2008 Western All-Stars DIRTcar Late Model Series
1) WEIGHT
2300 pounds minimum ANYTIME
2) Standard dirt late model bodies.
OEM style nose piece. No wedge noses.
No side boards.
Minimum drivers side window opening 12”.
Spoiler 8” tall
Max deck height 38”.
3) ENGINE
Engine set back max 8” from #1 spark plug to center of left ball joint.
1 Carburetor – Naturally aspirated.
All cars must be self-starting. Cars unable to start the race under their own power will lose their starting position for that event (i.e. heat, ‘B’ main, Main).
4) WHEELS AND TIRES
MAX 14” wide wheels
Hoosier D 55 spec, WRS or WRS-2. Grooving, siping and grinding ok. Must durometer no lower than 52 ANYTIME. NO TOLERANCE.
5) TRANSMISSION
Must have forward and reverse gears.
6) SAFETY
Mufflers required 95 db's @ 100 ft. If a car loses a muffler they will be blacked flagged for that race. (heat race, B-Main, A-Main etc.)
Approved fuel cell w/ safety valve. No bottom feed fittings( fuel fitting under fuel cell)
Driveline strap or enclosure is required.
Steel Drive shafts are not recommended
All drive shafts must be painted white or silver
NO elec. fuel pumps.
Full mesh drivers window net or arm restraints required.
RACEceiver radio's required.(points races only) Recommended at all events. No 2-way radios.
All lead must be painted white w/car #. ALL lead must be double bolted with ½ bolts. Any car losing a piece of lead ANYTIME thru out the night will be disqualified for entire night. (If you can't mount your lead good enough in your shop, then there is no way you can mount it good enough at the track)
Full face helmet with shield and have a minimum Snell rating of SA2000. Helmet shall be in good physical and visual condition.
Drivers suits shall be minimum of two-layer fire retardant and in good condition (no tears, rips, etc.)
Safety Belts must be no older than 2 years old and be free from excessive stretching or fraying and installed properly. If belts are deemed unsafe they must be replaced prior to entering a Western All-stars event.
All safety equipment shall be properly worn at all times when vehicle is on the track. No Exceptions.
7) MISC.
NO TRACTION CONTROL DEVICES
Drivers name must be legible from grandstands on both sides of the car and front of roof.
Certain sponsor decals will be required for max payout, points fund, contingencies and end of year giveaways.
Large contrasting colored Numbers on roof and sides.
8) TECH
All cars must pass thru tech before hot lapping. Present your helmet to the tech official for inspection.
All cars must scale before qualifying. All transfer positions from each event and the TOP 5 in the MAIN shall scale immediately following the event.
9) RACE PROCEDURES
Pill draw to establish qualifying order. Pill draw will close prior to the drivers meeting.
All hot laps, qualifying, and heat races will be done in groups. Group 1 will hot lap, qualify and heat race together. Group 2, group 3, etc. If you are not ready to hot lap with your group you could lose your hot laps for that event. Qualifying groups will be in same heat race. You can be up to 3 cars late for qualifying without penalty due to a mechanical or safety issue. An official must be notified of the issue in advance. If you are more than 3 cars late for qualifying due to a mechanical or safety issue you will get one lap at the end.
Heat races will be run straight up. You only need to be fastest in your group to start in the front of your heat race.
The standard main event will start 21 cars in the main event; however it is at the discretion of the promoter and Western All-Stars to start up to 24 cars in the main event.
Flagman is to start initial start of race. Pole sitter is to set a reasonable pace. Anyone jumping before the Green flag is waved on initial start will be penalized 1 row for 1st offense and to the tail of the field for 2nd offense.
If there is a caution flag before the 1st lap is scored and only 1 car is involved, that car will be sent to the tail of the field. If more than 1 car is involved in a caution before 1 lap is scored, all cars will get there original starting spot back for complete restart. Cars leaving the track that were not involved in a yellow will go to the rear of the field.
All restarts will be started with a duel cone system. 2 cones will be set in turn 4 approx. 60 ft. apart. The leader is responsible for starting all restarts. If leader alters his pace (jack rabbit start, break checking) he will be put to tail of field. If ANYONE jumps before first cone they will be penalized 1 row for 1st offense and tail of field for 2nd offense. If pole sitter/leader does not start by the 2nd cone, the race is on.
Texas restarts: Restarts in the main event will be double file w/ leader in front row alone. 2nd position will pick high or low with 3rd place taking other position. 4th place on back will line up in regular positions. 2 attempts on double file restarts and then next restart will be single file. All other events shall have a single file restart.
No racing back to yellow flag except on final lap of race. If white flag has been thrown next flag will be checkered.
When a caution flag is thrown all cars must slow down as soon as it is safe to do so and get in a single file for scoring purposes and then double up when instructed.
Except lap one, anyone involved in a caution will be sent to rear of field and the field will be lined up according to the position they were running on last scored lap.
Any driver that causes 2 cautions will be black flagged for that event.
10) POINTS
Points will be received based on the following scale:
MAIN EVENT POINTS
1. 162 9. 136 17. 118
2. 157 10. 133 18. 116
3. 154 11. 130 19. 114
4. 151 12. 128 20. 112
5. 148 13. 126 21. 110
6. 145 14. 124 22. 108
7. 142 15. 122 23. 106
8. 139 16. 120 24. 104
Each non-transfer car signed up for an event will receive 55 points with the exception of any cars disqualified from the event.
12) DISQUALIFICATIONS
Any car disqualified from an event will forfeit any points, purse and finish position from that particular event. DQ’s are scored behind lowest finishing car and DNS cars.
WESTERN ALLSTARS OFFICIALS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE AND OR ALTER RULES AND PROCEDURES IN THE INTEREST OF FAIR COMPETITION. (No rule or situation is perfect)
