Bradenton Motorsports Park
Class Rules
Radial Tire
1.
Stock style and general shape car bodies. Stock body lines & profile must be maintained.
2.
Must have mufflers. Except turbos.
3.
Must have working headlights & taillights.
4.
Must have diaper.
5.
Nitrous bottles in passenger area must have approved safety vent to outside.
6.
Must have DOT approved drag radial tires (Mickey Thompson, M & H, Nitto, BFG, Hoosier) up to 12" width.
7.
Stock type chassis.
8.
Front suspension aftermarket shocks, struts and springs permitted in factory location. Aftermarket bolt-in K-members permitted. Tubular A-arms permitted. Aftermarket bolt-on spindles permitted. Stock, unaltered frame rails required in front subframe from forward mount of control arms, back.
9.
Rear suspension may utilize aftermarket replacement springs, leaf springs, and/or control arms. Suspension and aftermarket torque arms permitted if factory replacement for year, make and model only. Leaf springs may be moved inboard. Aftermarket sway bars permitted. Mini tubs and coil-overs permitted. Rear frame rails must remain in OEM stock condition in all areas. Must retain stock frame rails in factory position, may be notched for tire clearance only. When notching, stock inboard section of rear frame rails must remain stock, unaltered & in the stock location. Max 18" notch in front to back direction. Back-half cars prohibited. Ridged mounted suspension prohibited.
10.
Factory floorboards must be maintained from directly behind the drivers seat to the rear of the car. Smoothing allowed. Example - spare tire well may be smooth.
11.
Automatic transmission with converter or OEM stick shift with single disk clutch permitted.
12.
Clutchless transmissions prohibited.
13.
Single power adder only.
14.
Stock firewall must be maintained in in stock location.
15.
No wheelie bars.
16.
No ladder bars.
17.
Qualifying will be side by side. 1st and 2nd qualifying runs must be in opposite lanes.
18.
No after market 4-links.
19.
Must race 1st round to get 1st round loss payout. Must take tree under own power.
20.
Bye runs - all vehicles must take the tree and run down the track.
21.
Courtesy staging will be in effect.
22.
After each qualifying and elimination pass, all cars must stop and weigh at the scales. If you lose eliminations and your opponent fails to make weight you will be reinstated into the eliminations only if you made minimum weight requirements. If both cars failed to make the minimum weight, both cars will be disqualified. It is the drivers responsibility to verify with each scale, the weight of his/her car prior to each race day. There will be a 5lb error factor allowed.
23.
Tech official have final discretion on all rules on race day.
24.
All NHRA Safety Rules Apply
   
Car & Driver Weights
Minimum car & driver base weight 3200 lbs.
     
Weight Additions - All Cars
  Twin turbo big block. + 100 lbs.
 

For any car that is stock-type (no 4-link or ladder bars) that does not meet the spirit of the rules.

Example of not in the spirit of the rules would be: Camaro suspension in Corvette, new Camaro suspension in old Camaro, New Mustang suspension in old Mustang, etc. or any other modifications that are not in the spirit of the rules.

Cars must be Chevy - Chevy or Ford - Ford suspension.

BMP/ has final say on all rules.

+ 200 lbs.
     
Weight Deductions - All Cars
  Single turbo. - 100 lbs.
  Leaf spring suspension.
 - 100 lbs
  Small block with nitrous.
- 400 lbs
  V6 powered cars.
 - 400 lbs
  Naturally aspirated - 400 lbs
  01/12/10