2015 BUTLER COUNTY FAIR (HAMILTON,OH) JULY 27 & 31

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The dates for the 2015 Butler County Fair Demolition Derby will be Monday July 27 and Friday July 31.

On Monday we will run- 80 & Newer Modified, 80 & Newer Stock, and Compacts

On Friday we will run- 80 & Newer Modified, 80 & Newer Stock, and Compact Trucks (SUV's & Mini Vans)

$50 Entry Fee

All classes will pay            1st- $1500  
                                      2nd- $400
                                       3rd- $100

 Modified class will pay the same as listed above, but if we get 16-19 cars it will pay $2000, or 20+ cars it will pay $2500 to win.

$500 MADDOG for each class. Officials decision.

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2015 Butler County Compact Rules


General

1. JUDGE’S DECISIONS ARE FINAL.
2. We reserve the right to refuse any entry or pit pass to any driver or pit crew member whom we feel will be disorderly or in the best interest of safety for all.
3. We have the right to re-inspect, drill, or cut any car at any time. If you are caught breaking the rules below, you will forfeit any and all winnings you are due. If you stretch a rule, you lose that rule.
4. You may run ANY American made RWD sedan or station wagon with a wheelbase of 106” or less, or any American made FWD sedan or station wagon with a wheelbase of 109” or less. NO FULL FRAME CARS
5. Helmet, seat belt, eye protection, pants, and long sleeved shirt must be worn at all times during event.
6. Cars must be stock unless modifications are stated in rules. Cars must have functioning brakes at all times. If you have any questions call FIRST. If it doesn’t say you can do it, DON’T DO IT. No frame painting. All glass, plastic and interior must be removed before arriving to the event.
7. Any controversies or protest MUST be brought up in drivers meeting.
8. All drivers must pay entry fee before your car will be inspected. If your car is not to the rules and /or you can not get it to the rules you will not be permitted to run. Your entry fee will NOT be refunded. Build to the rules!
9. 12” x 12” roof sign is recommended. May not strengthen car in any way.

Engine/Transmission

1. You may run any 4 or 6 cyl. Engine. NO V-8’s permitted. Distributor protectors are ALLOWED. Nothing that attaches to the engine may be wider than the headers. **Dist. Protector, engine cradle, etc.** Nothing that is used as an engine protector may strengthen car in any way.
2. You may have (2) two engine chains 3/8” MAX, that attach to engine protector in front of motor mounts. These may run to the TOP of the frame in front of A-arms. One (1) chain per side. Two (2) of the chain links may be welded to the TOP side of the frame, these welds may not exceed 3” MAX. These chains may be NO longer than 16” MAX.
3. Trans and oil pans may be plated. The plate used may only be 1” wider than the pan you are plating. These plates may not connect.

Suspension

1. You may modify tie rod ends. Rear trailing arms may be homemade. No bigger that 2” x 2” tubing or 2” pipe. Valve stem protectors are permitted. Any rubber tire is permitted. Doubling of tires is permitted. Bead lock wheels are permitted (22” across MAX.) . Weld in centers for steel wheels are permitted.
2. A-arms must remain in stock configuration. Upper a-arms may be welded down with a ¼”x 2”x 2” piece of steel on front and back side of upper a-arm. You may plug weld the center of the a-arm. No other welding on a-arms will be permitted. Lower a-arms may not be welded. Cars do NOT have to bounce. SOLID SUSPENSION is allowed.
3. Coil springs in rear may be welded, wired, or chained to rearend. No coil to leaf conversions allowed.
4. You may use rearend of choice. Rearend protectors may be used but MUST NOT strengthen car in any way and must be on back side of rearend housing.
5. Leaf spring cars may replace broken springs with ¼” leaf springs only. No more than 5 springs per side, must have a 2” stagger, and be mounted in factory location. You may NOT have any springs above the main leaf. The main leaf MUST be the top spring. You may have 6 spring clamps on each side. Can have 3 in front of rearend and 3 behind the rearend on each side, for a total 12 clamps all together.
6. Idler arm must be bolted in factory location, no bolts will be permitted all the way through the frame. You can weld factory sway bar mounts to bottom of the frame or use a piece of 2” tubing or pipe to weld to bottom of frame in FACTORY location. If tubing or pipe is used for this it can be no longer than 4” MAX. Must be welded to BOTTOM OF FRAME ONLY.
7. NO QUAD SHOCKS will be permitted. **If your car came factory with them you still will NOT be permitted to run them.**

Body/Cage

1. You may have a 4 point cage inside drivers compartment, with a roll over bar. Bars 6” max. Cage must be sheet metal to sheet metal only. The Distributor Protector and dash bar must have at least a 3” gap between them. Not the firewall, between dist. Protector and dash bar. NO EXCEPTIONS. All cage components must also be at least 3” above the floor/ trans tunnel. The bar behind the seat can sit no further back than where the kick panel meets the bench seat. Roll over bar is a cage component and must be ran straight up and down, no angled roll over bars. No center bar in cages. You may run a floating gas tank protector that comes off the back bar but it can not be wider than 24”. The gas tank protector may go all the way back against the sheet metal. Gas tank protector can be welded by 2 - 3” welds or bolted using (2) two ½” x 4” bolts. Sheet metal can not be removed. You may have (2) two down legs (kickers) from your seat bar that go to TOP of the frame. These kickers must run straight up and down, no angling of kickers will be permitted. NO front kickers permitted.
2.Batterys must be mounted securely in passenger floor. Two (2) twelve volt batteries will be allowed.
3.You may weld, wire, or bolt the doors, trunk lid and or tailgate. If you use wire you may have 8 double strands of #9 wire. The strapping you use for welding doors and trunk may not be overlapped. Strapping may be 1/4”x3” flat stock. Tops of door skins may smashed together and welded. You may add 3- 3/8” bolts per wheel well. These bolt must be in wheel well ONLY.
4.TRUNKS: We MUST be able to see in trunk for inspection. You may remove speaker tray, and smash trunk lid down. Trunk lid may not be smashed flat. If you smash trunk down the rear quarters panels must be 6” higher than the top of the bumper. There MUST be a 6” gap between trunk deck and trunk pan. **Not spare tire holder**. Do NOT cap ends of quarter panels. No metal is to be added. If speaker tray is removed trunk lid can attach to package tray, they must remain within 2” of rear of package tray.
You may plate weld trunk with the 1/4”x 3” flat stock MAX. Trunk lids may have 2 pieces of 1” all thread that can be welded to the frame. The all thread can NOT be welded any farther than HALF way down the frame, and must be straight up and down. On wagons these may go from floor pan to rear roof pillar, not the roof. Trunks must have two(2) 8”x 8” inspection holes. One (1) on each side of trunk lid within 2” of trunk strapping in center of trunk.
5. No body seam welding will be permitted. Doors can be welded on outside only. On pre ran cars the doors may be repaired back to stock. Rust repair is limited to floor boards and roof ONLY. You may have a window bar or wire in the windshield and rear window area. If using metal it can be no thicker than 3/8” and no wider than 3”. You may use a piece of 2”x 2” tubing. Must not be solid. These may not contact the roll over bar in any way. These can be welded to the roof and trunk lid no more than 6” from the window area on roof and trunk lid and roof and firewall area in the front.
6. Hood must be open for inspection, and have a 12”x 12” hole above carburator. You may have 6 bolts in the hood to secure it. Bolts may be 1” in diameter. The front two(2) may go all the way through core support. You may use a 2”x 2” spacer through the core support that may be welded to the top of frame and bottom of core support only. These may not be lower than frame. You may also use a 4”x 4” x ¼” plate to weld to top side of frame on the front two body mounts. These can weld no farther than 2” on the frame behind the body mount bolts. MAX 1” bolts.
7. You can add a piece of angle (4” x 4”x ¼” MAX) to the top of the core support but can not be any longer than 32”. No other metal will be permitted on the core support.
8.Body mounts must remain in place or a 1” gap between body and frame with a stack of washers or spacer of some kind. Nothing bigger than 3”x 3” can be used. Cars without a space will not be allowed to run. 1” body bolt max. Must start and stop in factory location. All body mounts must be in factory location.

Frame / Bumpers

1. No welds on frame may exceed a single pass, no weave passes, or building the weld up will be permitted. Trailer hitches and braces must be removed. No plating, pinning, heat treating, stuffing the frame of any kind. DO NOT PAINT YOUR FRAME.
2. No frame creasing or hammering will be permitted. You can notch or crease the rear frame, this is to help rear of the car to roll not to strengthen the frame. Frame welding is limited to front and rear bumper areas. Frame seams can be welded from firewall forward on top side only. Front frame may be shortened to front side of core support. Core support MUST remain in factory location. New style Mustangs can fold top lip of frame over.
3. Any year bumper is permitted. All bumper seams can be welded. Front and rear bumpers may be loaded, but MUST be a factory car bumper. NO HOMEMADE BUMPERS. DEC bumpers are permitted. No spacers of any kind will be permitted between the front bumper and the frame. Bumpers may be 8” from top to bottom and 8” from front to back. They must have a factory front skin on them. Bumper shocks must appear stock. Round pipe, factory shock, or square tubing will be permitted. Your bumper shocks may NOT be further than 12” inside frame and may be no bigger than 2” in diameter. You may weld shock tube to frame. You may use ¼”x 2”x 6” plate to weld from bumpers to frame on two(2) sides only.
4. Angle for the cross member can not be bigger than 5” and must be located within 12” of factory location.
5. Body bolts can be changed.(1” dia. MAX, 3” washer MAX) Must start and stop in factory location.
6. Cars MUST sit relatively level.
7. If a frame section needs to be replaced or repaired for any reason, you must call first. On pre ran cars if the frame is shortened in the rear and bumper is replaced, the bumper shocks MUST not be located any closer than 6” to hump plates.
8. Coil sprung cars may have a ¼” x 6” x 16” hump plate centered over rearend.
Leaf spring cars may have a ¼” x 6” x 10” hump plate centerd over rearend. These will be measured from the top center of rearend housing. The hump plates MUST contour with the frame and can NOT run straight across the hump. Hump plate must be flat plate with no bending of the plate over the top or bottom of frame.
9.You may have (4) ¼” x 3” x 3” plates on PRE RAN cars that have frame damage. There MUST be a 1” gap between fix it plates. If a seam has came apart you may re-weld up to 6” of the frame seam but that counts as 1 of the 4 plates. Only 2 of these plates may be in front of A-arms or strut towers. Frame must have obvious visible frame or seam damage for plate or seam weld to be permitted. THIS RULE APPLIES TO PRE RAN CARS ONLY.
10. You may clip pre-ran cars with a SINGLE BUTT WELD, with NO ADDITIONAL METAL added. Must use same make and model frame. All factory holes in frame must remain open, no welding the holes shut.


You can run the steering set up of your choice with the exception of any type of Hydraulic system.
You can run the driveshaft of your choice. Sliders permitted.
You can run the brake system of your choice.





Jimmie Rutherford 513-571-8121
Jeremy Vowell 513-673-3361

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2015 BUTLER COUNTY COMPACT TRUCK RULES

General

1. JUDGE’S DECISIONS ARE FINAL.
2. We reserve the right to refuse any entry or pit pass to any driver or pit crew member whom we feel will be disorderly or in the best interest of safety for all.
3. We have the right to re-inspect, drill, or cut any truck at any time. If you are caught breaking the rules below, you will forfeit any and all winnings you are due. If you stretch a rule, you lose that rule.
4. Helmet, seat belt, eye protection, pants, and long sleeved shirt must be worn at all times during event.
5. Trucks must be stock unless modifications are stated in rules. Trucks must have functioning brakes at all times. If you have any questions call FIRST. If it doesn’t say you can do it, DON’T DO IT. No frame painting. All glass, plastic and interior must be removed before arriving to the event.
6. Any controversies or protest MUST be brought up in drivers meeting.
7. All drivers must pay entry fee before your truck will be inspected. If your truck is not to the rules and /or you can not get it to the rules you will not be permitted to run. Your entry fee will NOT be refunded. Build to the rules!
8. 12” x 12” roof sign is recommended. May not strengthen truck in any way.

RULES

1. Any compact truck, compact SUV, or Mini Van allowed. Engine of choice V-8’s permitted
2. No four door trucks, 4x4’s allowed if front drive shaft removed, and no front leaf springs.
3. 23’’ height limit, no lower than 18’’. This will be measured to bottom of tailgate, bumper, or frame. (which ever we deem to be lowest point of truck)
4. 7 leaf limit per side, no leaf over main allowed. Springs must have 2’’ stagger. Spring clamps can have 3 in front, 3 in rear, per side.
5. Rear ends can be changed.
6. Any year bumper is permitted. All bumper seams can be welded. Front bumpers may be loaded, but MUST be a factory bumper. NO HOMEMADE BUMPERS.
7. Shock tubes allowed no longer that 10’’ back on frame, can be welded to frame. No step bumpers on front. Bumpers can be welded to frame and/or shock tubes only not to sheet metal!
8. Can have 4’’x 4’’ plate or 4’’ long chain welded from bumper to frame to help keep bumpers on!
9. 4 point cage is MANDATORY. No cage components can be bigger than 5’’ diameter. You may run 4 kickers off the cab cage to the TOP of the frame, (2) two from dash bar and (2) from seat bar. Cab kickers must be straight up and down. You may run an extra dash or cowl bar. Rollover bars must also be ran straight up and down. You may run (2) two kickers off rollover bar to the TOP of the rear frame. These bars can be no wider than frame is wide, they can NOT extend any farther back than the center of your rear-end. These bar can NOT connect in any way ( NO cross bars ). You may only have one per side to TOP of rear frame.
10. Cab may have extra bolts, as many as you want! Bed bolts, can have no more than 8 bolts. Cab and bed maybe bolted together! Bed or cab bolts may not be bigger than ¾’’ bolts. They can be through frame or welded to side of frame! Up to 5’’ plates may be used for washers. If you are running an SUV you can run as many cab bolts as needed as long as they are from the bottom of the back seat area forward. From the bottom of the back seat area to the rear of the truck you will be allowed 8 body bolts, same as a truck bed. If you are running a MINI VAN the same rules as the SUV’s will apply. We will use the center of where the middle row of seats would be in a MINI VAN as the cab/bed rules for mini vans.
11. Gas tanks must be mounted in center of bed against the cab, metal tanks only!
12. Fuel lines must be ran under the truck along the frame and must be secure! If a electric fuel pump is used it must have a shut off switch that is clearly marked ON/OFF!!
13. Batteries must be mounted securely in passenger floor. Two (2) twelve volt batteries will be allowed.
14. Rust may be fixed in floorboards only!
15. Doors must be welded! Doors maybe plate welded, plates no bigger than 3’’ wide ¼’’ thick! Tailgates can be seam welded only! Bed can be seam or plate welded to cab 12’’ per side only!
16. Hoods must be bolted or wired shut, all thread is permitted through front frame mount and core support, no bigger than ¾’’.
17. No body seam welding, no reinforcements to body or frames UNLESS STATED!
18. If you do not have headers must have 6’’ inch hole in center of hood, hoods must be open for inspection!
19. No rolling bottom of bedsides, you may cut for clearance only, no trailer hitches.
20. You may run tire and wheel of choice

Jimmie Rutherford 513-571-8121                    Jeremy Vowell 513-673-3361

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2015 BUTLER COUNTY STOCK 80 & NEWER                                                    Jimmie Rutherford 513-571-8121
                                                                                                                             Jeremy Vowell 513-673-3361
General

1. JUDGE’S DECISIONS ARE FINAL.
2. We reserve the right to refuse any entry or pit pass to any driver or pit crew member whom we feel will be disorderly or in the best interest of safety for all.
3. We have the right to re-inspect, drill, or cut any car at any time. If you are caught breaking the rules below, you will forfeit any and all winnings you are due. If you stretch a rule, you lose that rule.
4. You may run any 1980 or newer American made sedan or station wagon.
5. Helmet, seat belt, eye protection, pants, and long sleeved shirt must be worn at all times during event.
6. Cars must be stock unless modifications are stated in rules. Cars must have functioning brakes at all times. If you have any questions call FIRST. If it doesn’t say you can do it, DON’T DO IT. No frame painting.
7. Any controversies or protest MUST be brought up in drivers meeting.
8. All drivers must pay entry fee before your car will be inspected. If your car is not to the rules and /or you can not get it to the rules you will not be permitted to run. Your entry fee will NOT be refunded. Build to the rules!
9. 12” x 12” roof sign is recommended. May not strengthen car in any way.

RULES

1. MUST BE STOCK!!! No cross breeding . Entire drive train must be same make as car. (Chevy to Chevy, Ford to Ford).
2. Engine must be mounted with stock mounts in stock position. No welding of mounts, bolted only. No homemade cross members, cross member must be bolted no welding.
3. Doors must be chained or wired, no more than 6 places. No welding!!
4. Trunks must be chained or wired, no more than 4 places. Trunks must be open for inspection! No Welding or adding of any metal. Trunk lid must be in stock location. No tucking, wedging, pre-bending, smashing, or anything else you can think of. No welding washers for holes.
5. Hoods may be wired, bolted, or chained in 4 spots. (1/4’’ chain, 2 strands per hole). Sheet metal to sheet metal only. No welding washers for holes. Must be 12’’ inch hole in hood in case of fire. Must Remove Hood Latch! Hood Must Be Open For Inspection!
6. You may run tire of choice: tubed, doubled etc. are allowed. Must be a stock rim. No plating, reinforcing, or moving valve stem to inside of rim. No valve stem protectors.
7. No gas tank protectors!! NO MORE THAN 3 GALLONS OF GAS!! You will be asked to drain the tank if gauge is not readable.
8. WINDSHIELD MUST BE LEFT IN CAR!!
9. The following must be removed prior to entering the fairgrounds: windows (except windshield), headlights, tail lights, all chrome, and mirrors. Interior must be swept clean of debris and glass.
10. Stock springs and shocks. No solid suspension. No spring risers, wire, chain, or weld on rear-end or springs. Cars Must Bounce!!
11. Front & rear header panels CAN be removed.
12. CARS MUST LOOK AND BE STOCK!!
13. Do NOT strip under the hood or move anything to another area!!
14. YOU MAY WELD REAR ENDS (spider gears) but MUST be original rear end.
15. You may use 1 strap on battery and/or spray foam to help hold it in! Do not spray foam anything else including fuse box or radiator YOU will be taking it ALL out!
16. You may change aluminum bumpers to steel bumpers but they MUST be 100% stock and true to the type of car they are on. Square Body to Square Body, Round Body to Round Body, Chevy to Chevy, Ford to Ford etc. The above bumper rule is exactly what it says. You can NOT put a 78 LTD bumper on the front of an 88 Crown Vic. You can NOT put an 87 crown Vic bumper on the front of an 01 Crown Vic, etc. **Just a couple examples to avoid the phone calls and headache the day of the show for this.** You may flip shock tubes if you desire but everything must be 100% STOCK and be unaltered except for flipping them. If by removing your bumper to do this you happen to break the bumper bolts you can use (2) two 3/8” bolts per side to replace broken bumper bolts.** These bolts are 3/8” MAX with NO washers added, and 2 per side MAX.
NO EXCEPTION. Do not show up with 8 - 3/8” bolts in front bumper, you will take 2 out per side.**

17. If you are doing anything to alter the car in anyway other than what is stated in the rules don’t, there are no grey areas!!!! Everything you are permitted to do in this class is listed above. If your unsure about something just read the rules. If it doesn’t specifically say you can do it then the answer is NO.
18. Read all the rules carefully and follow them! It will be a cheap easy build. STOCK IS THE KEY WORD!!! Any questions call! There will be NO stretching, bending of any rules. You will go home!!!!

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2015 BUTLER COUNTY 80 AND NEWER MODIFIED

General

1. JUDGE’S DECISIONS ARE FINAL.
2. We reserve the right to refuse any entry or pit pass to any driver or pit crew member whom we feel will be disorderly or in the best interest of safety for all.
3. We have the right to re-inspect, drill, or cut any car at any time. If you are caught breaking the rules below, you will forfeit any and all winnings you are due. If you stretch a rule, you lose that rule.
4. You may run any 1980 or newer American made sedan or station wagon.
5. Helmet, seat belt, eye protection, pants, and long sleeved shirt must be worn at all times during event.
6. Cars must be stock unless modifications are stated in rules. Cars must have functioning brakes at all times. If you have any questions call FIRST. If it doesn’t say you can do it, DON’T DO IT. No frame painting. All glass, plastic and interior must be removed before arriving to the event.
7. Any controversies or protest MUST be brought up in drivers meeting.
8. All drivers must pay entry fee before your car will be inspected. If your car is not to the rules and /or you can not get it to the rules you will not be permitted to run. Your entry fee will NOT be refunded. Build to the rules!
9. 12” x 12” roof sign is recommended. May not strengthen car in any way.

Engine/Transmission

1. Motor of choice. Distributor protectors are ALLOWED. Nothing that attaches to the engine may be wider than the headers.( Dist. Protector, engine cradle, etc.) Nothing that is used as an engine protector may strengthen car in any way.
2. You may have (2) two engine chains 3/8” MAX, that attach to engine protector in front of motor mounts. These may run to the TOP of the frame in front of A-arms. One (1) chain per side. Two (2) of the chain links may be welded to the TOP side of the frame, these welds may not exceed 3” MAX. These chains may be NO longer than 16” MAX.
3.Transmission protector may be used. Protector must NOT attach or brace to the cross member, frame, or any part of the cage components. OEM trans cross member or
2” X 2” X 1/4” max replacement. Trans cross member must be mounted with at least a 2” inch space from all trans protector components including shifter plate. Skid plates are allowed. Skid plates may be one piece from engine to transmission. Skid plates must NOT extend past oil pan or transmission pan. Do NOT connect skid plate to transmission cross member, there MUST be a minimum of a 2” inch gap. NO bolting or welding the skid plate to the frame. Transmissions must be of passenger car origin. Transmission coolers may be used, but they must be secured in such a way to prevent injury. Metal or braided lines must be used. No fuel or low-pressure lines may be used. Coolers must be secured in a container in the passenger compartment of the car.
Suspension

1. You may modify tie rod ends. Must use factory 1980 or newer A-arms. No homemade A-arms. Rear trailing arms may be homemade. No bigger that 2” x 2” tubing or 2” pipe. Valve stem protectors are permitted. Any rubber tire is permitted. Doubling of tires is permitted. Bead lock wheels are permitted (22” across MAX.) . Weld in centers for steel wheels are permitted.
2. A-arms must remain in stock configuration. Upper a-arms may be welded down with a ¼”x 2”x 2” piece of steel on front and back side of upper a-arm. You may plug weld the center of the a-arm. No other welding on a-arms will be permitted. Lower a-arms may not be welded. You can change out the new style A-arms for old style ones. Cars do NOT have to bounce. SOLID SUSPENSION is allowed.
3. Coil springs in rear may be welded, wired, or chained to rear-end. No coil to leaf conversions allowed.
4. You may use rear-end of choice. Rear-end protectors may be used but MUST NOT strengthen car in any way and must be on back side of rear-end housing.
5. Leaf spring cars may replace broken springs with ¼” leaf springs only. No more than 7 springs per side, must have a 2” stagger, and be mounted in factory location. You may NOT have any springs above the main leaf. The main leaf MUST be the top spring. You may have 6 spring clamps on each side. Can have 3 in front of rear-end and 3 behind the rear-end on each side, for a total 12 clamps all together.
6. Idler arm must be bolted in factory location, no bolts will be permitted all the way through the frame. You can weld factory sway bar mounts to bottom of the frame or use a piece of 2” tubing or pipe to weld to bottom of frame in FACTORY location. If tubing or pipe is used for this it can be no longer than 4” MAX. Must be welded to BOTTOM OF FRAME ONLY.

Body/Cage

1. Body mounts must remain in place or a 1” gap between body and frame with a stack of washers or spacer of some kind. Nothing bigger than 3”x 3” can be used. Cars without a space will not be allowed to run. 1” body bolt max. Must start and stop in factory location. All body mounts must be in factory location.

2. You may have a 4 point cage inside drivers compartment, with a roll over bar. Bars 6” max. Cage must be sheet metal to sheet metal only. The Distributor Protector and dash bar must have at least a 3” gap between them. Not the firewall, between dist. Protector and dash bar. NO EXCEPTIONS. All cage components must also be at least 3” above the floor/ trans tunnel. The bar behind the seat can sit no further back than where the kick panel meets the bench seat. Roll over bar is a cage component and must be ran straight up and down, no angled roll over bars. No center bar in cages. You may run a floating gas tank protector that comes off the back bar but it can not be wider than 24”. The gas tank protector may go all the way back against the sheet metal. Gas tank protector can be welded by 2 - 3” welds or bolted using (2) two ½” x 4” bolts. Sheet metal can not be removed. You may have (2) two down legs (kickers) from your seat bar that go to TOP of the frame. These kickers must run straight up and down, no angling of kickers will be permitted. You may also use (1) one of the next (2) two modifications listed, not both. 1. You may run (2) kickers from the front dash bar to the TOP side of the frame behind the A-arms. You may use 2”x 2” tubing or 2” pipe. No other material may be used for these kickers. These must be within 2” of A-arm. OR 2. You may run (1) one kicker from your dash bar to your distributor protector. YOU GET YOUR CHOICE OF ONE, NOT BOTH.
3. You may weld, wire, or bolt the doors, trunk lid and or tailgate. If you use wire you may have 8 double strands of #9 wire. The strapping you use for welding doors and trunk may not be overlapped. Strapping may be 1/4”x3” flat stock. Tops of door skins may smashed together and welded. You may add 3- 3/8” bolts per wheel well. These bolt must be in wheel well ONLY.
4. TRUNKS: You may remove speaker tray, and smash trunk lid down. Trunk lid may not be smashed flat. If you smash trunk down the rear quarters panels must be 6” higher than the top of the bumper. Do NOT cap ends of quarter panels. No metal is to be added. If speaker tray is removed trunk lid can attach to package tray, they must remain within 2” of rear of package tray. (behind body bolts on new style fords) You may plate weld trunk with the 1/4”x 3” flat stock MAX. Trunk lids may have 2 pieces of 1” all thread that can be welded to the frame. The all thread can NOT be welded any farther than HALF way down the frame, and must be straight up and down. On wagons these may go from floor pan to rear roof pillar, not the roof. Trunks must have two(2) 8”x 8” inspection holes. One (1) on each side of trunk lid within 2” of trunk strapping in center of trunk. Trunk lids must be factory for make and model of car. GM to GM, Ford to Ford NO pre 1980 trunk lids can be used.
5. No body seam welding will be permitted. Doors can be welded on outside only. On pre ran cars the doors may be repaired back to stock. Rust repair is limited to floor boards and roof ONLY. You may have a window bar or wire in the windshield and rear window area. If using metal it can be no thicker than 3/8” and no wider than 3”. You may use a piece of 2”x 2” tubing. Must not be solid. These may not contact the roll over bar in any way. These can be welded to the roof and trunk lid no more than 6” from the window area on roof and trunk lid and roof and firewall area in the front.
6. Hood must be open for inspection, and have a 12”x 12” hole above carburetor. You may have 6 bolts in the hood to secure it. Bolts may be 1” in diameter. The front two(2) may go all the way through core support. You may use a 2”x 2” spacer through the core support that may be welded to the top of frame and bottom of core support only. These may not be lower than frame. You may also use a 4”x 4” x ¼” plate to weld to top side of frame on the front two body mounts. These can weld no farther than 2” on the frame behind the body mount bolts. MAX 1” bolts.
7. You can add a piece of angle (4”x 4”x ¼” MAX) to the top of the core support but can not be any longer than 32”. No other metal will be permitted on the core support.

Frame / Bumpers

1. No welds on frame may exceed a single pass, no weave passes, or building the weld up will be permitted. Trailer hitches and braces must be removed. No plating, pinning, heat treating, stuffing the frame of any kind. DO NOT PAINT YOUR FRAME.
2. No frame creasing or hammering will be permitted. You can notch or crease the rear frame, this is to help rear of the car to roll not to strengthen the frame. Frame welding is limited to front and rear bumper areas. Frame seams can be welded from firewall forward on top side only.
3. Any year bumper is permitted. All bumper seams can be welded. Front bumpers may be loaded, but MUST be a factory car bumper. NO HOMEMADE BUMPERS. DEC bumpers are permitted. No spacers of any kind will be permitted between the front bumper and the frame. Bumpers may be 8” from top to bottom and 8” from front to back. They must have a factory front skin on them. The bumper on the rear of the car must be a factory stock bumper. DEC bumpers are permitted. No adding of metal to bumper on rear of the car will be permitted, with the exception of closing openings on rear bumper. Bumper shocks must appear stock. Must be round pipe or factory shock, no square tubing will be permitted. Your bumper shocks may NOT be further than 10” inside frame and may be no bigger than 2” in diameter. You may cut factory frame seam open to weld shock tube to frame. When doing this you may NOT create any extra frame seams on top or bottom of frame. You may use ¼”x 2”x 6” plate to weld from bumpers to frame on two(2) sides only.
4. The front frame must measure 25” from front of the coil spring pocket on bottom side of the frame to the end of the frame. The bumper can not slide over the frame.
5. Angle for the cross member can not be bigger than 5” and must be located within 12” of factory location.
6. Body bolts can be changed.(1” dia. MAX, 3” washer MAX) Must start and stop in factory location.
7. Bumper can NOT be lower than 15” or higher than 22” from bottom of bumper. Frame may NOT be LOWER THAN 14”.
8. All cars can have hump plates that will be measured from the top center of the hump and must start no lower than the center of the frame. Hump plates must be at LEAST 2” from rear-end housing. Hump plates may contour the frame or run straight across the hump. Hump plate must be flat plate with no bending of the plate over the top or bottom of frame.
COIL SPRUNG CARS - ¼” x 6” x 22”
NEW MODEL GM’s (metrics) - ¼” x 6” x 30”
LEAF SPRUNG CARS - ¼” x 6” x 11”
9. Pre ran cars with frame damage can be clipped with ONLY A SINGLE BUTT WELD WITH NO ADDED METAL. Must use same make and model frame. No hybrid frames permitted. You can NOT clip a 2002 or older car with a 2003 or newer frame. NO EXCEPTIONS. DO NOT ASK! On 2003 and newer Ford’s you may use an 1980 and newer Ford or GM steel cradle. They MUST be in FACTORY location. ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER METAL CAN BE USED. You are only permitted a single bead of weld when installing on of these cradles. Do NOT alter the cradle or frame in any manner doing this. **To try and make this rule very easy for anyone who may bring a 2003 or newer with a cradle swap it is going to be this easy. When you cut out steel cradle from your donor car make a good cut and when you install it into your 2003 or newer car put it exactly in the factory location and weld it in with one single bead of weld. A single bead of weld is NOT 1” wide either. That is all that will permitted. If you made a bad cut and need a filler do NOT add that filler just do Not weld there!** NO homemade, bolt in, or aftermarket cradles can be used. Factory OEM cradles ONLY. You may use a 3” spacer from the bottom of the frame to lower A-arm where the spring goes. You can NOT alter frame in any way other than attaching factory brackets with a SINGLE bead of weld. You can NOT add any type of spring pockets to frame. All factory holes in front of the A-arms must be open. Nothing may be welded on top of the frame over the holes on the frame. On 2003 and newer Ford’s you can NOT shorten the front of the frame. A-arms must be 7 1/2” behind the rear factory holes in frame on the front to the front edge of A-arms (factory crush point). A-arms must be from a stock 1980 or newer passenger car. NO truck or van A-arms will be permitted. On 03 and newer Ford’s you may pull the front ends down (pitch) but you may NOT cut or weld frame in any way to do this.
10. You may cut factory seam at the box and re-weld to tilt the front of new style Ford’s. ABSOLUTELY NO METAL MAY BE ADDED DOING THIS. All factory holes in the frame must remain open and can NOT be welded shut.
11.You may have (4) ¼” x 3” x 3” plates on PRE RAN cars that have frame damage. There MUST be a 1” gap between fix it plates. If a seam has came apart you may re-weld up to 6” of the frame seam but that counts as 1 of the 4 plates. Only 2 of these plates may be in front of A-arms or strut towers. Frame must have obvious visible frame or seam damage for plate or seam weld to be permitted. THIS RULE APPLIES TO PRE RAN CARS ONLY.
12. Any rust repair on frames MUST be limited to the area that is rusted. You MUST only repair with steel that is EXACTLY the same thickness as factory frame. You may use a single pass of weld and must be butt welded. If it overlaps frame 1cm you will be asked to cut it out or load your car. SINGLE PASS, BUTT WELD ONLY.

You can run the steering set up of your choice with the exception of any type of Hydraulic system.
You can run the driveshaft of your choice. Sliders permitted.
You can run the brake system of your choice.


Jimmie Rutherford 513-571-8121
Jeremy Vowell 513-673-3361

[demoderby721]

There was a rule modification made in the Modified Class. It is in regard to the transmission protectors/braces. It is rule #3 under engine and transmission section. It is highlighted in blue on the rules.

[sethrut48]

how are you not gonna let a brother run lol

[demoderby721]

Everyone is welcome!

[513monster]

Any payout news?

[sethrut48]

Okay thank you

[demoderby721]

Payouts and entry fee info posted. Updated original post.

[CHUNKY MONKEY 13]

How many mini truck usually show up?

[513monster]

Before they allowed v8s around a dozen...heard theres some new faces coming with the changes

[fatguy]

Are you allowed to run a fuel cell inside of the car for the 80's stock class?

[demoderby721]

May 28, 2015 18:26:54 GMT -5 fatguy said:

Are you allowed to run a fuel cell inside of the car for the 80's stock class?

No, car must be 100% stock unless modification is stated in the rules.