...Wagner
Speedway .
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of a mile, 42° banked turns, 1 really good time!
...Wagner
Speedway .
. . 3/8
of a mile, 42° banked turns, 1 really good time!
...Wagner
Speedway .
. . 3/8
of a mile, 42° banked turns, 1 really good time!
2012 Wagner
Speedway Hobby Stock Class
This class is intended as a beginning driver class only.
RULE BOOK DISCLAIMER
The rules and/or regulations set 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 all events, and by participating in these events, all participating in these
events, all participants are deemed to have compiled with these rules. NO
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF SAFETY SHALL RESULT FROM PUBLICATIONS OF OR
COMPLIANCE WITH THESE RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS. They are intended as a
guide for the conduct of the sport and are in no way a guarantee against injury
or death to a participant, spectator, or official.
The
race director shall be empowered to permit reasonable and appropriate deviation
from any of the specifications
herein or impose any further restrictions that in his opinion do not alter the
minimum acceptable requirements. Any interpretation or deviation of these rules
is left to the discretion of the officials. Their decision is final.
No courtesy races will be given. All competitors must comply with the rules in the division they
have entered or you will not be allowed to compete. No exceptions.
DRIVERS
AND PIT CREWS PRIOR TO, OR DURING ANY RACING EVENT WILL NOT CONSUME ANY
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. NO ONE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL WILL BE
ALLOWED AT THE RACEWAY. ANYONE CAUGHT DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OR
BREAKING THIS RULE WILL BE EJECTED FOR THE SEASON AND THE AUTHORITIES WILL BE
SUMMONED TO ENFORCE LEGAL ACTION. NO EXCEPTIONS.
RAIN POLICY
We all wish for blue sunny skies on race day, but if the
weather turns here’s what you need to do…..
In the event that rain puts a halt to our racing program,
the race will be considered done if all the heat races are fully done. NO RAIN CHECKS WILL BE ISSUED
and the feature races will be run before the start of next weeks racing
program, with complete race program to follow. If the heat races are not
completed, RAIN CHECKS WILL BE ISSUED, and a complete program will be run the following week. ALL RAIN CHECKS MUST BE USED WITH (2)
WEEKS FOLLOWING THE RAIN OUT. Rain Checks CANNOT be used on Special Events.
For number registration: CLICK HERE
SAFETY: Helmets are
required and must be Snell SA95, SA2000 or SA2005. Helmet must be worn at all
times car is on the track and must accompany vehicle at time of inspection.
Roll bar padding required in driver compartment. Fire retardant padding
recommended. SFI approved fire suits of a flame retardant nature must be worn
by all competitors. Fire retardant underwear, neck brace, socks, shoes and
gloves mandatory. Full-size (minimum 16"x20") driver-side window net
required (no string-type nets). Window net to be mounted so latch is at top
front of window. Five point safety belts, sub belt, shoulder harness required.
The shoulder harness must be mounted securely to the roll cage. Belts and
harness recommended not to be more than three years old. Aluminum high back
seats only, must be bolted in. Kill switch required within easy reach of
driver. Switch must be clearly marked 'OFF' and 'ON'.
Previous year champion must move up to another class
Bodies:
2.0 Overall car
weight. Hobby stocks must weigh at least 3200 pounds after race. (NO TOLERANCE)
Rub rails may be used.
2.1 Car Bodies 1955 or newer.
2.1a Stock appearing body only!
2.1b Sunroofs and T-tops must be reinforced and enclosed.
2.1c No spoilers, no side sails, no
wings, skirts, air scoops or anything that alters the stock appearance. No
cockpits! Must have stock floor pan and firewall.
Aftermarket noses and tale pieces are allowed.
2.1d All hoods and trunks must be securely fastened and the
back of the hood must be sealed off from driver’s compartment.
2.1e Maximum seven-inch sun visor may be added to top of windshield
opening, only.
2.1f All sharp edges, torn fenders and body panels to be
repaired prior to next race.
2.1g Must have a minimum of three windshield bars
in front of driver.
2.1h All glass, plastic, upholstery, rear seat, lights,
mirrors, and chrome removed. No interior tin or other covers.
2.1i All doors must be secured shut. (Welded, chained,
bolted, etc.)
2.1j The front inner wheel wells may be removed, but not the
rear wheel wells. (Plastic in outer half).
2.1k Hood and trunk lid must be pinned not bolted.
2.1l All glass removed, no mirrors allowed.
2.1m All Wagner Speedway cars should be numbered with large
legible numbers on both sides, on top and on the nose and real panels. Numbers
on sides of car should be in contrasting color from the body and be at least
four (4) inches thick and at least eighteen (18) inches high. Top numbers
should be at least four (4) inches thick and twenty-four (24) inches high.
2.1n No car will be allowed to compete with excessive body
damage (excessive body damage to be determined by track Officials).
2.1o Bumpers must be used both front and rear and must
contain no sharp edges. Any inappropriate bumper will be disallowed. Front
bumper should be mounted frame-end to frame-end.
2.1u Wagner Speedway reserves the right, in the public image
of the sport, to assign, to approve or disapprove any advertising sponsorship
or similar agreement in connection with any event. All cars must be neat
appearing and are subject to approval of track officials to compete.
2.1v Spray bars allowed.
Roll Cages
2.2a A full perimeter four post roll cage with an x-brace in
rear and rear kickers must be used.
2.2b Roll bar padding required in driver compartment. Fire
retardant padding recommended.
2.2c Roll cage must be securely welded to frame. Must have
minimum of one cross bar in top halo of roll cage.
2.2d Minimum .095-inch tubing at least 1.5-inch outside
diameter for main cage and door bars.
2.2e Four horizontal door bars on both sides are mandatory.
Minimum of four uprights tied from frame to top door bar on driver’s side, three on passenger side. Steel door plates, 18 gauge or
.049-inch minimum thickness metal, must be securely welded to outside of doors
bars on driver’s side.
2.2f Plate must cover the area from the top door bar to the rockier
panel and from the rear down post to six inches in front of the seat.
Must be visible for inspection.
2.2g Must have a tow hook front and rear. Front hoops
allowed.
2.2h May have two bars for protection in front of radiator,
behind bumper, within confines of body, no wider than stock frame horns.
Absolutely no square tubing or galvanized pipe allowed in
main cage.
2.2i Fuel cell protection bar may be used, mounted frame
rail to frame rail, no higher than the fuel cell and inside the trunk area. Trunk
floor may be cut to install fuel cell, must be installed level to old floor!
Maximum 1.75-inch pipe.
Battery
2.3a Must be securely mounted and shielded.
2.3b One 12-volt battery only, must be in a marine type case
and mounted in trunk area.
Tires and wheels
2.4 Wheels 7” or 8” wide ONLY Bead
Locks allowed, Right rear only
2.4a Tires must be inside the body.
2.4b Tire rule any 70 series up to a 235/70/15
2.4c No mag wheel allowed.
2.4d Maximum 8” wheel.
2.4e One-inch steel lug nuts required.
2.4f May run Hoosiers on an 8 inch wheel if after race
weight is 3600 pounds
Frame
2.6a 106-inch wheelbase minimum for unibody cars, 107-inch
for full frame cars.
2.6b Frames may be "X" braced. Unibody must be
tied – rear frame to front frame.
2.6c No station wagons, convertibles, front-wheel drive,
four wheel drive or rear engines.
2.6d Bumpers must be in stock location. Front and rear
bumpers must be capped to the fender the width of the bumper.
No reinforced bumpers.
2.6e Fords can be on Ford frames only: Chrysler on Chrysler.
2.6g Motor must be in stock location.
2.6h No titanium products, parts or components allowed
anywhere on race car.
2.6i No air bags allowed.
Brakes
2.7a OE brakes on all four wheels must work. Brakes will be
tested
2.7b Must be operating on all four wheels and must lock up
all four wheels during inspection. Must have calipers on front, and is an option or rear drums. **OE Drums on Ford Nine Inch Rear
Ends. No Aluminum GM drums
2.7c Steel brake lines only, must be visible. No antilock
brake systems.
2.7d No brake shut-off or bias adjuster.
Fuel Cell / Fuel
2.8a Gasoline purple or E85.
2.8b Racing fuel cell required. No boat or stock automotive
fuel tanks. Must be securely fastened inside trunk of car, Above level of stock trunk floor. Firewall must be between driver and
fuel cell.
2.8c All cell mounts must be steel, attached to frame/cage.
No adjustable fuel cell mounts.
2.8d Fuel cells must be in a steel container with a check
valve required.
2.8e Fuel lines through driver compartment must be in steel
pipe or conduit.
2.8f No cool cans around fuel system allowed.
2.8g No fuel filters in driver compartment.
2.8h Limit of one standard fuel filter is allowed between
the fuel cell and the carburetor.
Fuel / Fuel Pump
2.9a Gas, purple or E85 No alcohol: No performance enhancing
additives. Penalty for illegal fuel is loss of points and purse money for the
night.
2.9b Fuel shall not be blended with ethers or other
oxygenates and it shall not be blended with aniline or its derivatives, nitro compounds or other nitro containing compounds.
2.9c No electric fuel pumps allowed.
Exhaust System / Mufflers
2.10a No headers; must be cast iron exhaust manifolds. No
center dump type manifolds except for stock Chrysler.
2.10b Exhaust must extend past the firewall.
2.10c Must remain dual exhaust, no crossover or
"Y" pipes allowed.
Drive Shaft
2.11a Loop required
and must be constructed of at least ¼ inch by two (2) inch solid steel and
should be mounted no more than six (6) inches from the front of the
drive shaft tube. Two driveshaft loops of ¼ inch by one (1) inch solid steel
fastened to the cross member of the car is an allowable alternative.
2.11b Drive shaft must be painted white. Steel drive shaft
only.
2.11c Minimum 2-inch diameter steel driveshaft must be
painted white. Steel drive shafts and yokes only.
2.12 Transmission, automatic or 3 speed or 4 speed allowed.
Steel flywheel, clutch 10” minimum, no button clutches, hydraulic throwout
bearing allowed.
2.12a Automatic transmission with functional torque
converter. 4 Quarts in converter minimum. Converter must have drain plug.
$200.00 to protest and check converter Cash only! If less then 4 quarts you get
your $200.00 back.
2.12b All O.E.M. forward and reverse gears must be
operational. Torque converter must have a minimum 1/8-inch plug.
2.12c Must have an approved scatter shield or blanket.
Scatter shield may be constructed of .25-inch by three-inch steel, 270 degrees around flex plate or flywheel. Must have
shatterproof bell housing on manual transmissions.
2.12d $100.00 Clutch protest
Flywheel must weigh 16 pounds or more and must have a 10 inch clutch or larger
Rear End - 9” Ford encouraged!
2.13a Floaters allowed
Steering
2.14a Steering must be O.E.M. No rack and pinion allowed. Must
remain within original bolt pattern for type of frame used. In cockpit,
steering may be modified to suit driver, but must remain on left side of
cockpit. No center steering. May use solid shaft and steering knuckle no rubber
rag joints allowed. Quick steering wheel disconnect allowed. No steering
quickeners allowed.
Radios
2.15a No transmitting or listening devices allowed in car.
Suspension –
No aluminum or titanium! Magnet must stick to all components
2.16c Racing shocks and springs allowed. No weight jacks, period, welded or not, NO WEIGHT JACKS!!!
1 shock per wheel location, in stock location only!
2.16d Rear Shock mounts must be the same on both sides of
the rear end. Fixed spacers and no turning at track or replacing spacers at
track.
2.16f No titanium products, allowed anywhere on racecar.
ENGINE
CLAIM- positions 1 through 5 are claimable. $500.00
engine claim or $300.00 exchange. Claiming driver must finish on the lead lap.
Only the driver can make or refuse a claim. A claimed engine must be run the
next event by the claiming driver in the same car, or loss of season points
will result. If a driver refuses a claim it will result in loss of points and
winnings for the night and a two event suspension. Items not included in the
claim are 1. Carb 2. Clutch and pressure plate 3. Flywheel 4. Distributor 5.
Pulleys and Fan 6. Pumps (water pump, fuel pump including push rod and plate,
powersteering) 7. Motor mounts 8. Plug wires 9. Breathers 10. Dip stick 11.
Water outlet and restrictor 12. Starter 13. Exhaust manifolds 14. Bellhousing
15. Throw out bearing or related clutch linkage 16. Oil/temp senders and
fittings
$100.00 carb exchange claim
2.17 Steel heads, block & intake. $500.00
protest to tear down and check engine. If legal you lose the money if illegal
you get your $500.00 back. Paid at time of protest cash only!
2.17a Must be stock appearing. Absolutely no changes
allowed.
2.17b Maximum 360 cubic inch, 9 to 1 compression, Hydraulic camshaft ONLY!
2 barrel stock cast iron intakes, will be checked. Engine must appear strictly
stock for that model and make and in the original mounts. Stroke must match
block. 6 inch rod allowed due to teching procedure,
cannot be teched at the track. Compression to be checked by WHISTLER,
several times in season by track tech!
2.17c No aftermarket heads.
2.17d No valve cover bolts in the center of the head and no
adapters.
2.17e No performance heads of any kind., no
double humps, No bowtie heads, angle plugged heads. No vortechs. No porting or
polishing or alterations of any kind to heads, block, or intake,
disqualification and $200 fine if found illegal. A stock head shall be
characterized as a head that was offered as standard equipment with no
performance advantage.
2.17g Must have OE cast iron two-barrel intake.
2.17h Aluminum pulleys and radiators allowed.
2.17j Any overflow tubes are to be directed to the ground,
inside the frame rails.
2.17k Hobby Stock Division must run Rochester two
barrel (2bbl) carburetor with inch and eleven sixteenth (1-11/16) bore. No
Holley's. May remove choke. No spacer plate. No other alterations will be
allowed. Must be stock carburetor only. No marine carbs or intakes. All Hobby
Stocks will be teched before the race. Ford cars may run 1-11/16th bore.
2.17l No alterations to carb boosters.
2.17m All cars must have the capability of starting without
being pushed or pulled. All cars must join lineup on demand, unaided, or go to
the rear of that race.
2.17n NO Roller Tip rockers allowed.
2.17n Must run stock firing order for that make and model.
2.17p No Roller Cam
2.17q Flat Top Pistons Allowed
Ignition
2.18a No magnetos or crank triggered ignitions. No more than
one coil may be used.
2.18b Kill switch required within easy reach of the driver.
The switch must be clearly marked "off" and "on".
2.18c O.E.M. ignition only. No MSD boxes.
Seats
2.19a Racing seats are mandatory, but must be factory
manufactured and acceptable to track officials. Positively no homemade
aluminum, plastic or fiberglass seats allowed. Seat must be properly installed
and seat back cannot be moved back further than rear edge of quarter post. High
back aluminum seats only.
Safety Requirements
3.1 Helmets are required and must be approved SHCA or
Snell-type full coverage and must be worn at all times the car is on the track.
3.2 Helmets should accompany vehicle at time of inspection.
3.3 Helmets of at least Snell SA95 or SA2000 rating are
required.
3.4 Complete one-piece or two-piece fire suits of a flame
retardant nature must be worn by all competitors at all times the car is on the
track, including packing, warm ups, hot laps and races. SFI-approved full fire
suit mandatory.
3.5 SFI-approved fire resistant gloves are mandatory and
racing shoes are required.
3.6 Five (5) point safety belts, sub belt and shoulder
harness required. No factory type shoulder belts or straps allowed.
3.7 Metal to metal buckles are required on shoulder and seat
belts.
3.8 The shoulder harness should be mounted securely to the
roll cage. Seat belts and shoulder harness recommended not to be more than
three (3) year old.
3.9 Where the belt passes through the seat edges, it must
have a grommet installed, be rolled and/or padded to prevent cutting of the
belt.
3.10 A full-size window net mounted in the left side
driver’s window or approved racing arm restraints are required. Window net
mounts must be welded to the roll cage. All bars around driver, must have roll
bar padding ** Any driver racing with arm restraints will checked and if tech official
can pull arm outside of cockpit will not be allowed to race that race.
3.11 A quick release metal coupling on steering wheel
mandatory. Absolutely no plastic couplings allowed.
3.12 Fire resistant safety neck collars are mandatory.
3.13 It is recommended that each car have built-in fire
extinguishing equipment, but cannot be of the dry powder type (must be Halon
1211 or equivalent).
3.14 All entrants are required in their pit area as part of
their equipment, at all times, a fully charged dry chemical, Halon, or its
equivalent, fire extinguisher. Ten (10) or thirteen (13) pound fire
extinguishers recommended.
3.15 Everyone must wear the required helmet, driver’s suit
and five point safety harnesses whenever in a race car, including packing, warm
ups, hot laps and races.
3.16 Absolutely no plastic except from edge of firewall to
body skin and inner wheel tub to body skin.
4. Decisions of Wagner Speedway officials are binding
without exception!
5. These rules have been set by Wagner Speedway office and
can be changed or amended without notice!
Decisions of Wagner Speedway officials are binding
without exception!
RULES MAY CHANGE DUE TO COMPLETIVE
NATURE OF THE DIVISION
Hobby Stock 2012 Weekly Payout - Based on 24 car Field
1. $175.00
2. $125.00
3. $100.00
4. $75.00
5. $50.00
6.
$40.00
7. $30.00
8. $25.00
9. $25.00
10. $25.00
11. $25.00
12. $25.00
13. $25.00
14. $25.00
15. $25.00
16. $25.00
17. $25.00
18. $25.00
19. $25.00
20. $25.00
21. $25.00
22. $25.00
23. $25.00
24. $25.00