EVENT RULES

Cars

• Cars must be of a safe construction
• No fluid leaks of any kind are permitted
• Cars must have ALL body panels fitted
• Cars must have headlights or headlight blanks fitted
• Cars must be fitted with a seat belt on both driver and passenger sides (if taking passengers)
• All cars must be fitted with a 1kg hand held fire extinguisher, this must be in the driver compartment.
• There are to be no sharp edges on the vehicle, inside and out
• ALL batteries must be securely fastened !!
• Batteries if within the driver compartment (this includes boot on hatch backs) must be in a leak proof as possible box. Dry cell batteries must be secured correctly.
• Fuel tanks must not be in the driver compartment. If there are, they must be behind a fire wall or completely sealed
• NO MISSILE cars – If your car looks like a shed, it WILL fail at the first hurdle.
• Excessive bumper bars/bash bars are not permitted and WILL fail scrutineering! They should be 25mm dia maximum and thin walled.

Roll cages

• A minimum 6-point roll cage must be fitted including a single door bar on both driver and passenger side, this can be either bolt in or of welded construction.
• Roll cages must be of CDS, T45 or rollover tube only.
• All sections of the roll cage can be constructed from 38mm x 2.5mm or 45mm x 2.0mm tube. A 1mm tolerance in tube size is permitted.
• All joints to be welded or be secured by a 2-bolt fixing using high tensile fasteners produced to ISO 8.8 or higher.
• If a recognised manufactuer such as, Cusco, for example, using single bolt fixings, these will be permitted. You MUST contact us to check they are eligible!
• New or purpose built cages must use 2-bolt fasteners.
• Cages are to be bolted or welded to the vehicle body using plates that are a minimum of 3mm thickness and are no smaller than 125mm x 125mm square.
• If the cage is a bolt in type there should be an additional plate on the underside of the vehicle the same size or larger than the foot of the roll cage foot.  Secured with 3 bolts for the main hoop and two bolts for all other fixing points – all bolts should be high tensile, built to ISO 8.8 or better and be a minimum 8mm diameter.
• The main hoop has to be no further back than 150mm from the driver’s head.
• The main hoop can only have 4 or maximum 5 bends (if it has a 5th bend it must be no more than 15 degrees).
• The front A pillar legs have no more than 3 bends (may require bracing bar).
• Windscreen bar to have no more than 2 bends.
• All bends must be smooth with no evidence of crimping or wall failure.
• If welded, joints must be a continuous 360 degree weld around each joint on the entire cage, and fusion must exist between weld and base metals.
• At least one diagonal bar must be used in the rear of the cage construction (either in the main hoop or across the rear diagonals) – this bar must be straight in its construction. The upper end of the diagonal bar must join the main hoop no further than 100mm from a rear diagonal and should connect to the opposite diagonal no further than 100mm away from the rear mounting point. This can be removable using the correct fixings! 
• The roll cage should not extend beyond the center line of either the front or rear wheels.
• Apex/Cusco style dash dodger cages ARE permitted. Dash dodger refers to those cages with the S style bend in the front cage leg to curve around a standard dash. See images below as an example.
• PLEASE NOTE – Home made dash dodger are NOT permitted!

ALL cars will be checked before being allowed on track.  Scrutineering will take place on Saturday evening,  Sunday and Monday morning of the event.

Drivers and passengers

• Drivers must be a minimum of 16 years of age
• Helmets must be worn and fastened by driver and passenger
• Seat belts are mandatory
• There will be a zero tolerance on drink or drugs for all drivers
• Drivers MUST attend a drivers briefing
• Body parts must remain in drift vehicles at times while on track
• No held held photography is permitted

There will be more details given in the drivers briefings.