Note - B&M Motorsports reserves the right to add or delete rules for safety depending
upon track or area.
2009 DEMO DERBY RULES
ANY YEAR VEHICLE MAY BE RUN.
Vehicle Type: Any year auto may be run. Stock hardtop automobile, including station wagons, but not including
hearses, trucks, jeeps, limos, Checkers, Chrysler Imperial or all wheel drives (4x4).
SAME RULES APPLY
FOR OLD CAR DERBIES.
Mini Cars: All rules for mini cars are the same except:
1. Must have 104” wheel
base or less. (This includes station wagons.)
2. Must have 4 or 6 cylinder engine.
3. Stock gas tank
must be removed and boat tank installed and securely fastened.
4. No 4WD vehicle of any type.
5. No
truck springs. Only 5 springs allowed. No clamping, taping, etc.
Car Preparation: All glass (windshield, headlights,
tail lights, side glasses), plastic grills and chrome must be removed (not broken out). You will not be allowed to strip car
on fairground property.
Pitching: Cars may be pitched only by cutting the tab on the side of the frame pulling down
and re-welding that tab only.
Frames: No reinforcements, no trailer hitch, no skid plates, no towing packages,
motor must be within 4 inches of stock location, headers must point up or down. May weld from the front of the A-arm forward,
one pass on the top seam only.
Bumpers: Bumpers are interchangeable. Bumpers must be no higher that 22” from
bottom of bumper to ground and no lower than 16 inches. Must have automotive bumper on car (no home made bumpers). No reinforced
bumpers, no adding metal. Chains or wire allowed around bumpers in 4 spots only, wire can be no more than 3 strands per spot.
Must use automotive brackets, bolts and shocks. You may collapse shocks and push into frame, weld them on good (no more than
10 inches from front of frame to back of brackets) but do not add metal. No welding plates or straps from the bumper to the
trunk lid.
Body: Body bushings may be removed but must have a spacer between the body and the frame 3/4 of an inch.
Body bolts may be changed but must use bolts no larger than 3/4 inch with flat washer no larger than 3” across and 1/4
inch thick. You are allowed 1 extra pair of body bolts. Trunk must remain 50% in stock location. No wedging, and no crushed
roofs. No screws allowed. Body bolts must be up in the frame, not on bottom of frames.
Doors: All doors must be
fastened shut by wire, chains or welding. Welded straps no wider than 2 inches. No reinforcements on outside of doors. You
are allowed a 4 point safety cage. No part of the safety cage can touch frame. (See reinforcement rule for sizes.) All roll-over
bars must be straight up this year.
Hood, Trunk Lid: Trunk may be welded solid no wider than 2 inches and secured
in 5 spots by 3/4 inch thread rod (body bolts) 1 of which can only be sheet metal to sheet metal. Or you may secure using
chain 5 spots or wire 3 strands in 5 spots. Hole must be cut in hood and trunk 14 inches in diameter for inspection purposes
(if not, bring your torches and be prepared to cut). Hood can only be secured in 6 places, (2 from the core support and 4
more of your choice). Angle iron welded to inside fenders for the purpose of securing the hood can be no longer than 3 inches.
Car must have hood unless fan is removed. Must have 2 - 14” holes cut in hood for inspection. Cutouts may be secured
with 3 - 3/8 inch bolt and washers.
Tires: Fenders may be cut for tire clearance and you may add 3 - 3/8”
bolts and washers to cut out. No screws! Automotive rear-end only and must have no more than 5 lug nuts. We do not want flats,
we want a show! Valve stem protectors are ok unless deemed a hazard to the fans, use common sense.
Suspension:
Cars don’t have to bounce in 2009. No leaf conversions. Must either bolt A-arms or weld 3” on each side of A-arm.
Fuel: Fuel tank must be in rear floor location and properly secured. Under no circumstances will fuel tank be allowed
in drivers front. All stock fuel tanks must be removed. Electrical fuel pump must be wired into vehicle ignition switch so
pump will shut off when engine is shut off. Fuel lines must be connected to tank by fittings and hose clamps. No taping of
fuel lines is allowed. No more than five gallons of gas will be allowed. Fuel cells and boat tanks only.
Batteries:
All batteries must be solid mounted in front passenger compartment and properly covered.
Radiators: All radiators
must be in stock location. No reinforcements in front or above radiator. No extra radiator or water supply. Core support may
use up to 1 inch all thread and may go through the frame and up through the hood.
Brakes: All cars must have brakes
before beginning competition.
Reinforcement: You are allowed a 4 point safety cage and a roll-over bar. No braces
can touch frame. And no bar or pipe can be larger than 6 inches. The door bars may not extend more than 10 inches past the
drivers door, if they do bring a torch, as you will be made to cut them.
Safety Rules: Safety belt, D.O.T. approved
helmet with shield or safety glasses must be used.
Drivers must stay in car with arms, legs and head inside at all times.
Window net recommended. No hitting in drivers door. Hitting in drivers door presents the possibility of someone being seriously
hurt. Hitting in drivers door will result in DQ. Do not use your drivers door as a shield as we will not count those and only
increases your chance of injury. If drivers door comes open during heat the driver will be DQ. Nobody under 14 years old allowed
in pit area. All drivers must be 16 years or older to drive. No hot dogging in pit area will be allowed. Only drivers allowed
in ring while derby in progress. Driver will be DQ if his/her fans refuse to comply.
GENERAL RULES:
All
drivers must attend drivers meeting.
All feature winner cars are subject to re-inspection.
All cars
need to be at the track at least an hour before start time.
Driver whose engines die or who do not move for one
minute will be DQ.
The final three cars must swap licks. Two cars cannot gang up on one. No tapping. Drivers doing
any of this will be warned one time by officials stopping derby. “Fans come to see a show. The better show we have,
the more fans will continue to support the sport.”
There will be no refunds.
Refusing to obey
orders of B&M Motorsports officials will be cause for DQ.
All cars will be ready when called or we go without
you. Sorry, but we must keep the show going.
Fire extinguisher highly recommended.
Patching a pre-run
car is allowed, must use only 3” x 1/4” 2 spots front, 2 spots back, 1 side of frame only! Do not wrap frame as
we want to be able to see why patch was applied.
Distributor protectors allowed. No kicker bar and front dash bar
must be 6” off firewall. NO
EXEPTIONS!
A gas tank holder/protector will be allowed no bigger
than 2 foot wide. No Exceptions, we will not allow you to run a large kicker box in the back seat.
All cars need
to have a roof sign. Just something on the roof so we can see your car number.
No chains off of motors!
For More Information: B&M Motorsports 859-987-4539 or 859-227-1002
