N C S I
NOBLES COUNTY SPEEDWAY INC
BOX 426
WORTHINGTON, MN 56187
www.noblescountyspeedway.net
The
Nobles County Speedway Incorporated shall hereafter be simply referred to as
NCSI throughout the rules descriptions. (Note: The following rules are for the
2008 season. The NCSI Executive Committee may make interpretation of or
amendment to, these rules at any time. The rules and / or regulations sets
forth herein are designed to provide for the orderly conduct of racing events
and to establish minimum acceptable requirements for such events. These rules
shall govern the condition of the event and, by participating in the events,
all participants are deemed to have complied with the rules and / or
regulations. They are intended as a guide for the conduct of the sport and in
no way a guarantee against injury or death to participants.
NOBLES COUNTY SPEEDWAY INCORPORATED SPORTSMAN RULES
(RULES 2008)
GENERAL
RULES
1.
NCSI
Race Rules shall apply.
2.
NCSI
officials are in charge of the event; any competitor may be disqualified for
rules violations, hazardous equipment or hazardous actions at the discretion of
our track officials.
3.
All
vehicles are subject to inspection at any time by NCSI inspectors.
4.
Approval
of any racecar by a NCSI official shall mean that the vehicle is approved to
participate in a competitive event and shall not be construed in any way to
mean that the inspected vehicle is guaranteed mechanically sound or safe. NCSI
or any NCSI official shall not be liable for any mechanical failure nor for any
losses, injuries or death resulting from it.
5.
Drivers,
owners, and crewmembers will conduct themselves as professionals. Any
unsportsman like conduct by drivers, owners, and/or pit crewmembers shall be
grounds for disqualification and/or punitive action by the NCSI. This will be
strictly enforced. NOTE: Drivers are responsible for the conduct and
actions of their owners and pit crewmembers.
6.
Drivers
or pit members prior to, or during a NCSI event will consume NO
alcoholic beverages. Any use, distribution or sale of any illegal drug will
result in immediate suspension from NCSI events.
7.
All
drivers must be at least 16 years of age (proof of age is required). Drivers
under 18 years of age must have a signed and notarized Parental Consent Form by
parent or legal guardian. The required form must be given to the NSCI official
before the individual can participate in any event.
8.
NCSI
track points are awarded to the driver in the sportsman class.
9.
All
drivers in this class must purchase of NCSI license at the cost of $40.00 to run
in this class.
10.
Heat
races – less than 10 cars, one heat race and feature, greater than 10 cars, two
heat races and feature, lineup for heats and feature will be based on point
average, lower point average to front, higher point average in back.
CAR
AND BODY
1.
1960
or newer American made passenger automobile with factory steel top solid tops.
No station wagons, convertibles, front-wheel drive or rear engine cars are
allowed.
2.
108”
wheelbase minimum unibodies must be tied rear frame to front frame. NOTE:
no Camaro, Firebird and Mustang allowed.
3.
All
bodies must be steel and strictly stock. All hoods and trunks must be securely
fastened with hood pins. No hood or trunk latches, no chains or bolts are
allowed to secure hood or trunk. No aluminum hoods allowed. After market nose
pieces or homemade nosepieces are allowed but must not extend below the bumper.
4.
No
moving or changing windshields posts or quarter panel post. No altering or
channeling of the body is allowed. Nothing is allowed to alter the stock
appearance such as wings, spoilers, skirts or air scoops.
5.
All
chrome, glass, upholstery, front and rear seats, lights, mirrors, and chrome
must be removed.
6.
All
doors must be secured shut.
7.
Full
floorboards must remain intact. Rust holes in the floorboards may not be
removed but will be metal over.
8.
A
full visible metal firewall must separate the driver from the fuel cell and
trunk area.
9.
Firewall
between engine and driver must be in stock position. Any holes in the firewall
must be covered.
10.
Inner
wheel wells front and rear must be stock. If innerwheel wells are plastic they
must be removed, if they are metal it is an option.
11.
All
cars must have a racing seat that is fastened to the roll cage. Bolting to the
floor is NOT ALLOWED.
12.
All
stock gas tanks must be removed. A fuel cell in a metal container is required.
It must be mounted above the rear frame rails. Four steel straps mounted to the
frame on roll cage and fuel cell must secure the tank. Check valve or rollover
valve required.
13.
Drive
shaft loop is required and must be constructed of at least ¼” x 2” steel and
should be mounted no more than 6” back from front of the drive shaft. Drive
shafts must be painted white.
14.
Brakes
on all four wheels are required and they must work. No brake shut-off devices
are allowed. No rear disc brakes or after market brake petal assemblies are
allowed.
15.
No
computers allowed on the car.
16.
No
ballast allowed.
17.
Bumpers
must be in stock locations. Rear bumpers may be capped to fender. No
reinforcement of bumpers is allowed.
18.
No
pipes outside the car except for ¾” x 1 ½” square tubing maximum, length of
pipe is from wheel to wheel. This is not required but allowed.
DRIVERS EQUIPTMENT
1.
Five-point
safety belt, (sub belt, shoulder harness, and lap belt), helmet, (Snell SA2000
minimum must accompany car at tech area). Fire suit, neck brace, fire resistant
gloves, and fire resistant shoes.
2.
Driver’s
window net mandatory unless arm restraints are used. If a window net is used it
needs to be accessible from inside and out.
3.
Detachable
steering wheel is optional.
4.
Car
numbers must be 24” in height and 3” wide on sides of the car, number on top
roof must be at least 18” in height and 3” wide, car must have at least 4”
number on front and back of car so drivers can read.
5.
Steering
column must be double knuckled or collapsible shaft.
SUSPENSION
1.
Must
be OEM suspension. No add-on quick steer boxes.
2.
No
racing shocks, springs, etc.
3. No spacer, lumber or chains allowed.
TRANSMISSION- REAR END
1. OEM automatic transmission with OEM working torque converter. (All torque converters will have a drain plug regardless of whether or not it came with a drain plug). Must have scatter shield. No couplers. Must have working forward and reverse in all gears.
2. OEM manual transmission. No lightning or removable parts. OEM single disc clutch. No aluminum flywheels. Must have blow proof bell housing or ½” belting bolted completely over the hump. Must have working forward and reverse in all gears.
3. Passenger car rear end only. May use 10 bolt rear ends in metric cars. No truck rear end allowed. 12 bolt rear end allowed only if it was a factory option for that model.
WHEELS AND TIRES
1.
Tires
may have 8” of rubber on the ground with 20 lbs. Of pressure.
2.
No
mud, racing, snow, fancy, exotic, trick gumball tires allowed.
3.
No
racing wheels, magnesium or stock factory wheels allowed. Spoke steel wheels
are allowed. ½” wheel studs are recommended. One inch (1”) lug nuts are
required on the right side of the car.
4.
Maximum
15” x 7” wheel. Right front wheel may be reinforced. No bead locking devices,
screws allowed.
5.
Racing
or spoke steel wheels allowed.
ENGINES AND CARBURETOR
1.
Engine
Restrictions: Nine –to-one compression with flat top pistons only. GM cars must
be 76cc heads or larger (approved head numbers are- 336, 339, 388, 441, 454,
487, 624, 813, 882, 991, 993); Ford cars-no after market heads or SVO heads;
Chrysler cars-no after market or W2 heads.
2.
The
engine must appear strictly stock for that model and make an in the original
mounts. (GM to GM, Ford to Ford) Maximum 360 cubic inch limit. Minimum limit
for cubic inch check will be 15 inch vacuum at 700 RPM. Below this limit, car
disqualified. No after-market ignition. Flat top pistons only, must be 76cc
heads or larger. No porting to heads or intake. No angle milling heads allowed.
No angle plug heads allowed.
3.
Must
have stock cast two-barrel iron intakes. No headers, must be OEM cast iron
exhaust manifold (no porting). No center dumps type manifolds. Exhaust must
extend past firewall. No electrical fuel pumps allowed. No pressurized systems.
4.
All
cars must run with two (2) barrel carburetor with a maximum bore of 1.380
inches in diameter. No Holly Carburetors allowed. May remove choke but no other
alterations are allowed. No adapter plate allowed, no four- barrel manifolds
allowed, no K&N or equilvent air filters.
5.
Engine
compression will be tested, must pull at maximum 130 psi when testing.
6.
May
run aluminum pulleys.
7. Oil pan must be stock appearing. Maybe altered internally with baffles. May run racing oil pan.
8. Pump gas only- 92 Octane Max, racing fuel is legal.
ENGINE COOLING
1.
Larger
capacity radiator allowed mounted in the stock position only. Aluminum
radiators allowed. No onboard auxiliary systems allowed.
ROLL CAGE
1.
A
full perimeter four post roll cage with an X-brace in rear and rear kickers
must be used. Roll cage must be securely welded to the frame. Roll bar padding
is recommended in the driver’s compartment. Unibody must mount 6” x 6” steel
plate to floor and the cage must be mounted to the plate.
2.
Minimum
1.666” outside diameter and .095” thick tubing for cages and door bars. Three
door bars on each side must be used with three braces between bars.
3.
No
bars allowed in engine compartment except a bar can be used to protect the
radiator. If a bar is used for radiator protection it cannot be braced any
further back then the A-frame, no wider than the frame rails and the pipe
cannot be larger than 2” OD and minimum size of 1 ¾”.
4.
No
square tubing or galvanized pipe is allowed in making roll cage.
5.
Fuel
cell protection bar must be mounted from frame rail to frame rail. The bar is
mounted no higher than the fuel cell and inside the trunk area. The maximum
size pipe is 1 ¾”.
6.
Inter
door panels may be removed to accommodate the roll cage only.
7.
No
petty bars.
8.
Car
must have tow hooks both front and rear.
9.
18
gauge plates welded to driver’s side door bars.
BATTERY
1.
The
battery box must be mounted to the floor behind the seat or in the trunk area.
It must be enclosed in a marine type box or a metal box.
ENGINE
CLAIM
1.
Must
be a member of the NCSI, have your membership card in hand, $500.00 cash claim
on engine, $25.00 cash must be given to the wrecker to pull engine.
2.
Must
have raced three consecutive nights at NCSI before a claim will be allowed.
3.
The
claim driver will have the option of the $500.00 cash or an engine exchange.
4.
Claim
does not include the following flywheel, clutch, pressure plate, bellhousing,
exhaust manifold, carburetor, starter, motor mounts, sending unit switches for
water and oil pumps, fan and pulley, clutch ball, clutch arm, throw out
bearing, dip stick, water pump, fuel pump, distributor, plug wires, and oil
pan.
5.
Top
four finishers must report directly to the tech area. At this time an engine
claim can occur by any driver finishing in the fifth position on back in the
feature. Any driver that is lapped by the fourth place car is not eligible to
make an engine.
6. Driver’s making a claim must drive their racecar immediately
after the finish of the feature race to the tech area. The claiming driver’s
car must enter the tech area under it’s own power. The engine claim must be
made known to the NCSI tech official within five minutes from the completion of
the feature race. Only the driver can make this claim.
7. Drivers are allowed only one claim per event regardless of the
out come. If more than one claim on the same engine occurs, the driver that
finished the farthest back will we qualify for the claim.
8. Only the driver may claim an engine and only the driver may
agree to sell or refuse to sell the engine. First decision to sell or no sell
by the driver will be binding.
10.
Refusal
of first claim to sell your engine will result in disqualification, loss of all
season track points from NCSI, forfeiture of money won, and suspension of four
racing nights from NCSI.
11.
A
driver caught claiming an engine for anyone other than himself will loose all
NCSI points for the season and will be suspended for two racing nights and
fined $500.00 that will be paid directly to NCSI.
12.
All
engines must be removed form the claimed car at the racetrack; buyer may
examine engine before removal, once removal has started the sale is final.
Removal must be completed by one hour of the claim or it will be considered an
invalid claim.
13.
The cylinder block may not be altered in such
a way as, to prevent it from being used in a stock application. Stock OEM
components must be able to be immediately used in their stock location. Drivers
are to be held accountable for and sabotage discovered while pulling the
engine, and will be responsible for any and all penalties as a result of any
sabotage. Any sabotage discovered to the claimed engine will result in the
driver being suspended from NCSI competition for four race nights and pay a
fine of $500.00 directly to NCSI. The claim will be disallowed and the money
returned to the driver making the claim.
14.
No
driver can claim more than two engines at NCSI during that racing season.
15.
No
driver can claim more than one engine from the same driver at NCSI during that
race season.
TECH OFFICIALS AT NCSI WILL HAVE THE FINAL
DECISION ON ALL INTERPRETATION OF CLASS RULES!!