SENECA
COUNTY FAIR
2008
DEMOLITION DERBY RULES
1. Entries and Fees
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Each driver must register and sign a
release.
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The Fair Board reserves the right to
approve or reject any entry.
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All drivers must possess a valid
driver’s license. “Drivers under 18 years of age must show proof of a
valid driver’s license and a notarized release signed by a parent or guardian.
Minimum driver age is 15 ½ years and must possess a valid permit or license.”
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No entry fee will be refunded.
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Entry fee of
$40.00 per car (allows drivers entry only).
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All other persons entering
Pit Area must pay a $6.00 pit fee.
2. Drivers
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Any driver not obeying the rules
will be disqualified.
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Only the driver is
allowed in the inspection line area. More than one may call for disqualification.
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No drinking of alcoholic beverages
on the grounds will be permitted.
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Drivers may maneuver forward and
backward. There will be no deliberate hitting of the drivers door.
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A time limit will be announced by
the judges. If a driver does not hit another car within the 1 minute time
limit, he/she will be disqualified. Playing possum or sandbagging, or
double-teaming will result in the stoppage of the heat and that particular
car(s) will be warned and then disqualified.
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Boundaries must be observed.
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No drivers working as a team or
together in any heat or feature. More discussion on this at the drivers
meeting.
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All cars must be off grounds, unless
left for scrap, then title must be turned over after the event.
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Protest – only registered drivers may protest another entered car
for a non-refundable fee of $100.00. Both the protestor and protested
car will be re-inspected. All protests must be made before start
of feature.
3. Cars
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American and foreign made hardtop
automobiles or station wagons are allowed. No trucks, (other than
truck heat) jeeps, convertibles, or 4-wheel drive cars.
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Standard safety belts, eye
protection and helmets required.
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All drivers must supply their own
car.
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All glass, head and tail lights must
be removed prior to coming, all trim and molding must be removed prior to
coming. They may not be removed on the grounds.
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A maximum of five (5) gallons of
gasoline will be permitted. Gas tanks must be moved to the rear
seat area, but must be covered with a canvas or rubber material. No stock
tanks. Mandatory steel gas tanks or boat tanks. No
plastic gas containers allowed. ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL BURNING MOTORS.
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No special bumpers, reinforcements,
or trailer hitches permitted. SHEET METAL MAY NOT BE WELDED TO THE
BUMPER OF THE CAR; BUMPERS MUST BE SEPARATE FROM BODY.
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Bumper
brackets may be welded to frame, bumper height min. 15”.
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Engine mounts may be chained, wired,
or welded. No chains or cables over the top.
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ABSOLUTELY NO SEEM
OR FRAME WELDING ALLOWED. Welded or locked
rear ends are permitted. Fender wells may be cut for wheel clearance. Trunk
hood and tailgate wired only – NO WELDS. Will be wired after inspection.
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Vehicles must have working brakes at
all times.
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Any car spilling gas or catching
fire will be disqualified.
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A six (6) inch bar may be put behind
the driver’s seat and across the dash area. These bars must run
horizontal across car and be securely fastened with a plate no longer than 6x6.
Seat bar and dash bar may be connected in one spot only on driver and passenger
side of car.
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Cars must be swept out. No junk
tires, wheels, metal parts inside. All cars must have factory-cooling
system. One (1) transmission cooler is permitted only under hood. No dry
ice.
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Wire: Six (6) double strands of wire
in front and rear from body to bumper to close hood, trunk lid and tailgate.
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All cars must have the fan blade
covered by shroud or hood.
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Hoods must be in place and operable.
HOODS AND TRUNK LIDS WILL BE OPENED DURING INSPECTION. They may be wired
only after inspection. They must have a 12-inch hole above the
carburetor. Hoods are NOT to be WELDED or BOLTED and
factory latch must be removed.
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All doors can be
welded shut. Plates not to be over 3" wide.
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Body bolts can be changed. Washers
must be 3” x ¼” or less. If the rubber in the body mount is removed it must be
replaced with a ¾ in. spacer no more than 3”.
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¾ ton rear ends ok.
Coil to leaf spring conversion.
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Maximum of
7 springs per side. Maximum leaf thickness of 5/16”. Maximum leaf width of
2.5”. Maximum leaf length of 63”. Leafs must lay
horizontally.
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4 spring
clamps are permitted on each leaf pack using no thicker than ¼” and no wider
than 2” steel.
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No bolting
of leaf springs. No duct-taping or welding of springs together.
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Front
spring hangers cannot exceed 6” in length or ¼” in thickness.
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Leaf
conversions do not need to be a “working” shackle.
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If rear
hanger is welded solid, they may only run vertically. The rear hangers cannot
exceed 4” in width, 6” in length, or ¼” in thickness.
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Rear
control arms may be lengthened or shortened with only a 1” overlap. Same
thickness material.
Front Suspension
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A-arms may
be bolted solid or welded to achieve desired bumper height. If welded, you may
use one piece of ½” diameter rod to tie the upper a-arm and lower a-arm or a-arm
and the frame together.
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No
strengthening of tie-rods, ball joints, or a-arms permitted.
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Bumper height is 22 inches maximum
to bottom of bumper and stock height.
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Headers are allowed. Must point up.
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Bumpers, shock may be welded all the
way around. Welds are not to exceed ½” wide.
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No profanity to be written on cars.
This will lead to disqualification.
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Both doors must be
painted white with #number. Special numbers are permitted. THIS IS
MANDATORY!!
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No fluid of any kind in tires.
No studded tires. No screws or fastening devices to hold tires on rims.
NO
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No
wedging, tucking, or smashing of quarter panels is permitted.
4. Prizes
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The derby will be composed of the
individual heats, consolation, and one feature. If you wish to go to
the consolation, there will be a $10.00 re-entry fee. You will be given a
ticket and that ticket MUST be presented as you enter the arena. No
ticket – No consolation. The feature will be made up of winners of the
previous heat and the three (3) last cars in the consolation. If the
last two cars in the feature become locked together, they will have two minutes
to get themselves free. At the end of two minutes and the cars are still
locked together, the red flag will be thrown and the heat will be stopped. The
derby staff will then separate the two cars and let them continue until one car
is left.
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NOTE – TOP THREE (3) FINISHERS IN FEATURE: Cars/Drivers
will remain in place to go through a final inspection per rules before any
awards/prize money is presented. All results are un-official until Derby
Judges make results final. Decision of the official judges as to heat
winners and feature place winners will be final.
5. Compact Cars
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All American and foreign cars are allowed.
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All of the rules apply to the
compact car as well as the following:
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Wheelbase not to exceed 105 inches
(center of front wheel to center of back wheel).
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Engine size not to exceed 6
cylinders.
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No 4-wheel drives vehicles.
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Stock gas tank must be removed.
Electric fuel pump allowed if original equipment.
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(must have
mandatory shut off switch).
6. Powder Puff (must have 3 entries to run)
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Follow all
rules as above.
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Must be a
female driver.
7. Trucks (must have 3 entries to run)
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Follow all
rules as above unless superseded below.
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Any
American made 2-wheel drive truck or 4x4 with only one drive shaft, Blazers and
Suburban’s are permitted.
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Tailgates
may be welded shut.
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Beds must
be welded to cab of truck with a 3” strap directly behind doors.
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A four
point cage is required to compete.
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Securely
fasten gas tanks directly behind the center of the cab in the bed.
8. Mini-Vans (must have 3 entries to run)
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All side
doors must be welded shut.
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Only 4 or
6 cylinder engines.
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Follow
rules as above
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Stock
suspension only.
9. Other
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Additional safety regulations may be
imposed depending on the track.
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Only, Fair Board
approved vehicles will be allowed to remove cars from the arena.
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NO third party
vehicles will be permitted. NO EXCEPTIONS!
INSPECTION PROCEDURE:
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All hoods and
trunk lids must be open during inspection.
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All faults noted
during inspection must be corrected and car will only be allowed re-inspected
one time,
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If faults are not
corrected during re-inspection, car will be disqualified and no refunds on
entry fees will be refunded. ALL DECISIONS OF
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Inspection closes
at 7:00 be early if possible
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ABSOLUTELY
NO ALCOHOL BURNING MOTORS
ABSOLUTELY
NO FRAME WELDING ALLOWED
The derby coordinator shall be
empowered to allow minor variation from any of the
provisions
herein or to enforce any further restrictions that in his/her opinion do
not
alter the minimum acceptable requirements. NO EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
WARRANTY OR SAFETY SHALL
RESULT FROM ALTERATION OF
SPECIFICATIONS.
No explanation or variation of these rules are left to the
Discretion of
the officials. The decisions of the officials are final.
For any questions call Garland Fitch Jr.
567-230-0782 or Mike Fitch 419-934-2087.