1. Drivers must remain in the vehicle with helmet, seatbelt and eye protection on until notified by an official that it is safe to exit the vehicle.

2. Drivers door hits are illegal. If the hit is deemed by the official to be careless or intentional, you will be disqualified. If you use your drivers door as a defense, we will not enforce the rules. If you use the door defense repeatedly you will be disqualified.

3. No hot rodding in the pits. Keep it at an idle.

4. Any open door or fire in the heat will cause disqualification. If there is a consolation heat, you may return in that heat. In the feature, you will be disqualified.

5. Sandbagging is not tolerated and will be strictly enforced. Locking up the brakes prior to a hit for anything other than a drivers door will be a cause for disqualification. The fans pay to see a show, put one on for them!

6. You must make AGGRESSIVE contact every 60 seconds. If you fail to do this you will receive an “X” painted on your car. This is the only X that you will receive throughout the entire event. The next time you will be disqualified for the remainder of the event.

7. You will be given ample time for restarts. We do not use the clock exclusively. We try to work with you if you are hung up. Hitters get more time than sandbaggers.

8. THERE IS NO ALCOHOL IN THE PITS. This includes pit crews. If you or ANY of your crew is caught with alcohol, you will be disqualified.

9. Any questions or controversies will be discussed at the drivers meeting.

10. All cars are subject to a post race inspection before any prize money is awarded.

11. You must be a driver to protest, the fee is $100 and you must have cash in hand. This protest must take place immediately at the conclusion of the feature event. The protesting driver must have competed in the same class as the driver he is protesting.

Any questions, CALL FIRST. Don’t assume anything.

CALL FIRST. The Officials decision is final.

• Car Building Questions? Call David Gard 219-746-8643

• General Event questions? Call Charlie Perrine 815-276-2198

1. All glass, plastic and pot metal must be removed.

2. Nothing may remain in the bottoms of the trunk or doors.

3. All outer hardware must be removed - door handles, mirrors, chrome, moldings, screws, fiberglass, etc.

4. No added weight to any car.

5. Rear seats in all cars and all decking in station wagons must be removed.

6. Front seats must be securely bolted to the floor, however, these bolts may NOT go thru the frame!

7. You must have a functioning seat belt.

8. All flammable materials must be removed from the car other than safety padding and the drivers seat.

9. No distributor protectors are allowed.

10. No sedagon or wedge cars are allowed.

1. CAGES & DOOR BARS:

1. You may use channel or tubing up to 6" for the door bars. Total length not to exceed 60". This bar may not be more than 18" behind the center post on 4 door cars and 10" behind the door seam on 2 door cars - no exceptions.

2. Dash bar and seat bars may not exceed 5". Seat bar must be no further than 6" behind the seat.

3. There is no 3rd bar allowed in 2008.

4. You may add a diagonal bar behind the drivers seat and directly below the seat bar running from the seat bar to the floor sheet metal.

5. You may add 4 VERTICAL down bars, welded to your door bar and to the floor sheet metal. These bars may not attach to or conceal a body mount.

6. No kickers, angled or otherwise. NO cage components may be welded to the frame.

7. All horizontal cage components must be at least 12" off the floor of the car, measured at the body bolt elevation.

8. All cage components must be in the interior of the car, not inside the door structure with the exception of the drivers side. This door bar MAY be inside the door structure to allow more room for drivers safety.

2. HALO OR ROLLOVER BARS:

1. You may add a halo bar to the cage components listed above. It may nor exceed 5" in diameter.

   1. On a 4 door post car, this bar must attach to the seat bar, no exceptions.

   2. On a 2 door or 4 door non-pos100ar, this bar may be attached to the floor sheet metal.

   3. Halo bars must be in a direct vertical line with the seat bar.

   4. Halo bars may NOT be angled toward the rear of the car, they must be vertical.

   5. You may bolt the halo bar to the roof sheet metal in 2 places.

   6. Officials decision on cages is final.

3. SKID PLATES:

1. Radiator must be in the stock position in front of the motor.

2. Radiator supports must remain in the stock location.

3. OEM style radiators only, no home made tube construction radiators.

4. You may not add cooling capacity. No supplemental cooling devices allowed.

1. No plastic gas tanks allowed. Marine tank or metal fuel tank only.

2. No fuel cells with a capacity greater than 7.5 gallons allowed.

3. Original gas tanks must be removed from the car.

4. No "gas tank protectors" or mounting devices allowed.

5. You must have the gas tank securely mounted behind the drivers seat and it must be covered.

6. Fuel lines must run inside the car, not under the car along the frame.

7. Fuel lines must be secured to the floor and kept from pinch points

8. Automotive pump gas only, NO ALCOHOL.

9. Electric fuel pumps are allowed. They must be covered and have an on/off switch near the steering wheel and clearly marked in large letters.

10. All lines must be double clamped.

1. No tires taller than 30".

2. No split rims, studded tires or 100% steel wheels.

3. Valve stem protectors allowed, wheel weights must be removed.

4. Doubled or foam filled tires OK - we don’t like flats!

5. All cars must be able to demonstrate the ability to stop at any time. If your brakes do not work, you will not compete.

14. BATTERIES:

1. A maximum of 2 - 12 volt batteries may be used.

2. They must be secured inside the car in front of the passenger seat and covered.

15. FRAMES:

1. The only frame welding allowed is from the front of the a-arms forward, top only, no more than a ˝" wide bead.

2. Buick, Olds and Pontiacs may fill the large hole in the frame behind the radiator support. This must be a butt fit, 1 pass weld only. NO overlap allowed.

3. The bumper strap to frame welding is covered in the bumper section.

4. NO other frame welding is allowed. No plating, stuffing, heat treating or foam filling of frames is allowed. Do NOT paint or undercoat your frame or you will not even be inspected and loaded. 

5. You may weld your motor mounts to the engine cradle.

6. Rear frame rails may not be shortened. No dowel pinning of the frame is allowed.

7. You may notch the frame for minimal pre-bending, but do NOT weld the cut.

8. You may run a chain or cable or #9 wire from rear rail to rear rail behind the rear humps. 3/8" chain maximum.

9. You may chain or wire your axle to the frame hump. You may NOT use strapping of any kind for this. Wire or chain only. 3/8" chain maximum.

10. Uni-body cars may use 1 bolt per side thru the frame for this.

11. You may not weld the chain links to create a bar effect.

16. BUMPERS, BUMPER BRACKETS:

1. Bumpers are interchangeable. Any automotive bumper or bracket may be used on any car. This includes compact and mid-sized cars.

2. You may weld the bumper seams, the shocks and weld the brackets to the frame. You may not weld further than 4" behind the radiator support when mounting your front bumper brackets on any car.

3. If you choose not to use brackets, you may weld your bumper directly to the frame.

4. You may weld the outer chrome skin to the bumper inner frame.

5. You may not weld the bumper to the body at any time.

6. Bumpers may be cut to keep them out of the tires.

7. Bumpers may be flipped (upside down).

8. Compression bumper shocks may be drained, slid back into the shock and welded fully.

9. All bumper brackets and shock components must be OEM automotive materials.

10. You may run 4 loops of #9 wire from the radiator support to the bumper in 2 locations outside of the radiator.

11. You may weld a 4" x 12" x 1/4" strap from the bumper to the frame to help keep the bumper on the car. This must remain in one piece, and may be welded on the top, bottom, or side of the frame, but it cannot be angled to the corner of the bumper to form a kicker. 12" is the maximum length.

12. You may run 2 pieces of all thread 3/4" x no more than 14" thru the body pan to help hold the bumper on. 5" washer maximum for this bolt.

13. Do not add metal to your bumper. 

14. Bumper height minimum 16" to the bottom of the bumper. Bumper height maximum 22" to the bottom of the bumper.

15. Officials decision is final.

17. SUSPENSION, SPRINGS:

1. No coil to leaf conversions in the Mayhem Class.

2. Leaf springs must be in the factory position.

3. You may change coil springs.

4. Suspension must be original factory suspension for that car.

5. You may not remove the shocks and put pipe or all thread in their place.

6. No means other than tires and coil spring spacers may be used to raise the cars suspension.

7. Both ends of the car must have a working suspension and bounce freely.

8. If you chain your humps, you must leave enough slack for the suspension to work.

9. You may reinforce your tie rods, but you must start with an OEM tie rod.

10. The inspector must be able to see the ends and the adjusting threads.

11. NO PIPE TIE RODS.

12. Steering wheel to Steering gearbox may be modified.

13. After market steering columns allowed.

14. No solid suspensions allowed.

15. Shock absorbers must be factory replacement for that year, make and model of car.

16. No truck shocks, no exotic shocks, no mystery shocks, no over sized shocks.

17. All shocks must have a minimum 3/4" hole in the dust cover for inspection purposes.

18. Cars that place in the money will have the shock cylinder cut open and if a non-stock shock is discovered, that car will be disqualified and all money won will be forfeited.

19. Air shock lines must be cut.

20. Officials decisions are final.

1. 9 leaf maximum, 5/16 " max thickness, 2 ˝" wide maximum.

2. 58" minimum, 60" maximum spring length.

3. Stagger - 3" long side (rear of axle), 2" short side (front of axle).

4. 5 clamps per spring, 2 in front of the axle, 3 behind the axle.

5. Clamp material 1/4" thick, 2" wide, 2 - 5/16" bolts per clamp.

6. U-bolts - 7/16" maximum, stock mounting plates must be used.

7. No home made mounting plates or oversized u bolts will be allowed.

8. No welding on the spring pack

9. No flat sprung cars - leaf pack must have a minimum of 2" of arch.

10. No duct taping of springs prior to inspection.

11. No exceptions. Officials decisions are final.

1. Same leaf pack as the Mayhem Class.

2. You may install the leaf spring front eyelet in this way instead of into the trailing arm bracket.

3. You may cut a hole in the bottom of the frame, install a sleeve of no greater than 1 ˝“ OD to run the mounting bolt through. The front eyelet of the spring may then be installed in the frame with a thru-bolt. No metal may be added other than the sleeve.

4. Rear shackle must mount within 5” of the stock location of the rear bumper bracket.

5. No short sprung cars allowed.

6. Rear shackle cannot exceed 3/8" material thickness and cannot be larger than 4" x 6".

7. Rear shackle is to be bolted thru the frame, not welded and have the ability to move.

8. You may install a section or 1.5" diameter tubing cross ways thru the frame for the pivot bolt on the working shackle.

9. The shackle must be mounted in the factory style position.

10. Six (6) clamps per spring allowed, same spec as the Mayhem class for clamp size.

11. No duct taping of springs prior to inspection.