TRUCKS:
A. Any 2-wheel drive pickup, SUV ½ ton to 1 ton trucks, but no dually wheels will be allowed. 4 x 4 Trucks or SUVs are allowed, however, one driveshaft must be removed so that the 4 wheel drive option is disabled.
B. No PROFANITY or OFFENSIVE material including numbers allowed on the truck!!! This is a family show!
C. Frame
1. All seams can be welded, single-pass only. No pinning, plating, filling, stuffing or painting. You are allowed two plates on a fresh truck anywhere of your choice other than the 6” gap between back of bumper shock and front of A arm.
D. Drivetrain:
1. Any motor or transmission in any vehicle
2. Basic engine cradles only with pulley protector allowed
3. Skid plates allowed but can’t extend more than ½” from the pan they are protecting
4. Solid lower engine mounts are allowed
5. No transmission case modifications
6. Slider shafts are allowed
7. No rear-ends bigger than a 3500 series pickup. If running a dually rear-end, you may only run one wheel per side. No rear-end bracing
E. Suspension
1. Front suspensions may be converted from coil spring to leaf spring design. Keep the leaf springs mounts minimal. Do not use them to strengthen the frame.
2. Tie-rods can be welded with 1 piece of angle iron per tie rod assembly
3. You may add 2 clamps in front of the axle and 3 behind the axle. Max of 2 bolts per clamp. Bolts can’t be bigger than 3/8” and clamps can only be 2” wide. No duct tape or welding on the springs.
4. Aftermarket steering shafts are allowed
5. Solid front suspensions are allowed but do not use this to strengthen the frame or you will need to cut it in order to run. Max front bumper height is 28 inches from bottom of front bumper, min rear bumper height is 18 inches from bottom of rear bumper.
F. Body
1. Remove all glass.
2. All body bolts can be replaced and bolted solid with no bolts bigger than 1” You may use 1” all-thread in the core support and run it up through the hood. 4” x 4” maximum body mount washer size
3. Trucks should remain looking like trucks. Bedside must remain in the stock position. You may fold bedsides over from the wheel wells back and tailgate may be folded over. If you choose to do so, you may use 2 pieces of all thread on the frame behind the wheel wells to hold bedsides down or may be attached to bed floor with #9 wire. Must be a gap to see inside. Suburbans may be ‘sedagoned’. If you choose to “tuck” a suburban or other long roof vehicle, you may only attach the roof to quarter panels with #9 wire. You may not weld the roof down. You must have a hole measuring 12 x 12 inches in the roof for inspection. 4. You may weld, wire, or chain doors shut. The tailgate may be wired, bolted, or welded shut. The tailgate may be lowered half the height of the tailgate. Cab may be welded to bed (please do).
5. In addition to the 2 pieces of all-thread in the core support, you will be allowed 4 more bolts to hold the hood down. Must be body to body only and the washers must not exceed 4” x 4”. It must be body to body only.
6. No more than 10-3/8” bolts to hold your outer hood skin to your inner hood skin.
7. Wire is to be #9 wire, unlimited amount (Use as much as you want because anyone can get it)
8. Truck must have a pipe, wire, or plate from the cowl to the roof to prevent the hood from entering Truck. You may add one to the front & side windows. Sheet metal to sheet metal mounting only. Nothing to cage or rollover bar. 2 pieces in each window opening max. Max. Material is 4x ¼ . This is for your safety, not to reinforce your truck! Driver’s Safety comes first. Front window bars must be outboard of distributor protector.
9. NO REINFORCEMENT anywhere on the truck.
10. Five 3/8” bolts per wheel well. Hardware washers only.
11. If weight is added to the bed, it must be safe and non-reinforcing at the inspector’s discretion.
12. Roof - In addition to the doors, the truck must have the number on a roof sign on the roof of the truck a minimum of 24” tall. No PROFANITY or OFFENSIVE material including numbers allowed on the truck!!! This is a family show!
13. PRE-RAN TRUCKS may weld a plate/band-aid no bigger than 4”x 6” x 1/4” up to four (4) on a visible bend. There must be at least a 1-inch gap between plates. Must be flat plate. No angle iron, no bending plate to make angle or no C-channel may be used.
G. Driver Compartment
1. Move battery to inside the cab, tightly secure it, and cover it up. You may use 1 automotive battery or 1 large marine battery.
2. MUST have a spreader bar behind the seat & must have driver door protection. Up to a 4” diameter Bar can be used
3. Cage must be at least a 4 point cage
4. Cage can be welded to the frame in 4 spots this is for your safety not for you to figure out a way to strengthen your frame
5. No kickers or angled down tubes allowed
6. The cage must be contained inside the cab
7. Spreader bar must be at least channel, square tubing, or pipe, no thin wall material! Spreader bar must be behind seat.
H. Radiator
1. Any type automotive radiator may be used but MUST be mounted in stock position. At driver’s option, he/she may compete without a radiator, but MUST run on water in the engine block only. NO RESERVE TANKS ARE ALLOWED. Radiator protector rules is the same as Modified car rule.
I. Gas Tank
1. Gas Tank must be mounted in bed behind cab, tightly secured, and covered. Plastic tanks must be in a solid metal containment box & covered or you will not be allowed to participate. No exceptions. (We strongly recommend metal tanks!) Absolutely NO stock fuel lines. Secure new fuel line properly inside of the driver’s compartment, not underneath truck. Keep away from exhaust. Gas tank protectors must be mounted to the cage or the floor pan, not both and is not to extend more than 36 inches from the front of the bed, but can be full width of bed. Gas tank protector if on cage must be a "halo" type bar only, no gap required between protector and cage if floor mounted and not connected to sheet metal in any way (bolted or welded). Electric fuel pumps must be double clamped and covered. NO electronic fuel pumps without a full cutoff switch.
J. Bumper
1. Maximum front bumper height is 28” from the ground to the BOTTOM of the bumper. Back bumper minimum height is 18” from the ground to the BOTTOM of the bumper.
2. If you make a "homemade pointy" you have to have it where it is the same dimensions as factory Chrysler pointy. We will have a template made from a fresh bumper. Anything that doesn't match factory dimensions will have to be cut. No small wedges allowed one's that looks like a wood splitting wedge.
3. Bumpers may be plated on the inside and on the backing of the bumper. No sharp edges.
4. May weld up factory bumper brackets, or you may make homemade shocks but shocks can’t be bigger than 2” x 2” tubing. Must maintain a 6” gap between rear of bumper shock and front of A arm.
K. Tires
1. No solid Tires (Hyster tires, etc.) Tires MUST contain some air.
Please review the normal Modified car rules and apply all of those rules THAT CAN BE APPLIED.
We strongly suggest that you have roll over protection for Safety!!!
Any additional questions, refer to Modified car rules as they apply to trucks as well.
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