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Body

1. Any stock American made steel top cars or station wagons. No convertibles, jeeps, hearses, limos, front wheel drives, el caminos, rancheros, or trucks.
2. No swapping of bodies. Body and frame must match.
3. All bodies must be bolted down using factory body mount holes. Body bushings may be removed. No welding of body to frame from cowl area to rear of car, radiator core support may be welded down to frame.
4. Radiator support may be reinforced with ONE 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x ¼" thick angle iron, or ONE 1 3/4" roll cage pipe from inside fender to inside fender on top of the radiator support. May have 1 support bar/pipe etc. welded between frame rails directly in front of radiator. 2 bars up and down, 1 bar across only as wide as outside of frame rails. 2 kickers allowed from top of radiator support back to frame.
MUST STAY AHEAD OF A Arms and no wider then frame rails.
5. Headlight area can be covered 6" in from corner of fenders and connected to front fenders. You may go back onto front fenders 6". Limit 14 gauge or less sheet metal. (Idea is just to tie the front fenders to the front end, so they don't tear off of car).
Expanded metal allowed in front of radiator.
6. 2 Straps 2" wide by 1/4" thick may be welded from bumper to top of radiator support, No wider then frame rails.
7. Rear corners of car can be done the same way. 6" from corner onto rear quarter panel around the back of car 6". Again maximum thickness 14 gauge sheet metal.
8. All bodies must have original steel firewall. All firewall holes and floor pan holes must be covered by metal.
[Exception:] If fuel cell is in back seat area floor pan drain holes should be open.
Try to minimize cut out area for shifter rod.
9. May have steel under driver’s seat and leg area from center hump to rocker panel welded or bolted to body or cage. May reinforce area on passenger floor board as needed to safely support battery.
10. No welding of floor pan to frame.
11. Must have drivers door. Drivers door can be reinforced. A single rub bar can be installed from wheel to wheel. It may be welded or bolted. (NO GRADER BLADES OR TEMPERED STEEL THAT COULD SHATTER ALLOWED). You may also over lap 1/8" or thinner sheet metal from the rocker panel up the door 24" tall and no wider then 4" past door seams.
12. All doors must be welded, chained, or bolted shut. May use 3" wide strap on door seams.
13. All doors can be reinforced from outside, no wider then 4" past original door.
14. Trunk must open or may have at least 20" x 20" trap door minimum must open. ONLY IF FUEL CELL IS IN TRUNK COMPARTMENT. Keep in mind if building new car, this is probably the direction to build if you want to race FEAR SERIES RACES out of the state of Nebraska.
15. Driver and passenger compartment must remain open. No enclosed thingypits.
16. No reinforcing of any kind on the inside of front fenders. No pipe or steel plate.  May reinsforce rear quarter panels.
17. Single body steel. All body repairs on quarter panels must be done with thin sheet metal. No plating. Any patching of body must be no more than 1/16" thick and no more than 2 inches wider then damaged area.
18. All glass, plastic, upholstery, lights, mirrors, moldings and chrome must be removed.
19. CAR NUMBERS: Shall be on both front doors and roof plate, and be easily read. Number plate on roof is mandatory. Numbers on roof plate must be at least 10 inches tall. Letter may appear behind number and must be at least 8 inches tall. No four digit numbers allowed.
20. No adding of ballast or weight of any kind anywhere in the car. In frames, bumpers, body, etc.
21. A 3/8 rod may be welded around fender opening. Inner fender opening and outer fender opening may be bolted together.
22. Four 5" X 5" minimum size plates for hood hold downs minimum size 5/8 bolt size rods from frame up thru hold down plates.

Frame

1. Repair of rails from rust or damage from front of hump forward must be of 1/8" flat steel or less, no angle, channel, or box iron. May have flat iron on three sides.
2. Center of rear axle to back bumper can be replaced with 2x3 box tubing no thicker than 1/4" in the stock location.
3. Rear frame rails must be able to safely support bumper and protect fuel tank.
4. Uni body cars can connect front and rear rails together with 2x3 inch box tubing.
5. X brace on frame is allowed.
6. Plating of the rear hump is allowed 3/16" maximum. bridge allowed (under bottom arch of hump).
7. May install 1 cross bar/pipe between frame rails where gas tank was removed.
8. All repairs must be approved by racing inspector.

Roll Cage

1. Minimum of 4-point cage securely welded to frame. (If, it is a uni body/sub frame car, you must weld 6"x 6" or bigger plates to body and roll cage shall be welded to plates.)
2. Rear kickers are allowed, but must stay in trunk area.
3. May have two small bars from front of cage behind A-Arms.
4. May run engine loop, or kickers, but not both.
5. Must have at least 3 driver’s side door bars. May be plated, not longer then cage post to post.
6. Must have a dash bar. Pipe or square tube, from inside drivers front door post across to inside passenger front door post. (NOTE: this is usually part of the cage build.)
Safety is priority. Cages and welds will be inspected; cages appearing unsafe will not race.
OFFICIALS WILL ALWAYS HAVE FINAL DECISION.

Fuel Tanks

1. Must be in trunk area or back seat area. MUST BE MOUNTED SECURE.
2. Original tank must be removed and not relocated.
3. Tank must be designed for fuel, no homemade fuel tank.
4. No 5-gallon cans or buckets allowed.
5. Steel boat tanks ok, but must be inside metal box with a bottom.
6. Fuel cells recommended but not mandatory. If using a fuel cell with capacity over 5-gallon please try to limit to 8-gallon of fuel.
7. All fuel cells or tanks must be securely fastened down. Fuel cells/tank mounts shall be built in such a way, as to void being damaged from a cross bar moving differently from body.
EXAMPLE: Don't fasten one side of the fuel cell to the body and the other side to a cross bar.
8. Must have rollover/tip valve installed with vent hose, or aviation style cap and vent.

Fuel

1. No racing fuel or aviation fuel, pump gas only.
2. Fuel line inside driver’s area must be inside metal tubing.
3. No E-85.

Fuel Tank Protection

1. May weld in a bar no wider than frame rails across back of trunk with 2 bars going down and 2 bars going ahead to frame or cage kicker bars to form a cage around fuel tank for protection, bars can be no larger than 2 inches. Not required.

Bumpers

1. Must be OEM stock bumpers only.
2. No reinforcing of bumpers.
3. Must be bolted or welded to frame. Plate can be no wider then 1" past bolt pattern.
4. Bumper ends can be capped and welded to the body with small strips of metal no taller than the bumper.
5. No plastic aftermarket fronts.

Rear Ends

Chevy to Chevy, Ford to Ford, etc.

1. Stock Can be welded posi. or may use mini spool.

2. No after market axles

Brakes

1. All four brakes must work. O.E.M. brakes only. Must lock up on inspection.
2. No aftermarket brake bias controls allowed.

Shocks

1. Stock. No racing shock, no coil over shocks.
2. Stock. Stock mounts, stock locations, and no spacers.

Suspension

1. Stock upper and lower A-frames.
2. Stock rear end control arms.