FUN FORD WEEKEND

New Class added.
-HEADS UP RACING-
Race what your brung.
Winner takes $500, Runner Up $200.

It’s going to be a heads up race for street cars “Run What you Brung”. 1/8 mile race!! This is for the fastest street cars in St Louis. If you can drive your car on the street your in!! Would like to see plates on the car but not a must. Any make or model allowed! Only $30 to race this class With the payout being $500 to win and $200 to runner-up! If they get 32 or more cars the payout goes to $750 to win and $300 to runner-up!!!!! Let’s get atleast 32+ cars and show GMP that we want HEADS UP RACING in St Louis!!!! They plan on having 3 time runs for Saturday and Pro Shootout Elim Sunday!!

The Schedule.

Friday, August 10, 2012
4:00 PM: Participant/Spectator Gate Opens
4:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Racer Registration & Tech
4:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Gateway Test & Tune (Fun Ford & Public)
7:00 PM: Autocross Clinic (Hosted by Gateway Classic Mustang)
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Jackpot Race (Open to All Makes)
11:00 PM: Track Secured

Saturday, August 11, 2012
8:00 AM: Participant/Vendor Gates Opens
9:00 AM: Spectator Gates Open
8:00 AM – 12:00: Car Show Registration/Racing Registration & Tech
9:00 AM: Bracket Time Trials
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM: Gateway Classic Mustang Autocross Challenge
12:00 PM: Exhibition – Professional Show
12:00 PM: Car Show Judging Begins (Saturday Awards)
1:00 PM: True Street Challenge
2:00 PM: Tuff Truck Race
2:30 PM: Jackpot Race (Time Permitting)
3:00 PM: MustangGuys.com Fastest 5.0 Shootout Race
4:00 PM: Car Show Saturday Awards
4:00 PM: Aeromotive Cobra Jet Challenge
5:00 PM: Car Show & Race Participants Cruise Around the Oval Track & Photo’s
6:00 PM: Exhibition – Professional Show
6:30 PM: Track Secure

Sunday, August 12, 2012
8:00 AM: Participant/Vendor Gates Opens
8:30 AM: Racers for Christ Service
9:00 AM: Spectator Gates Open
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM: Gateway Classic Mustang Autocross Challenge
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Car Show Registration/Racing Registration & Tech
12:00 PM: Car Show Judging Begins (Sunday Awards)
10:00 AM: Pre-Race Ceremonies
10:00 AM: Bracket Eliminations
12:00 PM: Exhibition – Professional Show
1:00 PM: Bracket Eliminations
2:00 PM: Open Comp
4:00 PM: Show Awards Program
4:00 PM: Bracket Eliminations
5:00 PM: Exhibition – Professional Show
7:00 PM: Track Secure

Schedule Subject To Spare Change

 

Class Rules

OPEN COMP

 

General Description

Open Comp class is designed for any year, make, and model Ford vehicles using Ford engines only. Dragsters and roadsters prohibited. The Open Comp class will run on an Open Comp format with a 1-tenth (1/10th) breakout.

 

Qualifying Information, Ladder Type, & Tree

The class will be qualified by positive reaction time (r/t) closest to “.000” based on a Pro .500 Tree. “.000” is considered perfect. Any negative r/t (-.001, -1.231, etc.) will be placed at the bottom of the qualifying ladder, the more negative the r/t is, the farther down the ladder the run will be placed. For cases in which identical reaction times are made, qualifying position will be based on a first-come first served: the first occurring r/t will be placed #1, the second occurrence of said r/t will be placed #2, and so on. Class will be paired according to qualifying positions, and then advance to eliminations.

All Run, NHRA Sportsman Ladder, Pro .500 Tree, Handicap Start.

A 32 or less car field will be laddered on a sportsman ladder

A 33 or greater car field is randomly paired and run until the field reaches 32 cars or less. When the field reaches 32 or less cars a sportsman ladder for the number of cars remaining will be used to pair the cars. Car placement on this ladder will be determined based on reaction time for the last round that was randomly paired.

 

If weather has caused the loss of one or more rounds of qualifying sessions, any entrants not qualified will be required to choose an index from the following list: 15.7, 15.0, 14.0, 13.0, 12.0, 11.0, 10.0, 9.0, and 8.5.Competitor must submit their index to the race director on the last day of qualifying. Competitors will compete with their chosen index through eliminations. Any competitors who fail to submit their index on the qualifying day will automatically be assigned a 15.70 index.

 

RULES & REGULATIONS

Any modifications, vehicle weight, or power adders permitted. Any gear change must occur as a result of an internal function of the transmission or from direct action by the driver. Pneumatic, electric, hydraulic, etc. shifters prohibited. Trans-brakes and 2-steps permitted.

 

WHEELS

Spindle-mount front wheels prohibited.

 

RACING AIDS

Delay boxes, cross-over boxes, or any “reaction-time related” electronic bracket racing aids prohibited in this class. Throttle stops and all related throttle-stop type accessories prohibited.

 

ET LIMITS

The quickest qualifying ET permitted in this class is 8.60; the slowest qualifying ET permitted in this class is 15.70. Any qualifying pass quicker than 8.599or slower than 15.701 will be disqualified and will not be counted. Competitor will be permitted to re-qualify if additional qualifying rounds are left. There is no ET limit (minimum or maximum) in eliminations. Competition will be regulated under standard NHRA “First or Worst” competition policy during qualifying and eliminations.

 

LANE CHOICE

During qualifying and eliminations, it is the responsibility of the competitors to determine lane choice. If the competitors are unable to establish lane choice, a staging official will make the determination in the manner he/she chooses (i.e., coin flip, random choice, faster car, etc.)

 

CLASS & SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

See Tech Inspection for classification and the track’s safety requirements.

 

 

 TRUE STREET

 

Class Description

True Street is a racing class for mildly modified to heavily modified high performance Ford-based street vehicles that are street certified and able to drive over a 30-mile distance. All Ford vehicles permitted. Any Ford based engine, and any number and/or type of power adders are permitted. Vehicles must be registered, licensed, and insured. There will be trophies and awards for not only quickest average, and runner up, but also for the following: closest averaged ET that is not quicker than the following – 9.00, 10.00, 11.00, 12.00, 13.00, 14.00, and 15.00.

 

Qualifying Information, Ladder Type, & Tree

All Run, NMRA True Street Format, Pro Tree.

 

CLASS RULES, TRUE STREET

VEHICLES PERMITTED

All Ford-bodied vehicle and Ford Powered vehicles accepted. Dragsters and roadsters prohibited.

 

BODY RULES:

OEM steel (fiberglass/composite if OEM equipped) body shell required. Aftermarket body kits are permitted. Only permitted lightweight components are hood, front valance, rear valance, front and rear bumpers, and rear trunk lid/hatch. Hood is required, may be made of lightweight material. Hood scoops permitted. Any rear wing permitted. OEM safety glass windows required & must be functional. Lexan prohibited.

 

POWER ADDERS & POWERTRAIN

Any Ford-based engine, and any number and/or type of power adders are permitted. Any manual or automatic transmission is permitted. Any rear end is permitted. Exhaust system with mufflers is required.

 

CHASSIS & SUSPENSION

CHASSIS/FRAME: Stock-type chassis, permitted. Stock firewall & stock front frame rails must be in stock location and unmodified. Starting at firewall rearward, floor and chassis may be replaced with aftermarket components. Full tube-type chassis vehicles prohibited.

FRONT SUSPENSION: Stock-type front suspension, or stock bolt-in-type replacement front suspension required. Tubular front suspension components permitted. Coil over shocks/struts are permitted.

REAR SUSPENSION: Stock type chassis and stock type suspension is required. Coil-over shocks and springs permitted for both front and rear suspension. Shocks and spring may be re-located. Standard bolt-on replacement suspension and chassis components are permitted. Tubular bolt-in front K-members and A-arm kits are permitted. Back-half vehicles are prohibited. Ladder bars and/or aftermarket 4-links are prohibited. Wheelie bars are prohibited.

 

STREET EQUIPMENT

In order to compete, all vehicles and/or drivers are required the following:

1. Valid driver’s license

2. Valid vehicle registration

3. Valid license plate(s). Dealer plates prohibited. Paper license tag will be accepted on a new model year car with current registration paper work less than 60 days old from current event date

4. Valid insurance “ID” card. Faxes and/or letters from insurance companies and/or brokers not acceptable.

5. Valid state inspection sticker (if required by state vehicle is registered).

6. D.O.T. Radials or D.O.T. Slicks on front and rear of vehicle.

7. Hood is required, may be made of lightweight material. Hood scoops permitted. Hood/scoop may be liftoff.

8. OEM safety glass windows required & must be functional. Lexan prohibited.

9. Performance aftermarket or OEM style functioning Driver and Passenger seats required.

During the tech-in process, vehicle must have operational street equipment, including headlights, taillights, brake lights, turn signals, and horn.

 

TIRES: FRONT & REAR

DOT slick tires or DOT legal radials tires required for drive tires during the road tour AND the True Street competition and class run off. Racing slicks prohibited. Maximum actual measured tire size is as follows: Actual measured tread of all racing slick-type tire is limited to 10.75-inches. For D.O.T. radial tires, maximum sidewall designation permitted is 325mm. Tire height is unrestricted. A “go/no-go” gauge will be used to measured tire width. Tire shaving is prohibited. Tire changing is prohibited during or after the road tour. Vehicles equipped from the factory with 345 DOT Radials are permitted to compete with the 345 style DOT Radial on an 18 inch rim.

 

WHEELS

Spindle-mount front wheels prohibited.

 

30-MILE CRUISE

There will be a 30 mile supervised cruise on highway and city streets prior to competition, limited to those vehicles that have passed tech inspection. An escort will supervise the cruise in accordance with local laws and ordinances. Each competitor and crew will be on their own recognizance during the escort and cruise and bear the full responsibility of their actions as they would on city streets. Please be safe and follow all traffic laws during the cruise.

 

SUPPORT VEHICLES

Support vehicles (i.e., tow vehicles, crew, etc.) are permitted optionally on the road tour, but must trail behind the True Street participants, and the escort, at all times. All support vehicles are on their own reconnaissance and must obey all applicable local safety and traffic laws.

 

DISQUALIFICATION/COMPLETION

Cruise is mandatory in the time allotted for competition. Any vehicle unable to complete the road tour under its on power, within the allotted time, will be disqualified from racing. Any vehicle that falls behind the trailing escort will be disqualified.

 

COOLDOWN PERIOD/RETURN PROCEDURES

After the vehicles return from the road tour, they will return directly to the designated staging lanes for the cool-down period. They may not change tires. The cool-down period will typically last between 15 to 45 minutes. During this cool down period only, entrants may adjust tire pressure (add or remove tire pressure), install fresh nitrous bottles, install ice in their intercooler (only if located in trunk, rear hatch or rear seat area). A strict CLOSED HOOD policy will be in effect until a competitor has completed his or her three back-to-back passes. No re-fueling allowed once car leaves on cruise. Engines must remain turned off during entire cool-down period. External cooling of engine by any means (cold water, outdoor fans, etc.) prohibited. Any engine changes, repairs, or adjustments (changing rocker arms, carburetor adjustments, etc.) prohibited. Changing of tires prohibited. No laptops in vehicle permitted at any time once the first of the three back-to-back passes is initiated.

 

RACE FORMAT

When called to “load up” in the staging lanes, all True Street competitors must report to their cars and prepare to make three back-to-back quarter mile passes. All hoods and deck lids must remain secured, as they must remain closed until completion of all three passes. Vehicles with air-to-water intercoolers may not add ice to intercooler tank between back-to-back passes, even if intercooler tank is located in interior of vehicle.

 

 

TRUCK & LIGHTNING

 

General Description

Truck & Lightning class is designed for any year, make, and model Ford trucks using Ford engines only. SUV’s, including: Explorers, Expeditions, Excursions, etc., permitted. Dragsters, vans, and roadsters prohibited. The Truck & Lightning class will run on an Open Comp format with a 1-tenth (1/10th) breakout.

 

Qualifying Information, Ladder Type, & Tree

The class will be qualified by positive reaction time (r/t) closest to “.000” based on a Pro .500 Tree. “.000” is considered perfect. Any negative r/t (-.001, -1.231, etc.) will be placed at the bottom of the qualifying ladder, the more negative the r/t is, the farther down the ladder the run will be placed. For cases in which identical reaction times are made, qualifying position will be based on a first-come first served: the first occurring r/t will be placed #1, the second occurrence of said r/t will be placed #2, and so on. Class will be paired according to qualifying positions, and then advance to eliminations.

All Run, NHRA Sportsman Ladder, Pro .500 Tree, Handicap Start.

A 32 or less car field will be laddered on a sportsman ladder.

A 33 or greater car field is randomly paired and run until the field reaches 32 cars or less. When the field reaches 32 or less cars a sportsman ladder for the number of cars remaining will be used to pair the cars. Car placement on this ladder will be determined based on reaction time for the last round that was randomly paired.

 

If weather has caused the loss of one or more rounds of qualifying sessions, any entrants not qualified will be required to choose an index from the following list: 15.7 15.0, 14.0, 13.0, 12.0, 11.0, 10.0, 9.0, and 8.5 Competitor must submit their index to the race director on the last day of qualifying. Competitors will compete with their chosen index through eliminations. Any competitors who fail to submit their index on the qualifying day will automatically be assigned a 15.70 index.

 

RULES & REGULATIONS

Any modifications, vehicle weight, or power adders permitted. Any gear change must occur as a result of an internal function of the transmission or from direct action by the driver. Pneumatic, electric, hydraulic, etc. shifters prohibited. Trans-brakes and 2-steps permitted.

 

BODY

BODY: Window tint is prohibited forward of the “B” pillar for vehicles running quicker than 10.99.

 

WHEELS

WHEELS: Spindle-mount front wheels prohibited.

 

RACING AIDS

Delay boxes, cross-over boxes, or any “reaction-time related” electronic bracket racing aids prohibited in this class. Throttle stops and all related throttle-stop type accessories prohibited.

 

ET LIMITS

The quickest qualifying ET permitted in this class is 8.60; the slowest qualifying ET permitted in this class is 15.70. Any qualifying pass quicker than 8.599 or slower than 15.701 will be disqualified and will not be counted. Competitor will be permitted to re-qualify if additional qualifying rounds are left. There is no ET limit (minimum or maximum) in eliminations. Competition will be regulated under standard NHRA “First or Worst” competition policy during qualifying and eliminations.

 

LANE CHOICE

During qualifying and eliminations, it is the responsibility of the competitors to determine lane choice. If the competitors are unable to establish lane choice, a staging official will make the determination in the manner he/she chooses (i.e., coin flip, random choice, faster car, etc.)

FINAL STANDINGS

After all three quarter mile passes are completed, each racer’s ET will be added and the average of these three passes will be computed. The outcome of the 3-run average will be posted Sunday morning, and the awards presentation will be held Sunday. On a qualifying run, if a contestant properly starts, stages and receives the starter’s signal but breaks to the point the run is not completed, a time of 28 seconds is issued and it is considered a valid qualifying run.

 

CREW MEMBERS

Crew members are not permitted around participating vehicles, in the staging lanes, or in the burnout area, between rounds of competition.

 

BACK-TO-BACK PASSES

Tire pressure may be checked in the staging lanes, or between rounds, and may be lowered. Air may not be added to tires any time during the back-to-back passes. Vehicles are required to make three full passes in order to be included in the final average ET tally. All vehicles must run three passes in the same order as the first pass, any attempt to gain additional cool down time between rounds will result in disqualification. The only possible exception to this rule is the use of a parachute, if required by vehicle speed. One crew member can be placed in the staging lanes to aid in the re-packing of a parachute, however, chute must be re-packed in a manner so as not to be disruptive to competition rounds. There will be a separate staging lane designated for any vehicle needing to re-pack parachutes. Any vehicle unable to start under it’s own power will be disqualified. Once all rounds have been completed, prize money and awards will be given based on the final average of all three quarter mile passes. During, and in between, the back-to-back passes, no changes may be made to vehicle other than lowering air pressure in tires. Fresh nitrous bottles, fuel, and ice may not be installed/replenished. Vehicles with air-to-water intercoolers may not add ice to intercooler tank between back-to-back passes, even if intercooler tank is located in interior of vehicle. Driver is the only person allowed to push vehicle in staging lanes between runs.

 

WEIGHT BREAKS

There is no minimum weight.

 

CLASS & SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

See Tech Inspection for classification and the track’s safety requirements.