2007

ELK COUNTY FAIR

COMPACT CAR – TRUCK – POWDER PUFF DEMOLITION DERBY

All regular derby rules (grand demolition rules) will be followed except for the following

 

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Date: August 9th. 2007

Place: Al Dietz Memorial Track             Pit Price: $10.00 Pit Pass over 16years of age.

Time: 7:00 p.m.                                    $5.00 per Car Registration

Registration: 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.                                        

Compact                       Powder Puff (Compact car rules apply)

1st. $400. & Trophy                           1st.$300. & Trophy

2nd. $200. & Trophy                                    2nd.$150. & Trophy

1. Type of cars to be used must have a factory 4 or 6 cylinder option, 107-inch wheelbase or less.

2. Electric fuel pumps, any after market electric fuel pump must have a shut off switch mounted in the reach of the driver or officials.

3. The rest of the car must be built to the regular Elk County Fair demo rules.

 

Truck                       

 1st. $500. & Trophy                   

 2nd. $250. & Trophy                     

1. Any American made ½ ton or ¾ ton trucks, 2 & 4wheel drive. 4 wheel drives MUST remove front drive shaft. No dual wheel trucks. Blazers and Suburbans are permitted. Full size only.

2. Caps: Doors must be fastened shut by wire, straps, or chains, or welding, shut for driver safety. Padding is highly recommended for inside of driver door. The 4 bar enclosure around the inside cab is recommended for safety. To long bars one on behind seat, one across dash area, on across each door. You could also build a roll bar off the real support bar behind the rear seat. All inside cab seating can be welded for driver safety. All bars must be inside of cab. No outside roll bars, no running bars, no roll cages. Strong wire of nylon mesh screen is recommended for driver's window and windshield area. You are permitted to chain or weld or bolt the cab to the frame rails for safety. Drivers door only must be filled with cement or have minimum three pipes, or angled iron bars extending no more than 8 inches past door.

3. Body: Can be Dodge with a Ford bed. Chevy with Dodge Bed etc. There must be a 1-inch space between the bed and the cab. No wooden beds, no steel flatbeds, no dump beds. No welding between cab and beds. No plating of sides or floor of beds. No extra reinforcing to bed. It is mandatory that an opening be cut in the hood over carburetor approximately 12 inches or larger. Hood latches must be removed. Chains can be used on tailgates. Tailgates can be removed. Doors must be painted white for safety. Special numbers are permitted. No profanity will be allowed on any portion of the truck. Welding and sheet metal to sheet metal. Tailgates may have 6 – 3 inch welds per side. Hoods: may be bolted, maximum 4 bolts, 5/8 inch in diameter.

4. Gas Tanks: No stock gas tanks. Recommended: using a metal racing fuel cell with a metal cover, or a solid leak proof metal fuel container with cover mounted in center of bed slightly ahead of rear axle.

5. Tires: 8-ply maximum. 1000x16.5. No double tires or liquids in tires permitted. No studs or screws in rims to hold tires. Valves stem protector will be permitted on trucks only. No split rims. Wheel weights must be removed. No tractor tires for safety reasons. No hyster tires.

6. Suspension: Must have some bounce. No stiff suspension. No more than 6 leaf springs per side. A maximum of 4 clamps per side, two front and two back. Bumper height max. is 26 inches from bottom of bumper to ground. No short shocking. Springs must have 1 ½ inch stair step down from main leaf. No mag over main.

7. Frame: Stock only. No plating, no adding, no reinforcing, no repairing, and no fabricating.

8. Battery: Must be mounted in cab or under hood of truck. 1 foot or better from passenger side door. If battery is in cab, it must be in some type of battery box, and secured well to keep away from gas tank.

9. Mounting Bolts: Cord support cab, bed bolts, can be replaces with new bolts. Size no larger than 5/8 and 1-3 inch washer on top, 1-3 inch washer on bottom of frame, no extra bolts.

10. Radiators: Must remain in original permission or be taken off. Cooling system must be flushed of anti-freeze and only water added. Transmission coolers are permitted but only if they are secured inside the engine compartment.

11. Bumpers: Step bumpers are permitted as long as the ball hitch plate is cutout or removed. Front bumper can be truck or car stock. Car bumpers can be used on front or rear of truck. Stock style flat bumpers may be used in rear of fabricated flat metal bumpers. Thickness not to exceed 11 gauge or 1/8 inch.