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2010 Cruiser Class Rules - click here for a printable version.
Part 1 – Chassis, Body, Roll Bars/Cage
1. Car must be completely stock, any 2 or 4 door car that meets
wheelbase & frame requirements
is eligible.
2. 112” minimum
wheelbase- Car must have frame. No 4x4, pickups, el camino,
unibodies. May shorten it some to allow for old hobbies and or
2 doors.
3. Remove all exterior
trim, molding, glass & mirrors. Remove all front end nose pieces
that can
be broken with a hammer. No covering of radiator or headlight
area, except light mesh screen or
wire. (no metal, expanded metal or tin, etc.)
4. Remove all flammable
material including dash, door panels, carpeting &
bench seat.
5. All doors must be
chained or welded shut, can have “inside the car” door
protection.
6. Must have a 4
point roll cage
(or better) welded to the frame. We will allow an X brace under
roll cage and under fuel cell. Roll cage not to be cluttered
together with miscellaneous tubing, metal.
7. Window nets on
driver & passenger side required.
8. Full screen in place
of windshield required and numbers must be on a 3-sided sign,
16x16,
securely fastened to car top. Putting number on door is
optional.
9. No frame plating, no
bumper reinforcements (no channel), no kickers, no frame mounted
hood
pins.
10. Bumper straps from
side of bumper to fender and a real
quarter panel is recommended
maximum material 6” wide by 12” long by 1/8” thick. (No channel
iron).
11. Tow hooks mandatory
on both ends of car you may use chains or flat straps. Must be
visible,
easily accessible and reachable from standing position.
12. Trunk must be able
to be opened with quick release pins for fuel cell inspection,
fire or
leakage or 4” x 6” non-covered hole over fuel cell.
13. Doors can have
metal protection that does not exceed 6” past the doorframe on
the right and
left front door only. Nothing more than 1/8” plate on outside.
Pipes must be attached to cage on
inside of original body. No rub rails that exceed 1/8”. No
extended , tubing, angle rub rails.
14. Approved circle
track steel or aluminum racing seat required.
15. No jagged or
protruding metal. Official’s decision is final. Must start with
a bumper and
hood, if it falls off you will get equipment flag. Must enter
track the next race with a bumper and
hood in place.
16. Must be a factory fire stop wall without holes between
engine & driver. No cooling systems
(i.e. water, transmission, or oil) allowed inside the vehicle.
Part 2 - Engine Transmission Drive Train
17. Maximum cylinder compression of 155 at any time. (Zero
Tolerance)
18. Motors must pull 16” or greater (17,18,19) of vacuum at 1000
rpm that is checked by the
carburetor. (Zero Tolerance) A Tach will be used by inspectors.
Must have vacuum supply line
accessible to the fender well.
19. Accelerator belongs on passenger side only, far right side,
attached to the floor, out of reach
of the driver. There is to be no pedal, wires, strings, or rods,
etc. within reach of driver.
20. No electric fuel
pumps. Must be carbureted. No fuel injected motors.
21. Motors must be in
original position.
22.
Drive shaft must be painted white and have a loop 360
degrees around the front of each one
approximately 3” behind the U-joint. Minimum 1 1/8 flat strap.
NO CHAINS. NO ALUMINUM
DRIVESHAFTS.
23. No aluminum intakes.
24. Anything we (SIS)
deem as a safety issue will be brought up, and need to be
corrected. No questions!!
Part 3 - Rear End
Suspension Wheels Tires
25. Must run
passenger car tires. Must be 70 or 75 series, stock DOT
tires. P rated 4 ply and B
load rating. No mud, tire inside a tire, snow, no chained, stud
or racing tires. No LT pickup tires.
No alterations. Hubcaps removed..
26. All 4 tires must be
the same size.
27. All wheels must
have 1”
lug nuts. Cars cannot race with broken or stripped studs
or nuts.
28. No bead locks.
Valve stem protection is allowed. Reinforcement of rim at
stud hole location
is recommended.
29. 4 wheel working
brakes required. No brake valves.
30. No sandbags.
31. APPROVED TIRES:
Only 70 or 75 series tires allowed. No light duty truck or
aggressive
tires.
No grinding or grooving on tires. See rule #24 for
clarification.
Part 4 - Cooling, Fuel, Battery
32. Must remove factory fuel tank.
33. All cars must have
racing fuel cell
with rollover valve and vented outside of drivers
compartment. Fuel
cells may be in trunk or over axle hump with good fire
stop wall between tank
and driver. No rubber fuel line or oil line inside of drivers
compartment.
34. Only gasoline fuel is allowed. No
racing fuel of any kind. Maximum of 10%
ethanol fuel mix
allowed..
35. Battery must be under the hood
contained and in a metal box. Must be accessible from hood
only—not seen in drivers compartment.
36. Must have battery kill switch
mounted to left of
steering wheel on dash in plain view. Must
kill engine, prevent engine from starting. |
