GENERAL RACING RULES:
1. Safety
Clothing: All persons in the pit area must WEAR at
least 50% highly visible clothing. No bare feet or
sandals allowed.
2. Drivers Clothing: Drivers
must wear a minimum one layer fireproof uniform,
shoes, and gloves, in all car classes. It is highly
recommended that a driver wear a head restraint. This
applies to All car classes. All helmets must carry
Snell SA2000 or newer.
3. Neck Braces: All drivers in
all car classes must wear a neck brace. The wearing
of arm restraints is highly recommended.
4. General Car Safety
Specifications:
a.) All cars must have
well-sealed firewall's, rear firewall's and
floorboards.
b.) All cars must use fuel
cells that are safety mounted by at least two
steel straps. 2" wide around the cell. Tip
over valve and flapper are required. They must be
located in the trunk area.
c.) Driver's head with
helmet on must clear the roll bar height while
strapped in car.
d.) All roll cage, frame,
tubing must be equipped with the safety net.
e.) All stock car
divisions must be equipped with a safety net.
f.) No plastic wheels
allowed.
g.) No electric fuel
pumps.
h.) Drive shaft loop is
required and must be constructed of at least
¼" by 2" steel equivalent no more than
6" back from the front of drive shaft. ULMA
rules read differently.
i.) Drive shaft must be
painted white. Corresponding numbers a good idea.
j.) All cars must have a
kill switch located at window height behind the
driver's seat. This switch must disconnect the
positive line from the battery.
k.) All batteries must be
securely mounted, and safety covered if located
inside of an open cockpit area.
l.) Car must have a tow
hook strong enough to support the car's weight.
Tow hook needs to be attached to chassis readily
accessible to tow vehicle.
m.) Racing seat belts must
be a minimum of 3" wide, shoulder and lap
belts 2" wide with crotch straps. They must
be bolted to the roll cage. Belts must have
manufacturers tag on belt and may not be over two
years old and in good condition. Tech man has
discretion to say YES or NO.
n.) No oil, water, or
transmission coolers are allowed inside driver's
compartment.
o.) All cars must have a
working fire extinguisher safely located in the
cockpit area, and must be reachable/ removable,
while driver is still strapped in.
p.) All cars must have
workable, four wheel brakes. Cars cannot have a
brake shut off or adjustable valve.
q.) Exhaust must be
mounted in such a way as to direct spent gasses
away in the cockpit area of vehicle and away from
areas of possible fuel spillage.
r.) Fuel lines must run
inside the frame area and under floorboard metal.
Braided fuel lines are highly recommended.
s.) All cars must use a
professional quality racing seat of wrap around
design. If the seat is low back, headrest pad or
bar must be located on a centerline directly
behind the driver's head. No fiberglass seats.
t.) Radiator overflow tube
will be located between frame rails directed
downward or into overflow jug.
u.) Weights must be
painted white and must be securely attached to
chassis or cage structure with minimum 2 each
½" diameter bolts.
v.) All rear coil springs
must be tethered to chassis with a minimum of (1)
cable. The cable must be at least 1/8"
diameter aircraft quality, securely clamped at
both ends.
GENERAL CAR SPECIFICATIONS:
1. Tires: No RV or truck tires
are allowed in any class.
2. NUMBERS:
a. Stock Car Classes: Numbers
must be a minimum of 14" high on both sides of
the car body. On the front and back of the car, in a
vertical position, minimum of 5" high numbers
must be affixed on the left and
right side. Car #'s must be
contrasting to car color.
3. Radios:
a. No Transmitting,
receiving or signal devices can be used.
4. STARTERS- All Classes:
a.) All cars must have the
ability to self-start during an event. On a race
restart, they must start without being pushed or
pulled. All cars that require aid in restarting
must rejoin the event at the rear, unless it is
before one lap is completed.
b.) Inability for a car to
move to the track by it's own power from the
staging area before the start of an event will be
dis-qualified and not permitted to compete in
that event.
c.) In a red flag
situation if need to be pushed start will get
spot back.
TECH/ INSPECTIONS:
1. Technical Officials: There
will be an assigned CMS Technical Official from whom
the technical decisions will be final.
2. NO Nitrous Oxide: If a car
is inspected for containing a nitrous oxide system,
the owner will be responsible for pulling the intake
manifold. If found, the driver shall be fined and
will lose all points to date.
3. Post Race Tech: The CMS
official will inspect the first four or five
finishers of each feature event in a manner as set.
If found to be illegal, all points and purse money
will be canceled for that night. The car must be
corrected before competing at CMS again and will be
subjected to re-inspection upon returning to
competition.
4. Special Events: Cars may be
inspected after heat races if the official so desires
to determine if it qualifies for the main event.
OTHER:
1. Car and Driver must be
registered with CMS..
2. If your car breaks in hot
laps, driver can get into back up car and qualify for
the night through heats. Once driver qualifies in
back up car must stay in that car for the remainder
of the events of night.
3. Once driver qualifies
through heats and the car breaks down or is involved
in a wreck where the car cannot continue for the
night, driver may go to another driver that has
qualified for the night through the heats and ask for
their ride. If driver agrees you can run that car in
the A or B main, whichever they qualified for but the
car will start the Main (A or B) at the back of the
field. YOU CANNOT GET INTO A BACK UP CAR. THE CAR
MUST HAVE QUALIFIED WITH A DRIVER IN A HEAT RACE.
4. In either situation, the
driver must notify CMS Track Officials before doing
so. Failure to notify track official before doing so
will be grounds for disqualification
5. If the car or driver
arrives late to the track and the qualifying event
has not been completed, driver may start at the back
of the heat designated by track official.
6. If all qualifying events
have been run, the driver may run at the tail of B or
A main as designated by the official.
Make Plans Now -- Don't be
Left Behind.
RAIN OUT POLICY
1. Rain out: If all qualifying
heat races are not run due to rain cancellation. The
event will be a total cancellation and pit/grandstand
passes will be honored the next racing event. All
qualifying records will be "scrubbed".
2. Make-up Events: If all heat
races are run, but feature(s) are rained out, those
events that could not be run or completed will be run
in addition to the following race program, At a
scheduled time on any given week, i.e.= will not run
all features the following week, will schedule one a
week till all have been completed. It is otherwise a
complete show. Passes and grandstand tickets are not
honored. The line up for the make-up features the
following week will be set according to the previous
week's qualifying heat finishes, and only those cars
that qualified the previous week will compete in the
make-up feature.
DISPOSAL: ABSOLUTLY NO OIL AND
TIRES TO BE DUMPED ON SPEEDWAY GROUNDS All disposals
of oil and tires are the responsibility of the
driver. Violators will be fined or suspended.
SURGEON GEENERALS WARNING:
RACING CAN BE TOO MUCH FUN FOR ONE PERSON-BRING A
FRIEND!
