Germantown Fair
Demolition Derby
2014
General Rules
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All drivers must attend drivers’ meeting. Failure to attend will result in disqualification in the derby.
Driver’s Only!!
2. Each driver must sign a waiver, relieving the Germantown Fair Company from any claims or damages
associated with the derby in which you are participating.
3. Anyone under the age of 18 must have a parent/guardian to sign the waiver before participating in the derby.
4. Germantown Fair Company will not be held responsible for any cars, parts, or personal property before,
during, or after the event.
5. Any car not removed from the grounds by 9:00a.m. the next morning will be the property of Germantown
Fair Company.
6. The cars of all heat winners and feature winners are subject to re-inspection. All heat winners will be held
till after the last heat of cars has run.
7. Drivers may move forward and backward. Contact must be made with an “active car”. No love taps! The
final three drivers must swap licks. Two cars may not pick on one.
8. Grounds for disqualification include:
 Drivers whose engines die or any car that doesn’t move in a 1 minute time span.
 Playing possum.
 Car catching fire (within reason).
 Any car with two wheels out of ring.
 Refusing to obey an official.
 Having alcoholic beverages.
 Cursing officials or fair board members.
(Officials’ decisions are final!!!)
9. There will be no refunds given for any reason and all cars must be inspection ready.
10. No four-wheel drive vehicles of any type will be permitted to run.
11. Only drivers and track officials are allowed on the track.
12. Must be paid before inspection. You will have one chance to fix any issues. If you can’t fix these problems
to the liking of the official, you will not run or get your money back!
HAVE FUN, BE SAFE, RUN HARD AND ENJOY!
(Small Car and Big Car Rules on Reverse Side!)
Stock Small Car Rules
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Vehicle Type: ANY YEAR Mid-size sedans, station wagons, and sub-compact sedans, 109” and down front wheel drive 106” & down rear wheel drive. No 4wheel drive.
Car Preparation: All glass (windshield, head lights, tall lights, and side glass) along with plastic grills, headliners and chrome must be removed before entering
grounds. Removal of dash is optional. This means NO gutting cars at the grounds!
Frames: No welding on frame. No reinforcements. No trailer hitches, skid plates, or towing packages are allowed.
Motor: Motor must be in stock location. Headers must point up or down. Four or Six Cylinders only!.Can run oil cooler
Bumpers: Bumpers must be in stock location. Bumpers may be chained, wired, or welded to vehicle, but must have stock brackets and bolts. No truck bumpers
or reinforced bumpers are allowed. Do not fix bumpers to where they are battering rams. Must be stock bumper.
Body: Body bushings must be stock and have stock bolts. No welding seams on the body unless noted in rules.
Doors: Doors wired shut or WELDED. DOORS CANNOT BE WELDED ABOVE WINDOW AND CAN ONLY BE 3” WELDED THEN 3” NOT
WELDED. No reinforcements on outside of doors. May have one bar in door.
No braces can touch frame. Doors can have no more than 2 spots wired with
two strains of wire per hole and must be below window. Cannot use washers to reinforce holes.
Hood and Trunk Lids: Hood and trunk lids must be secured by wire. Six spots with two strains per hole must be sheet metal to sheet metal cannot use washers to
reinforce holes CAN RUN TWO PIECES OF ¾ ALL THREAD THOUGH THE CORE SUPPORT HOLES THIS WILL COUNT AS TWO SPOTS OF
THE SIX ALLOWED. Hood and trunk must be opened at the time of inspection. Car must have hood unless fan is removed. HOOD AND TRUNK CANNOT
BE WELDED CAN REMOVED THE BACK FOUR BODY BOLTS AND REPLACE WITH TREADED ROD MUST STAY INSIDE FRAME
Tires: Tires can’t be larger than 7.50 tires. Tires must be D.O.T. approved. No industrial, motorcycle, tow motor, sand, tractor, or skid tires. Automobile type
only and all wheel weights must be removed. Wheels must have all lug nuts.
Batteries: All batteries must be solid mounted and properly located in front. Must be covered.
Brakes: All cars must have brakes at beginning of competition.
Transmission: Floor shifters are allowed. Transmission cooler are allowed.
Suspension: No reinforcements to the a-arms, tie-rods, rear ends. Must bounce!!! No higher than 22” or Lower than 16” front bottom of bumper to ground. Can
use spring helpers to get height but must bounce. Can weld or wire coil springs in place. Must have stock suspension components. No chains are allowed from
rear-end to frame. No adding clamps to leaf spring rear ends or changing coil to leaf spring.
Fuel: No more than 5 gallons of gas in tank. Fuel cells must be properly secured and covered in back seat area. Electrical fuel pump must be wired into vehicle
ignition switch. Fuel lines must be connected to tanks by fitting and hose clamps.
Reinforcements: No reinforcements in front or above radiator. Reinforcements and bars are allowed in dash and back seat, but no larger than 4 inch bar or pipe
allowed. Plate at the end of bars may be no larger than 6 inches. One 4 inch bar or pipe is allowed on driver’s door and passenger door from front to rear cross
bar. No braces can touch frame. One bar from cowl to roof is mandatory. Rollover bar must be straight.
Radiator: No extra radiator or water supply to radiator. No reinforcing radiator. Can be held in by ratchet strap or bungie cord.
Stock Big Car Rules
Vehicle Type: ANY YEAR stock hardtop sedan, coupe, or station wagon automobile. No Limos, Chrysler Imperials, Ambulances, Convertibles, Hearses,
Checked Cabs, T-top vehicles, tucked wagons, or rancheros/elcaminos.
Car Preparation: All glass (windshield, head lights, tail lights, and side glass) along with plastic grills, headliners and chrome must be removed before entering
grounds. Removal of dash is optional. This means NO gutting cars at the grounds!
Frames: No welding or fabricating on frame in any way. Can notch frame in back. “ FRAME MUST BE STOCK”
Motor: Motor must be in stock location. Any model motor allowed. Headers must point up or down. Can weld them in but excessive will be made to cut. Can run
one piece of chain per side from mount straight down to engine cross member if motor is not welded. Can run oil cooler. No engine cradle.
Bumpers: Must be a factory OEM automobile bumper. No seam welding or loading of bumpers. Can weld bumper to bracket and bumper shock. Must use
factory bumper shocks. Can push bumper in and weld shocks to frame. NO SIDE WELDING OF BUMPER THROUGH FRAME, ONLY FRAME
WELDING ALLOWED IS BUMPER TO FRAME!!!
Body: Must have factory bolts and bushings . No creasing of body panels. CAN REPLACE BACK FOUR BOLTS IN TRUNK WITH NO LARGER THAN
3/4 ALL TREAD MUST BE INSIDED OF FRAME CAN RUN A 3” SPACER UNDER CORE SUPPORT FOR FAN CLEARANCE BUT CANNOT BE
WELDED TO FRAME OR SUPPORT YOU CANNOT MOVE OR ADD ANY BODY MOUNTS
Doors: All doors must be fastened by wire below the window and only 2 spots per door and only 2 strains per hole. CAN WELD DOORS BUT HAS TO BE
BELOW WINDOWS AND 3” WELDED AND 3” NOT WELDED AND NO MORE THAN 3” WIDE.
Hood and Trunk Lids: Must have hood unless you have an electric fan. Must have 14” hole over carb. No folding , bolting or welding of hood or trunk. Hood
and trunk must be open at inspection. Trunk must be stock location or taken off. Hood and trunk can be held down in 6 places with wire 2 strands per hole and
cannot weld washers on for reinforcement OR ¾ ALL THREAD IN THE FRONT CORE SUPPORT HOLES BUT THIS WILL BE TWO OF THE 6
GIVEN. No creasing or tucking of trunk lids!!! Can be tucked after inspection in the staging lanes. Any car that is pre-run has to have hole in the truck
14” wide for inspection.
Tires: Must be D.O.T. approved tire. Can run valve stem protectors and loaded tires but no fluid in tires. No smaller than 14” and no larger than 15”. No ATV,
tow motor, tractor or industrial tire allowed.
Batteries: All batteries must be solid mounted and properly covered. This is for safety purposes.
Brakes: All cars must have brakes before beginning the competition.
Transmission: Must be in stock location. Any model transmission allowed. Floor shifters are allowed. CAN RUN SLIP SHAFTS. Can run transmission cooler
but must be of a reasonable size. No homemade transmission cross members and the cross member must be in stock location.
Suspension: Must bounce easily!! All steering and suspensions components must be stock to the make of car NO AFTERMARKET COMPONENTS!!! No
higher than 22” and no lower than 16” from bottom of bumper to the ground. Can use spring helpers to get height but must bounce easily!!! “MUST BE
STOCK”
Fuel: Fuel tank must be in the rear floor location properly secured and covered. Under no circumstances will fuel tanks be allowed in the driver’s front. All stock
fuel tanks must be wired into vehicle ignition switch so pump will shut off when engine is shut off. Fuel lines must be connected to tank by fittings and hose
clamps. Fuel tank must be covered. Must be pump gas no alcohol!! NO GAS TANK PROTECTORS!!!
Reinforcement: Four point cage, no larger than 4” pipe or 4x4 tubing with no larger than 6” plate on ends. Cage must be inside of car nothing in doors. Front bar
must be 6” off firewall and transmission hump. Rear bar can’t be more than 12” behind seat. No part of cage can touch floor or frame!! Cars can have roll-over
bar, and it must be straight up and down and can’t be welded, bolted or wired to roof. Any other modifications will get YOU DQ’d. No rear window bar.
Rear Ends: Any 5 lug rear end. Can be trusted but has to be to the contour of rear end and cannot touch frame before or after derby. Can run gear.
Radiator: No extra radiator or water supply to radiator. No reinforcing of core support “MUST BE STOCK”