New Sportsman class rules

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MOSPORT SPEEDWAY SPORTSMAN 2009Note to Larry: No .060 overbore allowed, sorry bud- Body style – Any North American built fiberglass, aluminum or steel car.- Body appearance – must be stock appearing. No carbon fiber body partspermitted. No wedge style, slab side or high performance bodies or DIRTnoses allowed.- Wheels must not extend outside body or scrub rails.- Frame height minimum 5” excluding the front cross member butincluding ballast weight (without driver).- Body height will be a minimum of 46 inches, measured 10" behind thetop of windshield on the roof centerline (without driver).- Crush panels, minimum 0.040” aluminum, can be used to separate thebody panels and the windshield from the interior.- The trunk deck lid must be hinged or easily removable for easy access incase of fire.- Battery - One 12 volt battery only and it must be anchored securely andseparated from the driver’s compartment by a firewall.- Brakes - Four wheel hydraulic brakes in good working condition arecompulsory.- Four-wheel disc brakes are allowed.- A dual master cylinder with a balance bar is allowed.- No aluminum calipers. Steel single piston calipers must be used. Rotorsmust be a minimum ¾” thick. Caliper mounts must be constructed ofSteel only.- Bumpers must be stock appearing and must be mounted in stockposition with no sharp edges exposed. After market nose and tail conesare allowed. A fabricated bumper reinforcement may be used buta stock bumper or cover must be installed over the top.- Body, engine and chassis are interchangeable.- The wheelbase will be a minimum of 105" on a full frame chassis and theframe rails can be altered to meet this measurement. Wheelbasemust be within 1 inch from one side to the other side. (I.E. 105"minimum, 106" maximum) of the car at all times. A maximum of 64"of track width is allowed.-2-- Fabricated rear clips are allowed. No underslung cars.- A factory production stock front clip may be used from the firewallforward. Factory front clips must extend from in front of thesteering box rearward to the main rail. Frame may be built out of 2" x3" or 2" x 4" tubing, minimum .095" wall thickness.- Where the main frame rail ends, forward may be built out of smallermaterial if desired to accommodate mounting of the front bumper.This will be referred to as the bumper crush tube.- A stock steering box is mandatory and aftermarket center link,aluminum tie rod sleeves, and Heim joint tie rod ends may be used.- Main frame rails must be no less than 24" outside of rail to center line ofchassis.- Chassis from front firewall rearward may be fabricated from no less than10" circumference by .095" box tubing.- Front coil springs, strut rods, and sway bars may be interchanged,provided they fit original mounting and are not altered from stockappearance and position. Sway bar must be mounted to lowercontrol arm and may be adjustable. Front sway bar must beno larger than 1 1/4” outside diameter.- A maximum of 4 load bolts may be used.- Hubs may be drilled for larger wheel studs with minimum 5/8" wheelstuds being mandatory.- No coil over suspensions or coil over eliminators allowed. A Minimum 4"O.D. coil spring is allowed and spring rubbers may be used.- Spindles must be stock passenger car and of one piece construction. Nocutting or welding of spindles. Reaming of spindle holes will be allowed toaccept bigger ball joints and tie rod ends. Howe spindles and parts arenot allowed. Rotors and hubs must be one piece. E.g. (Stock GMhub and rotor.)- Steering arms may be altered to fit steering linkage.- Any steel front upper control arm may be used. Sliders allowed.- Stock O.E.M. lower control arms must remain in stock mounting location.Left lower control arm can be altered in length to assure positivecamber. Measurement from grease nipple to mounting holein frame must be within l inch of factory specifications at all times.Ball joint can be realigned to eliminate binds.-3-- One shock per wheel. Must be PRO WB only. No split valve shocks- DRIVE LINE: STEEL DRIVE SHAFTS ONLY - Must have steel 360 degreeretaining loops ¼” by 2" positioned at the front and rear of the drive shaftwithin 6" of each u-joint. Drive shaft must be painted white orfluorescent.- V8 engines only or sealed crate engine part #88958602 permitted.- Make of engines are GM, Chrysler, and Ford.- Chrysler and Ford engines will be dealt with on a one to one bases.- Engine - Block Assembly – Only engines that were factory available forthe make, model and year being run are permitted. Nomodifications to engine block, cylinder head, crankshaft, andcamshaft or connecting rods unless specified.- Maximum c.i. GM – 350 plus .040 for clean-upFord – 351 c.i. plus .040 for clean-upDodge – 360 c.i. plus .040 for clean-up- Block may be zero decked. No part of the piston can protrude aboveback deck.- Pistons – OEM cast or forged pistons allowed No high performancepistons.- Camshaft – OEM ...

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holland landing

Jan 12, 2009 12:53 pm

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How much weight are they going to have to add to Ripps car to stop it from winning every week ? He must have 3 or 4 cars that pretty much meet those specs in his inventory .

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rossevans30

Jan 12, 2009 3:37 pm

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How much weight are they going to have to add to Ripps car to stop it from winning every week ? He must have 3 or 4 cars that pretty much meet those specs in his inventory .

How many have stock front clips the the real question here....

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larue

Mar 09, 2009 10:08 pm

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How much weight are they going to have to add to Ripps car to stop it from winning every week ? He must have 3 or 4 cars that pretty much meet those specs in his inventory .

How many have stock front clips the the real question here....

The real question would be,could YOU tell the difference.Do they got cast iron ford 9inch diff.lmao

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larue

Mar 28, 2009 12:20 pm

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anything new,about this class??

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