promotions, Inc. will maintain all equipment used for inspection. If the pump shows a car illegal, a tear down is an option to prove legality. 5. Owners found to have illegal engines or that refuse to tear down their engines will forfeit all season points up to and including that night. They will also forfeit any money for said night and a five hundred dollar ($500) fine will be imposed. Owner shall be suspended from racing until the fine is paid. 6. Technology: No traction control devices of any kind allowed. This includes mechanical and electronic traction control devices. No wheel speed sensors permitted. No computeroperated or controlled parts (such as fuel injections, fuel systems, etc.). WING RULES Note: Intent on the wing rule is to comply with the World of Outlaws specs, except as noted below. 1. Top wing mandatory, maximum of 25 square feet with 30 inch side panels. Maximum center foil width 60 inches. The deepest point allowed in the top surface of the wing will be 2 1/2 inches measured from top front of wing to the front edge of the one inch turn up at the rear edge (or to the rear edge if there is no turn up). Top surface of the wing measuring crosswise must be flat. 2. Side panel maximum length is 72 inches. Side panels attached to the wing must be fabricated flat, as to have no turnouts or flaps made of more than two inches of material on the front or rear panel and no more than 1 1/4 inches on the top or bottom sideboard. All top and front wings must be fabricated of metal alloys only. No fiberglass, carbon fiber or other similar materials may be used in the basic framework (center foil and side panel) of the wing. 3. No wicker bills or additions to center foil. 1 inch turn up on 90 angle allowed at rear of center foil (maximum). Center foil must be one piece. No split wings or bi wings. Top wings must not extend beyond or outside of rear tires. 4. Nose wing optional, if used maximum six square feet. EXHAUST RULES 1. MANDATORY: Must be 95 decibels or below at 100 feet or YOU WILL NOT RACE. 2. MANDATORY: Mufflers Spin Tech or Flowmaster, Loback 24in, inner core note, Spin Tech or Flowmaster must be the big muffler no small Spintech,or Flowmasters,allowed. 3. NO SUPERTRAPS

7 TIRE RULE Tire rule for the 2004 season is Specified Right rear tire stamped Hoosier M14 HTW: 105 x 18 x 15. All numbers and identification on the right rear must not be altered and any alterations made will result in disqualification of that tire. Tire brand for other three wheels optional. As a policy, Southern Oregon Speedway Speedway officials WILL NOT allow a one week grace period for cars that do not comply to the Hoosier tire rule. Right rear Hoosier must be on the car prior to entering track. TECH INSPECTOR WILL HAVE THE FINAL DECISION ON ANY RULE IN QUESTION. It will be policy at Southern Oregon Speedway Speedway that any car not passing class specific rule(s) at technical inspection may, upon discretion of tech official, be given a one week grace period to bring car into compliance with unmet rule(s). Grace period does not apply to tire rule, tire rule must be met before entering the track. E mail address: valerierapp@charter.net