| 2008 Jr. MINI RULES |
JR.MINI RULES
(Paris Motor Speedway (PMS), reserves the right to inspect any car at any time. No car will be
considered as having been approved for safety and/or deemed legal by reason of having passed through
inspection, unobserved.)
IF THESE RULES DON'T SAY "YOU CAN", THEN "YOU CAN'T"!
GENERAL: All components are subject to inspection and approval of inspecting officials at any time. No equipment will be considered as having been
approved by reason of having passed through inspection unobserved. These rules will be the basis for the Mini Stock Class rules during the 2008 racing
season, though the management reserves the right to make any necessary changes to enhance the racing program or safety.
TERMS: The term "stock O.E.M." means that the item/part must have been a standard item/part on the MAKE and MODEL of the vehicle being driven as a
race car. Just because a part is manufactured by the company that manufactured the vehicle does NOT mean the part is legal. The part must have been
available on the specific vehicle being used as a race car.
BODY:
1. Two or four door sedan body with steel top. Station
wagons are okay. No sport coupes or convertibles
allowed. Production wheelbase is limited to a
maximum of 102". Complete bodies, hoods, trunk lids
and bumpers must remain stock.
2. Front wheel drive cars are acceptable.
3. Cars must have complete frame (no cutting).
4. All cars must have a minimum six point roll cage. All
roll cages must be made of 11/4" minimum outside
diameter by .095" minimum wall thickness steel
tubing with all corners bent (no welded square
corners). All cages must have three horizontal bars
running from front to back between the upright bars on
both sides of the driver. Cage must have minimum 2"
x 6"x l/4" plates under floor with two (2)1/2" bolts
(minimum) through each plate. Any bracing inside
the car body is allowed. Under the hood (engine
compartment) bracing is allowed. No bracing under
fenders.
5. All interior glass, chrome, door handles, lights, trim
and/or anything else that may come loose on impact
must be removed.
6. All flammable material (except driver seat and
headrest) must be removed.
7. All doors must be welded or bolted closed.
8. Fenders may be cut for tire clearance. No internal
reinforcing of the fender allowed.
9. All cars must have a complete firewall separating the
engine and driver, and also a complete firewall
separating the fuel container and the driver.
10.No channel or angle iron allowed on outside body of
the car.
11.Nerf bars are optional, but if used the bar must be
within one (1) inch of the body and be turned inside
to the body at the ends. No sharp edges allowed.
12. All cars must have a minimum of two (2) hood pins.
13. No center drive cars.
14. Minimum weight is 2,200 pounds with driver.
BUMPERS:
1. Must remain stock, maybe reinforced between frame
rails, inside bumper with 11/2" outside diameter tubing
maximum.
2. "Shock absorber" type bumpers must be welded so as
to deactivate the shock absorber.
ENGINE:
1. Inline four cylinder engines only with a maximum
displacement of 2,300 cc, (carb. type only), maximum
.060" overbore allowed. Must have a working
starter.
2. No rotary engines or turbos.
3. No dual overhead cams. NO ROLLER CAMS. * AS
OF MAY 1, 2007 Hydraulic lift cams or solid lift cams
only.
4. Engine must remain in stock position, with stock
mounts. Short chains may be used to secure the
engine to the frame.
5. Stock engine and drive train only.
6. Engine must match car make and model.
7. O.E.M replacement parts are acceptable for car make
and model.
8. Must use stock intake and exhaust manifold or
header.
9. Heads may be milled. No porting or polishing.
10.O.E.M carburetor for make and model is allowed.
Optional - one (1) Holley #4412 two (2) barrel 500
cfm carburetor. Must maintain stock venturi bore,
stock throttle body and stock booster location and
height. Will be checked with a go/no-gauge.
11. Battery type ignition in stock location only. No
magnetos, dual points, MSD type boxes or any other
after market electronic ignitions allowed.
12. Chevrolet 5.7 rods OK
13. Headers OK
DRIVE TRAIN:
1. Standard shift cars must use stock flywheel and
clutch. Automatic transmission cars must use torque
converters.
2. All cars must have a clutch scatter shield or blanket of
6" width and 12" length. Scatter shield may be
fabricated from 1/4" minimum steel and secured to
the floor, covering the clutch area.
3. Transmissions must have all gears working.
4. Locked rear ends are allowed.
5. Rear end must be stock for car make and model.
6. All car drive shafts must be painted white and have a
minimum of two safety loops.
SUSPENSION:
1. Stock for car make and model. No spacers, lumber.
etc. may be used to alter suspension of car.
TIRES/WHEELS:
1. Any steel wheel with a maximum of 7" width. Offset
wheels are allowed. Plating, washers or double nuts
are allowed. No aluminum wheels.
2. Tires must be 60 or 70 series street tires only. No mud
or knobbies or 80 series tires. No racing tires. Must be
DOT Street Radial tires, not designed for
race use.
3. All tires must use inner tubes. Any flat or loss of wheel
requires leaving the track immediately.
4. No bead locks.
5. No grooving of tires.
RADIATOR:
1. Must remain in stock location. Only one (1) radiator
allowed.
STEERING:
1. The stock steering box must be in the original stock
location on the frame.
2. Center steering is NOT allowed.
3. "Quick steering" by use of chain and sprockets or by
use of a steering reduction box is permitted.
BATTERIES:
1. All cars must have a strong battery and a working
starter.
2. Batteries must be relocated away from the engine
compartment and secured to floor with a minimum of
two (2) steel straps with 3/8" bolts. Batteries
must be mounted in a marine box to prevent acid from
spilling into the car.
FUEL:
1. Pump or track gasoline only (no additives, no nitro
and no alcohol).
2. Fuel tank must be six gallons maximum, except for
racing fuel cells, which may be any size. The tank or
cell must be mounted to the floor with a minimum
of two steel straps with bolts. The tank or cell must be
insulated from the floor with rubber. The tank or cell
must be located a minimum of twelve (12) inches
from either side of the car and sixteen (16) inched
from the rear of the car body. A vent hose must be
clamped in place and secured. All filler necks must be
inside the car and must have either an O.E.M or
screw type cap. The floor in the fuel tank area must
have holes to allow spilled fuel to drain out of the car.
"G.I." gas cans and outboard metal or plastic gas cans
are permitted. Fabricated tanks must be .040 gage
metal minimum.
3. Electric fuel pumps are allowed only if it has an oil
pressure shut-off switch and a main shut-off switch.
(Track will furnish wiring diagram.)
BRAKES:
1. All cars must have a minimum of two working rear
brakes. Three or four wheel brakes are
recommended.
PAINTING:
1. Cars must be brightly painted in colors that contrast
with the number.
2. All cars and their advertising must be CLEAN, NEAT
and IN GOOD TASTE.
CAR NUMBERS:
1. All cars must be registered with Paris Motor
Speedway before racing. Any car with a
registered number which earned money during
the season will have that number reserved through
the first practice session of the next season. Any
registered number without winning money will be
reserved only until the end of the current race
season.
2. There will be no duplication of numbers.
3. Numbers must be at least sixteen (16) inches high
and three (3) inches thick. The numbers must be on
each side of the car and on the roof of the car, with
the bottom of the number facing the grandstand.
There will be no letters used as numbers. Place a six
(6) inch tall number on the front of the car and on the
rear of the car so that it may be seen by the starter
and other drivers for line up.
SAFETY:
1. All cars must have a racing type three inch wide lap
belt and racing type shoulder harnesses with a single
point release. All belts must be bolted to the
chassis or roll bar with a minimum of 3/8" aircraft or
grade eight (8) bolts. Shoulder belts must be bolted
behind and below the driver's shoulders. Lap belts
must be bolted below and behind the driver's hips.
2. All drivers must wear Snell approved helmets.
3. All drivers must wear driving suits made of fire
resistant material that effectively covers the driver's
body, neck brace, fire resistant gloves and shoes.
4. All cars must have a working fire extinguisher
mounted on the right side of the driver's compartment,
within reach of the driver. The extinguisher must be
securely mounted to prevent coming loose on impact,
but must be easily removable. No taping the fire
extinguisher to the roll cage, etc.
5. All cars should have a racing safety net on the driver's
window, inside the body, which is removable. There
also must be wire mesh on the windshield
area. The wire mesh must be 1/2"x l/2" minimum to
1"x l" maximum, 16 gage steel minimum. The mesh
must cover the windshield area from hood to roof
and extend across the car from the left roof pillar to
the center of the car. The mesh may cover the entire
windshield area. The mesh must be securely
welded or bolted to the body and/or roll cage.
6. All cars must have two vertical bars in the windshield
area in front of the driver with a maximum of 17"
opening (measured in any direction) to prevent large
objects from entering the car. These bars may be part
of the roll cage or separate bars welded or bolted to
the body.
7. Electric fuel pumps are allowed only if it has an oil
pressure shut-off switch and a main shut-off switch.
(Track will furnish wiring diagram)
8. All cars must have a padded headrest for the driver's
seat.
9. No rearview mirrors.
10. No brake or outside warning lights.
11.No radios.
DRIVER:
1. Drivers must be thirteen years old and no older than
15 years old on the first night of the season. Proof of
age will be required.
NEW CARS WHICH ARE NOT COMPLETELY LEGAL MAY BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE ONE TIME ONLY, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE INSPECTORS AND
PROMOTER. AT NO TIME WILL AN UNSAFE CAR BE ALLOWED ON THE TRACK.
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