Kansas State Fair Demolition Derby
Monday, September 11-7:30
3 classes-$50 preregister includes driver pit pass. One and done heats unless there are big car counts. CDDA tech and officiating-
Payouts based on 8 car minimums
-Modifieds-CDDA Rules, $2200 purse, $1200 to win
-Semi-Stock-CDDA Rules, $1400 purse, $700 to win
Bolt-N-Chain class- Cheney (Swonger) rules. They are posted in the comments. 8 car preregistration minimum to run. If we don't have 8 preregistered by Sept 8, we won't run the class and you will get your money back.
$1400 purse, $800 to win.
CDDA-Championship DEMOLITION DERBY ASSOCIATION
2017 Bolt & Chain Rules
The bolt & chain class is open to all men and women 16 and over. Driver must have a driver’s license or proof of age. In fairness to all, the following rules and regulations shall prevail. If under 18 you must have a Parents Signature.
Do not do any more than what is stated in these rules. These rules state what you may do if not in here you can’t do it. Do not do anything to make your car illegal after inspection. If this happens you will be disqualified and there will be no return of entry fee. Officials have the right to re-inspect your cars at any time.
PARTICIPANT REGULATIONS
Drivers may move forward or backward. They must make contact every 60 seconds or be disqualified. There will be no sandbagging or team driving. If you sandbag/team driving, the race will be stopped and a sandbagger/team driving flag will be put on top of your car and whoever takes him/her out will get $50. No team driving allowed, not even on a sandbagger. If an official sees you have the ability to make a clean hit and you lock your brakes up to slide into them, you will be issued a sandbagging flag. Official's decision is final. The 2nd time this happens your flag will be broken. Cars must move when hit or show visible damage. No driver’s door hits will be allowed. No using the driver’s door for a shield will be allowed.
SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. Cars must have at least 2 bars attached from the roof down to the dash area to prevent the hood from coming in. you may use chain or 2 in. by 3/16 steel bars welded no more than 4 inches on roof or firewall area.
2. Radiator over flow hoses must be pointed at the ground and fastened so they cannot shoot water towards officials or other drivers.
3. Header pipes must be pointing straight up. They cannot be aimed towards front or side of cars.
4. Note: If you have a hole in the fire wall, it must be covered.
5. Safety belts are required. Must be worn at all times when in arena.
6. D.O.T. approved helmets are mandatory. Any driver using an open faced helmet will be required to wear safety goggles or shield.
7. Helmets must be worn at all times when in the arena.
8. Mandatory: You must wear long pants and a shirt. (fire suit recommended)
9. 1st fire is a warning and the 2nd fire in the same heat you are out. Then you must show official when re-entering arena it was fixed.
10. No alcoholic beverages or drugs are allowed in pit area or on the track.
11. NO PIT PERSONS ALLOWED ON THE TRACK. No drivers or fans in contact with judges if you or pit persons or fans of yours are in contact with judges you will be disqualified. If driver crawls out of car during a stop in action then you must exit arena area.
12. Note: Management does have the right to disqualify a car/driver at any time. Any person on the track or in the pit, causing trouble and not complying with the rules, will be asked to leave. (We can have you escorted off or have you arrested and banned from running future derbies.)
13. Protests must be made no later than 5 minutes after the heat or consolation in question. No protests will be taken after feature event. Only Drivers in this class are allowed to protest a car. $50 protest fee you get it back if you are right if not the driver you protested gets the protest money.
PREPARATION OF CARS
No screws are allowed on outside of car. PLASTIC GAS TANKS are allowed as long as they are in a metal box.. (Heavy duty plastic racing fuel cells are allowed.) No wedging, no sedagons, no jeeps, no trucks (ranchero and El Caminos are considered trucks), no carryalls, no hearse, no limos, no convertibles, no imperials 73 and older or imperial subs. No sub changes. All glass, chrome, pot metal, lights, carpet, headliner, back seats, fiber glass and anything else that is flammable must be removed before reaching the exhibit area. (Do not break glass down in the doors.) Trunks must be empty of all debris, spare tire rims, parts, etc. Wagons must have spare tire flap removed or hole cut in it for inspectors to see.
ABSOLUTELY NO welding besides what is stated in these rules. All 9 wire must be tied to the car so not to fall off in the arena. UNLIMITED 9-WIRE. This does not apply where rules specify how much wire you can use, i.e. doors and bumpers or where used for reinforcement.
MANDATORY
Car must have number on the roof with name on roof above front doors. Use your choice of number. You must have a roof sign with minimum of 12 inch numbers on both sides of sign. No profanity allowed on cars.
ENGINE
Engine swaps are allowed. The lower engine mount may be welded or bolted with three 3/8" bolts to the frames cross-member. You may run a lower engine cradle that HAS to be mounted similar to how the original motor was mounted from the factory. Which means it can only be bolted to the car frame and has to have rubber mounts between the car frame and engine cradle. Absolutely no metal to metal contact between the car and the lower cradle. The cradle will only be 3/8" thick or less. No pulley protectors or anything the inspectors see as a pulley protector.
You may use 2 chains to retain one on each side or use two straps, 2 in. by 3/16 thick to hold motor in. It can ONLY be welded to TOP of frame no more than 3 inch long weld. The strap cannot be farther forward than the stock mounted water pump. You may use header pipes. Must have stock motor mount bolted or welded to cross member, If stock mount not used it will be up to the inspection to ok best to use stock mount. If welded you may not add any material.
No pulley protectors, distributor protectors, or carburetor protectors allowed.
RADIATORS
It must be an automotive radiator, remain stock, and in the stock location. No homemade radiators allowed.
TRANSMISSION
Transmission coolers are allowed. They must have double clamps on all rubber to steel lines. No transmission protectors allowed. Aftermarket steel bell housing is allowed but must be close to factory specs. Transmission may have chain to secure. Cross member must be bolted in. If you don’t have a cross member you must use a piece of 2x4x1/4 C- Chanel and it must be bolted in with a max 4- 3/8 bolts with 1 inch washers.
BATTERY
The battery must be in the front passenger side and be covered with something nonflammable like rubber tube, rubber floor mat, etc. Batteries must be secured so they don’t move. 2-12 volt batteries max.
SUSPENSION
Suspension must remain stock. No welding on the shocks, no trailer hitches, special lifts, blocks, air shackles, air shocks. Air lifts must be deflated. Screw in spring spacers ok. Shocks ok if after market. No homemade shocks.
REAR ENDS
Rear ends must be 5 lug, GM to GM, Ford to Ford, Mopar to Mopar. Locking of the rear ends permitted. Stock mounting for make, year and model of car required. No braces or axle protectors. You may use a 3/8 chain around frame and to axle 1 wrap only. You may 9 wire or chain lower coil spring to spring pocket. After market gears in rear end are allowed.
DRIVE SHAFTS
It must be OEM stock drive shaft.
TRAILING ARMS & A-ARMS
They must be factory with absolutely no reinforcing, shortening or lengthening. You may 9 wire A-arms or bolt down with 5/8 max bolt with 1 ½ od washers. Or you may use 1 3/8 chain 1 wrap around a-arm to frame per side.
STEERING COLUMN/BRAKES/SHIFTER
The steering column must be stock. You may put steering knuckle at rag joint. Brakes must work. You may use a bolt in pedal assembly in the driver’s floor board and must be bolted to sheet metal only. You may put shifter on the floor or attached to the tranny. A cable shifter is ok.
HOOD
Hood must remain in the factory position with no sliding forwards and folding down over the front.. 6 hood bolts allowed but only 2 may go through the frame outside of radiator support and cannot be directly in front or behind the radiator they must be bolted to the frame not welded in or you can weld your bolts to the core support with no more than 3" down from the top of the core support or fender ABOUSOULTY NO ADDED METAL WHEN WELDING JUST WELD THE BOLT lN. This rule will be strictly in-forced. Bolts must not be any bigger than 1 inch with hood washers no bigger than 5 inches outside diameter. You must have 2 holes cut in the hood big enough for fire extinguisher. Not directly over carburetor. You may use 20 bolts around header holes no bigger than SAE 3/8 with washers no bigger than 1 inch.
TRUNK
You can use 4- 1 in. bolts in trunk and 2 may go through frame with washers no bigger than 5 inches outside diameter. Trunk lids must remain on factory hinges. Tucking or V’ing of trunk lid is allowed, but absolutely no wedging. You may chain or 9 wire or bolt with 3/8 bolts with 1 inch od washers up to 10 places total on deck lid, if bolting it can only go through drip edge. Wagon gates are considered same as deck lid.NO MORE THAN 50% OF TRUNK MAY BE TUCKED.
BODY
No seam welding and no patching is allowed. Pre-denting is okay. Body must be stock to frame.
FENDERS
Fenders may be trimmed and 10 bolts may be used per fender. Bolts are to be no bigger than 3/8 with washers no bigger than 1 inch outside diameter. You may have 2 wraps 4 strands of 9 wire from fender to fender in front of radiator not connected to bumper. This wire must be ran behind or in front of wire from core support or hood to bumper.
BODY MOUNT BOLTS
They must be factory. Bushings must be factory. If missing a body bolt, you may use factory size bolt for fix. If bushing is missing, you may wire mount with 9 wire. Do not remove rubber mount or you will 9 wire it or load it.
FRAME
Absolutely no welding is allowed on frame. No reinforcing of frame whatsoever. You can notch the frame. You may pre bend frame. You may not put fix-it patch on a fresh car. You may patch or fix the frame with a max of 6-6x4x1/4 plates per car. Three (3) patches are allowed per frame rail uni-body cars will be considered 1 frame rail per side. There must be visible damage to the frame, i.e. tear or bend. A patch may not be closer than 1 inch to another patch, which means 1 inch between welds on patch. If you have to patch after your heat and have 6 plates, one must be removed before one is added.
DOORS
Driver’s door may be welded solid with a strap no bigger than 3 inches, on the outside only. On the driver’s only, you may reinforce inside the car however you want as long as it does not attach to the frame and does not go past door seams of driver’s door more than 8 inches and is deemed safe by inspectors. You must have a safety bar welded or bolted. If bolted, must have 4 bolts through bar to body. Bar cannot go past door seam by more than 8 inches. All other doors may be chained up to 6 places per door or wired 6 places per door. On wagon’s tailgates, NO WELDING is allowed.
CAGE
You may have a cage with two side bars, one on the driver’s door and one on the passenger door; and two cross bars, one behind the seat and one at the dash. The cage cannot extend past the dash area in the front and must be no further back than 8 inches behind the front seat or behind the front doors, rear door seam, i.e. 2 door cars. This can be welded in. Absolutely no kickers are allowed. You may have 5 down bars. They cannot go to the frame. sheet metal only. You may have a halo bar it cannot be any farther back than the seat bar. None of the cage or halo can connect to the frame. A halo cannot connect to the windshield bars or the roof sign.
FRONT BUMPERS: You can either BOLT or WELD--- YOU CAN'T DO BOTH!
OPTION # 1: No welding on bumpers. They can be wired, chained from mount to mount. You may remove brackets but cannot add any, i.e. you can put bolts or chain anywhere between the mounts to the car, 6 bolts 1 inch max 24 inches long per piece may be used to bolt front and rear bumper on. No welding of shocks or brackets. If you have an aluminum bumper you may change it to a stock model bumper for that make. Bumper swaps are ok; must be GM to GM, Ford to Ford, Mopar to Mopar. Brackets must be stock to the car you are running. No changing the mounting brackets for the make, model and year of car is allowed. Brackets must be in stock mounting position on frame. NO WELDING OF SKINS. Make sure the bumpers are well secured. We don’t want to pick them up all night.
OPTION #2: Same as above with bumper swaps-- mopar to mopar, GM to GM , Ford to Ford. Bumper brackets must remain stock for the car. NO WELDING ON BUMPER SKIN. You can weld your factory bumper bracket to the frame to its stock location (do not alter or move the bracket forwards and backwards) and bumpers can be welded to the bracket----NO ADDED METAL THIS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED .. NO PLATING ON MOPAR Y FRAMES. You are allowed to collapse the factory bumper shock. . You can remove the bracket completely and hard nose the bumper directly to the frame and weld it, however; you can not cut the end of the frame down (i.e. Crown Vics) or alter the core support location in any fashion. Core support bolts must remain to stock location. You are still allowed to 9 wire and chain bumper from mount to mount.
NO STUFFING OR LOADING OF BUMPERS. Must be stock.
BACK BUMPERS:
Must be in stock location and can be bolted on per Option #1. NO welding..
GAS TANKS
A maximum of 7 gallons of gas is allowed. Fuel cells/metal boat tanks must be placed in back seat area and properly secured. NO STOCK TANKS. Fuel cells must be secured so there is no movement. (Do not use bungee cords for this.) If tank is not secure you will not be running. Fuel cells must have secure caps and be leak proof. All fuel lines must have no leaks. Stock gas tanks must be removed or have holes in them and washed out. NO PLASTIC TANKS. (Heavy plastic racing fuel cells may be used.) Tanks must be covered with non-flammable material. Tank must be mounted in center or behind driver’s seat.
TIRES/ Wheels
Any tire allowed up to 16 inch, Tire inside of tire is okay. No fluid allowed inside of tires. No valve stem protectors allowed. no wheel weights. Make sure you remove them even from your spares. Weld in centers are allowed maximum of 9 inch diameter and ¼ thick. Maximum of 16 inch wheels will be allowed.
Protest fee is $500.00. Only a driver can protest a car. If something is found the person protesting will get their $500.00 back and prize money will be taken away from the person who is being protested. If nothing is found then the person who is being protested will receive the $500.00. REMEMBER ONLY DRIVERS MAY PROTEST A CAR.
If you have any questions please call or text Chad @ 785-479-0996
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