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**As of July 1st, 2004, the Gremlin
roof will no longer be allowed at any UMP racetrack.
1. Roll cage must consist of
continuous hoops not less than 1.5” outside diameter and must have
a wall thickness of at
least .095.
2. Must be frame mounted in at least 6 places.
3. Must consist of a configuration of front & rear hoops
connected by tubing on the sides or side hoops. Driver’s head
must not protrude above cage with helmet on. Roll cage must
be securely supported and braced. Top hoop must
have crossbar.
4. Protection of feet is mandatory. Bar across back of engine
with vertical bars and rub rails or similar protection.
5. No brace bars forward of the cage may be higher than stock
hood height.
6. Driver door bars must be as parallel with the ground as
possible and located perpendicular to the driver so as to
provide maximum protection for driver but without causing
difficulty getting in or out of the vehicle. The side bars
must be welded to the front and rear of the roll cage
members. No brazing or soldering. Door bars less than .095
thickness, must have 4 bars at least 1.5” diameter.
7. Helmets are required and must be approved SHCA or Snell type
full coverage.
8. Fire suits of flame retardant nature must be worn by all
competitors. Fire resistant gloves recommended but not
required.
9. Brakes must be operated on all 4 wheels and must lock up all 4
wheels at inspection, while racing and at any and
all times. No drilling of brake rotors or calipers. No
altering of brake rotors or calipers. No single disc brake
rotors.
Must be O.E.M.
10. Exhaust systems must be mounted in such a way to direct spent
gases away from areas of possible spillage of fuels.
Headers must be pointed away from ground. No more than
1/2” clearance surrounding header pipe when directed
through firewall.
11. All cars must have fuel cells 32 gallon maximum in completely
enclosed steel container. All cells to have a minimum
of two 2” x 1/8” steel straps surrounding them. Fuel cells
must be protected in rear of axle by roll cage tubing
mounted securely. No part of fuel cell can be lower than
protective tubing.
12. Batteries must be securely mounted and shielded. Batteries
cannot be mounted inside of driver’s cockpit.
13. Fuel can either be gasoline or alcohol. No nitrous oxide. No
additives of any kind.
14. No loose objects in driver’s compartment. All weights must be
painted white or silver with car number on it.
All weights must be attached with at least 2 1/2” bolts
through the weight. All weights must be inside body of car,
not attached to rear bumper. All weights must be mounted
below interior sheet metal and ALL windows.
15. Factory production full 1950 or newer parallel American
passenger car frames only. Frames may be cut in rear only
at point not farther than 36” from center of rear end
housing. Frames must be complete in front of firewall. No cutting
of frame in any way in front of firewall.
16. Frames may not be widened or narrowed and must be able to
support roll cage on both sides. Must be full and
complete both sides. Front cross member may be notched
for radiator clearance only. Minimum frame and body
height from ground is 4”.
17. Front suspension must be O.E.M. and be in stock location.
Must be replaceable by stock part from same type
suspension. No aluminum shocks or any other suspension
part. Stock passenger car spindles only. No fabricated
spindles. Bottom A-frames cannot be altered or moved. UMP
approved and licensed 68-72 Chevelle lower control
arms copies may be approved in the future if continue to be
scarce. But not yet.
18. Tube type upper A-frame allowed and can be moved.
19. No coil over shocks allowed front or rear. No homemade coil
overs anywhere.
20. No Jeep, Bronco, 4-wheel drive or sports car, etc. frames
allowed. No front wheel drives.
21. Rear of frame may be altered to accept leaf or coil springs.
Any coil springs must be at least 4 1/2” outside diameter.
No fiberglass springs. No fiberglass lift bars. No rear
torsion bars.
22. One shock per wheel only. No lay down shocks less than 12”
from brake rotor. Additional shocks in other locations
permissible. Any shock on car can be claimed for $120.00
23. Minimum wheel base 108”.
Maximum wheel base 112”. No front clips or tube type allowed. No
aluminum
suspension or rear-end parts. No aluminum or fiberglass
drive shafts.
24. All race cars must meet measurements of drawing. There are
only 5 roof lines to choose from. Don’t try to invent
anything new!
25. Bodies must be Tiempo, Cavalier, Mustang, Daytona, Gremlin,
etc. American compact cars only.
NO NIGHTMARES! No panel vans or station wagons. Both rear
windows must match. Both must be
clear or both must be open. Both must be stock appearing
and match. Front windshield and rear window
support must be stock appearing. Front window support may
have clear Lexan support of no more than 10”
including the roof post at bottom, going straight up to
top. Must be full size roof. No flat roofs. No
homemade inventions. Must go from bottom to top in a
straight angle. Rear slope must be no more than 2”
gradual maximum, for a maximum length of 6”. Roof cannot be
more than 12” past the rear axle.
26. Original roof lines of vehicle should be maintained with a
maximum 1” drop rear to front. No wings. No spoilers or
any other ground effects allowed inside or outside of car.
27. Engine compartment will remain open. No side panels. Hood
sides may have maximum 4” drop and must be
enclosed at rear of hood. Bodies should extend no further
forward than back of block. Rear of bodies to be solid
panel at least 8” high with car number on it. Rear panel
must be completely fastened from side to side at all times.
No gaps allowed. No holes of any kind allowed. Any rear
panel coming loose during race or qualifications will be
disqualified. Rear panel must be solid from quarter panel
to quarter panel.
28. All windows must have minimum 12” vertical opening. Entire
interior must have 12” clearance from interior deck to
roof and all sections of roll cage for easy exiting in
case of fire.
29. No half moon roofs.
30. No direct drives allowed. Transmission must be bolted to
engine and must have forward and reverse. Must be able
to shift to forward or reverse with engine running. BERT
type transmissions okay.
31. Competition shoulder harness at least 3”, lap belt of at least
3” and sub strap required. No factory type shoulder belts
or straps. Metal to metal buckles are required on shoulder
and seat belts. Shoulder harness should be mounted
even with or above driver’s shoulders. Belts and harness
recommended being no more than one year old.
32. Kill switch required within easy reach of driver. This
switch must say “ON” or “OFF”.
33. Drive shaft loop is required and must be constructed of at
least 1/2” x 2” steel. Must be at least 6” behind U-joint.
Drive shaft must be white or silver.
34. Any American made engine may be used as long as rear of
engine bell housing flange is mounted at least 72”
forward from the center of real axle. Engine offset must
be kept within 2” of center line of front cross member.
Engine height minimum 11” from ground to front center of
crankshaft. No aluminum blocks!
35. No adjustable shocks, hydraulic or pneumatic weight jacks,
Trackers, M.S.D. boxes or similar adjustable components
of any kind inside cockpit of car.
36. No wheel rotation control device of any kind allowed. No
controlled timing device attached to or controlling
accelerator, or spin or rotation of wheel allowed. No
adjustable restrictor plates.
37. Front bumper must be mounted frame end to frame end with the
bottom loop parallel to the ground. Minimum 1.5”
pipe able to support car if lifted by wrecker. Rear
bumpers may be constructed of pipe or flat stock and must protect
fuel cell. Center of bumpers (front and rear) must be 18”
from ground. (Tolerance 2”) Rear bumper, Nerf bars and
bodies must not extend beyond width of rear tires and must
not contain any sharp edges.
38. Roof support (rear) not to extend past front side of rear
upright of roll bar.
39. Firewall must be solid from left side door to cockpit. No
gaps. No holes of any kind.
40. One 2 or 4 barrel carburetor. Must be naturally aspirated.
No fuel injection. No electric fuel pumps. No magnetos.
41. Any passenger car type rear end may be used. No aluminum
allowed, except lowering blocks, axle cap and drive
plate. No quick change devices allowed. Any truck rear
end may also be used.
42. Clutch type transmissions must be equipped with an explosion
proof steel bell housing. If no explosion proof bell
housing is available for your engine, or if you prefer,
you may construct a shield of at least 1/2” x 6” steel covering
the
clutch area 360 degrees and be securely fastened.
43. Steering box must be O.E.M. No
rack and pinion. Must remain within original bolt pattern for
type of frame used.
In cockpit steering may be modified to suit driver’s
taste, but must be on left side of cockpit. No center steering.
44. No radios. No mirrors.
45. No aluminum shells, hubs, “A” frames, spindles or any other
aluminum suspension parts. No plastic carbon wheels.
All calipers must be O.E.M. No machining or lightening of
caliper.
46. All engines must be able to be used in conventional passenger
car without alteration. Motor mounts cannot be
removed or altered. Castings and fittings must not be
changed. No machine work on outside engine or on front or
rear of crankshaft.
47. No total dry sump systems allowed. Wet systems must be
operative and will go with claim.
48. Cooling systems may be altered or modified if stock appearing
hood line is maintained.
49. ENGINE CLAIM: $550.00 plus exchange of engine. (Wreckers
get $50.00)
50. Claim does not include flywheel, clutch, pressure plate, bell
housing, headers, carburetor, starter, fan & pulleys,
motor mounts, sending units and switches for oil pressure
and water temperature, carburetor adaptor, clutch ball,
clutch arm, throw out bearings, dip stick, water pump,
distributor, plug wires or fuel pump.
51. Driver making claim must have taken the checkered flag in
feature and be on same lap as the leader. Claim must be
made in cash or certified check to promoter within 5
minutes of end of feature. Driver must have cash or certified
check, plus his U.M.P. license on him. Cannot be given to
driver by anyone else. No driver can make over two (2)
claims in U.M.P. for the entire year. A driver can claim
another driver’s engine only once during the year. Only the
winner can be claimed. In case of multiple claims on the
same engine, engine will go to qualified driver finishing
furthest back. No driver may claim an engine if he has
spun out and caused a yellow flag caution period. If claim is
refused, claim is not held against claiming driver. If a
driver has a vastly superior engine and blows everyone away
in a race, then he needs to be claimed. In the case of
good competitive racing among several drivers, then there is
no need for grudge claiming. The only reason for claiming
is to keep the racing low dollar and competitive.
52. Driver making claim must drive his car immediately after
finish of feature, under its own power, directly to claiming
area. Only drivers and official are allowed in claiming
area. Claiming area must be designated by promoter to all
drivers at driver’s meeting prior to feature event.
Feature winner must go to claiming area immediately following
finish of feature event. If no driver comes immediately
to claiming area, winner may go to pits.
53. Claimed engine must be completely removed within one (1) hour
from time claim is made.
54. First sell, no sell, or trade of engine by driver being
claimed is binding.
55. Only driver may claim engine, and only driver may agree to
sell.
56. Refusal to sell forfeits all cash, trophies and contingency
winnings for feature, plus all U.M.P. State and National
points for that night. Any driver refusing to sell his
engine when claimed within the rules loses his right to claim any
engine for 12 months. Driver refusing to sell his engine
the first time is fined $200.00, and is suspended from racing
at any and all U.M.P. race tracks for 1 week. Drivers
refusing to sell their engine the second time are fined $600.00
and suspended for 4 weeks.
57. All claimed engines must be removed from car at track. Buyer
must examine engine before removal. Once removal
is started, sale is final. Any sabotage to claimed engine
will result in saboteur being suspended from all U.M.P. races
for 30 days, and until fine of $1,000.00 is paid to U.M.P.
58. To claim an engine, claiming driver must have raced at least
1/2 of the sanctioned events at the sanctioned track
where claim is made, or at least the last 3 straight
feature events at that track. Driver can have his motor claimed
at
any time. No claim can be made by a driver his first
night at a sanctioned track.
59. To claim an engine, driver must have a current U.M.P.
Membership license. You cannot apply for a membership and
claim an engine. You must have the current membership
license on you. Yearly membership runs from
February 1st through January 31st of each year. All
claims, positive or negative are to be reported to U.M.P. offices
by promoter immediately.
60. WEIGHT RULE: Minimum weight 2,400 after races and at all
times, with driver. All weight determinations will be
determined on the scales selected and determined by U.M.P.
for each racing event. You must weigh 2,400 pounds
with driver at all times on scales selected and determined
by U.M.P. for each racing event. NO TOLERANCE!
One pound will result in disqualification.
61. TIRES: Hoosier A-40, D-40 or H-40 compounds. 26.5/8.0/15 or
27.5/8.0/15. Maximum width 9”.
NO GROOVING OF ANY TIRE! Only the A-40 and H-40 can have
slight siping. No recaps.
62. Wheels must be conventional one piece steel with a maximum
width 8”, bead lock and mud plugs allowed on right
rear tire only! Foam mud plugs preferred, any other mud
plugs must be securely bolted to wheel behind bead lock.
Any driver using metal or plastic mud plug that is not
securely bolted to wheel behind bead lock is subject to a
$200.00 fine. RULE CHANGE - A mud plug may be used on the
inside of the left rear wheel.
63. Maximum overall width (front or rear) shall not exceed 78”
from outside of tread to outside of tread. Maximum 1”
spacer between hub and wheel. Steel or aluminum spacer
allowed on front of car only, so long as overall width
does not exceed 78”.
64. Any participant who fights in pits, on track, or on race
premises will be suspended from all U.M.P. events for one
week and fined $100.00, and is on one year probation. A
second fight, driver is suspended for two weeks, and fined
$200.00. Any driver in a third fight will be suspended for
one year and fined $1,000.00. All drivers are responsible
for all crew members and associates.
65. Uniform interpretation of rules at all tracks to be insured
by observation of U.M.P. representative. U.M.P. rules to
prevail at all U.M.P. sanctioned race tracks. No rules
enforcement by a race track, no U.M.P. sanction.
No U.M.P. points.
66. The rules and regulations set forth herein are designed to
provide for the orderly conduct of racing events only, and to
establish minimum acceptable requirements for successful
events. No express or implied warranty of safety shall
result from publication 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 participants.
67. Both rear tires must be showing when observed from rear of
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