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STREET STOX INCARACE STREET STOX SPECIFICATIONS 2002 IMPORTANT! REVISED RULES FOR 2002 ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE WORD VERSION. IN THE EVENT OF ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RULES ON THIS PAGE AND THE WORD VERSION THEN THE WORD VERSION TAKES PRECEDENCE. Click on the icon below to download the Technical Specs as Word document.
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STOX SPECIFICATIONS CAR CONSTRUCTION RULES AND REGULATIONS VIOLATIONS When referring to the engine, gearbox, differential, mechanical or construction, rules and regulations the principle will always be, unless permission is specifically granted to make modifications, or any variation, nothing may be done to alter or change in any way the standard Parts. Unless these rules state you can do it, you CANNOT DO IT. Cars, Engines and Fuel will be checked on a random basis. Violations will result in an immediate suspension of all racing facilities and any refusal will also result in an immediate suspension. All car and engine specifications will be taken from the Technical Service Data book for cars as published by Glass's Guide Service Limited. N.B. Drivers are reminded that scrutineer checks can be carried out at any time, and most certainly at official championships. If parts are suspected of being illegal make sure you leave them with the promotion if you do not agree. If you refuse it will automatically make the parts illegal. It is the responsibility of the driver to prove to the promotion that the part is legal by the way of written proof of where the part originated. This must be done within seven days, otherwise the part(s) in question will be deemed to be illegal and will result in immediate suspension from racing and referral for disciplinary action. SCRUTINEERING Arrival at the Raceway is required minimum 1 hour before the advertised start time to allow scrutineering to be carried out. You need to present your car to the scrutineering area to be checked, as soon as possible after arriving at the raceway. The driver must accompany the car, complete with racing overalls, crash helmet, race suit and race licence. 1. CARS ELIGIBLE Any road going saloon with the exception of Alphas, FSO's or Fiat's that is of stock appearance and is complete WITH ALL DOORS, WINGS, BOOT AND BONNET and has an overall size between 1000cc and 1900cc may be used. Vans and estate cars are not permitted unless the estate car is of the all steel body type and is of standard production type as listed in the Glass's Guide. No four wheel drive or four wheel steer cars are allowed. Sunshine roofs MUST be blanked off. No fibre glass panels allowed. 2. STRIPPING ¨ Remove all glass and interior trim including door linings, head linings and all floor covering. ¨ Remove all seats except the driver's which must be retained, the use of a racing seat is not allowed ¨ Remove all exterior trim, chrome and plastic strips, door handles, external mirrors, wheel trims and weights ¨ Remove over riders from both front and rear bumpers ¨ Remove any towing bar or towing attachments, spare wheel carriers 3. BODYWORK/STRENGTHENING ¨ Rear bumpers must be standard or Cortina Mk4/Mk5 type, These may be welded to the body if desired but they must have no 'wrap around'. ¨ Front bumpers must be standard or Cortina Mk4/Mk5 type, with no wrap around corners and can be welded or bolted. If bolted, a maximum of 4 bolts, 5/8" maximum diameter must be used. ¨ Crumple zones must remain open as standard. No inside or outside 'armouring' will be permitted except within the following limits: ¨ Any metal used to cover holes and splits in bodywork must be of no thicker gauge than that used by the manufacturers on the original car at the place where it is fixed with the exception of the plate on the driver's door referred to earlier. ¨ Replacement front panels may be used but must be no thicker than 40 thou. And must welded or bolted to the outside of the bonnet at the top and the bottom valance only. The sides may not be welded. An overlap of 3" maximum is allowed over the bonnet and under the bottom valance. If bolted, a maximum of 4 bolts top and 4 bolts bottom, 5/8" maximum diameter, 2" maximum length. Washers must be 2" maximum diameter and ¼" maximum thickness. ¨ Galvanised panels are allowed. ¨ From the seam weld of the wings there must be an 6" aperture before the start of the front panel. ¨ There should also be a 6" square inspection hole in the centre of any replacement front panel. ¨ When the bonnet is welded down, there must be an inspection hole, minimum 10" square. This hole may be larger, but if so, must be covered by a further flap, 40 thou maximum thickness, with a 6" inspection hole in it near to the carburettor in case of fire. When the bonnet is welded down, the gaps between the wings and the bonnet must only be filled using 5/16" maximum round bar. ¨ The bending/folding of the bonnet and wings is not allowed. ¨ When the boot is welded down there must be a 6" square inspection hole. ¨ Front and rear wheel arches may not be turned under. ¨ The spot welding of bonnet strengtheners (ribs) is permitted, the definition of spot welding being ½" weld followed by a 6" gap. ¨ Front bulk head to remain standard. ¨ No fibre glass replacement panels are allowed. ¨ LAYERS OF WELDED METAL are not allowed. ¨ When replacing metal, the original damaged material must be removed and the overlap used to secure the new metal must not be more than 1" all around. ¨ No wheel arch welding is permitted, however a maximum of 5 x 8mm bolts may be used on each wheel arch with the bolt head on the outside of the arch. When this is done no added metal may be used to fill the gaps. ¨ Chassis repair welding must be kept to a minimum. ¨ No angle, channel or tubular reinforcement is permitted along or across either the inside or outside of the car either for all or part of its length or breadth with the exception of the roll cage. ¨ Bumper height must be as original. 4. ROLL CAGE ¨ A roll cage must be fitted and must remain in the confines of the car (see diagram). ¨ Any extra bars fitted to the roll cage which, in the opinion of the Scrutineer, is for strength must be removed. ¨ The roll cage must have a minimum of 4 down bars. They should be made of metal tubing - minimum 1.25" O/D and maximum 2" O/D. Diagrams of roll cages are printed in the rule book. ¨ A roll cage with 4 down bars should incorporate 'chicken bars' along the driver's door. ¨ There should also be a 'chicken bar' on the passenger door. ¨ All roll cage bars must be securely fixed to a base plate, which in turn must be bolted to the floor of the car. ¨ A strip of metal down the windscreen about three quarters of the way from the passenger side must be fitted. ¨ A bar extending between the chicken bars should be positioned behind the drivers seat to give it support should it collapse. Another bar should be positioned between the two rear down bars. (See illustration). Cars can be refused racing, if in the opinion of the Clerk of the Course it is too strong and is therefore outside the spirit of the rules. ¨ No scaffold clamps allowed, all adjustable feet must be welded to the cage 5. DOOR PLATES & FLOOR PLATES ¨ A flat steel plate ¼" to ½" thickness steel and 10" to 12" deep may also be fitted across the outside of the driver's door from the pillar to the front wing and must overlap 6" back and front. This should be bolted using a minimum of 8 bolts, (minimum ½" bolt size) or welded to the side of the car on the vertical edges and corners only to protect the driver should another car run into the driver's door. The horizontal edges must remain unattached to the bodywork. This plate may also be attached to the inside of the door panel in a similar way or to the down bars of the 4 post roll cage. ¨ A steel plate may be fitted to the drivers floor pan. It must be no thicker than 6mm, and may have a 6" high side on the door side only and must be bolted or welded in. 6. SUSPENSION & BRAKES ¨ No other suspension parts to be added other than standard. The only exception to this being the lowering of road springs by heating or cutting. ¨ Negative suspension is allowed on the Near Side Front Wheel only. ¨ Strut braces may only be fitted on the front struts and may be triangular shape and bolted to the bulkhead only, not the roll cage. ¨ Brakes must remain as manufactured and be working on all four wheels. ¨ Handbrake must be in working order. 7. GEARBOX & AXLE ¨ Gearboxes and differentials must be standard to the range and fitted by the manufacturer. ¨ Gearbox oil coolers are allowed but must be fitted under the bonnet. ¨ All gearboxes must have a conventional type bell housing and the gear change must require a clutch and must be operated by a lever arm. ¨ The use of a Cortina gearbox in a Sierra is allowed. ¨ No competition type gearboxes allowed. ¨ Differential ratios are free and may be locked by welding only. ¨ No limited slip differentials, unless standard to the car. ¨ No torque biasing assemblies. ¨ Axle and differential must remain the same concept as original. ¨ The propshaft is free. ¨ Axles must remain standard to the car. ¨ Front axles/engine cradles may be bolted in using a 4"square/4"diameter washer/plate to the chassis/body. 8. ENGINE ¨ All cars must be equipped with the same type of engine as originally fitted to the car when new. ¨ Air filters are free but no trumpets are allowed. ¨ 1.5mm overbore is allowed. ¨ No forced induction engines allowed. ¨ Electronic ignition may only be fitted if standard to the car used. ¨ Exhaust manifold must be standard type cast to that make of car, no branch manifolds allowed. ¨ Inlet manifold and components of the manifold must be standard to the car and in standard form, with the exception of water circulation holes, which may be blanked off. ¨ The vacuum feed to the carburettor must remain as originally manufactured, i.e. no additional drilling and tapping to the manifold. ¨ The carburettor must remain as standard. ¨ The engine must be fitted with a metal catch tank of 1 litre minimum capacity connected to the engine breather system. 9. EXHAUST SYSTEMS ¨ Silencers must be used and must be in working order. ¨ No car will be allowed to race without an exhaust system and all drivers must be aware that if your car is above the required noise level you will not be allowed to race. 10. COOLING SYSTEM ¨ The radiator or steam tank may be fixed anywhere in the car rear of the front of the engine, but a screen of metal, strong polythene or similar must be positioned between the driver and the radiator. ¨ All water connecting pipes or hoses must be of reinforced rubber or steel. ¨ When two rubber hoses are joined they must be connected with rubber to steel connectors to protect the driver from any leakage of steam or boiling water. ¨ Radiators must not project over the car window aperture. ¨ Steam tanks must be of a maximum capacity of 15 gallons. 11. FUEL SYSTEM ¨ The original fuel tank must be removed and a fuel tank with a maximum capacity of 5 gallons must be fitted. ¨ It must have a fuel outlet at the top of the tank, with a secure screw-on metal cap, with breather pipe, which must terminate below the tank. ¨ It must be fitted rear of the driver and forward of the rear of the boot lid or tailgate. ¨ All fuel lines must be in good condition and securely clamped. ¨ A manual shut-off tap must be fitted within reach of the driver when strapped in the car. ¨ Firewalls are advised. 12. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ¨ The battery must be secured strongly and covered with a rubber or plastic sheet to avoid movement or spillage should the car roll. ¨ A electrical cut off switch must be fitted in the vicinity of the rear near side corner of the vehicle and clearly marked ON/OFF from the outside of the car. ¨ Electrical System Ignition wiring must be through a sensible switch which must be positioned so that the driver can reach it whilst strapped in. The switch must be clearly marked so that in the event of an accident, a marshal can clearly see it. It is not acceptable to use exposed wiring for switch systems. 13. WHEELS & TYRES ¨ Hub-caps, over-riders and wheel balancing weights must be removed, as either item if shed at speed would cause injury to others. ¨ All wheel nuts must be tightened fully. ¨ Any standard manufacturers steel or aluminium wheel (including Wellers etc) up to a maximum width of 6 inches may be used. ¨ No wheel spacers are permitted. ¨ Tyres must be those as manufactured for ordinary road use only; for example Colway remoulds are permitted. ¨ No rally ,race, or slick tyres are allowed. ¨ Yokohama - Hoosier or similar tyres are NOT ALLOWED. ¨ Tyres cannot be recapped with any type of racing compound. ¨ The Board of Control reserves the right to review the regulations relating to tyres at any time and to prohibit the use of any tyre not considered to be within the spirit of the regulations. 14. DRIVER'S SEAT ¨ A seat with a head restraint must be fitted. ¨ A one piece competition seat may be used (not tubular framed). ¨ Fixed head restraints must be fitted to drivers seat or roll cage. ¨ Head restraints must conform to guidelines issued from time to time by the British Oval Racing Safety Executive (BORSE). ¨ The seat must be supported at shoulder level by the cage, you may fit the 2nd cross bar in support of the seat just below the window aperture or weld a frame on the cage to support the seat at the top. 15. SEAT BELTS ¨ A full shoulder harness, in good condition, that fits over both shoulders must be fitted to a low point separate from the seat mountings. ¨ The fixings must be to a strong point on the floor with a minimum of 5/16" diameter bolts. ¨ The seat mountings must be strong and secure and a support bar behind the seat must be fitted to avoid collapse. ¨ It is highly recommended that drivers use a 5 point harness for additional safety. ¨ No home made harnesses are allowed. 16. NUMBERS ¨ Cars must be clearly numbered on both sides. ¨ The figures must be at least 12" high and the strokes 2" thick. . ¨ A roof fin must also be fitted for the purpose of displaying your racing number. This must be maximum 18" x 12". It should be white with black numbers 1½" strokes. No other fitment to be attached to the roof. ¨ Your numbers must be either black on a white background or white on a black background. ¨ The car must be presentable in appearance and well painted. ¨ Childish paintings are ruled out 17. CRASH HELMETS & SAFETY EQUIPMENT ¨ Helmets must be of a minimum standard as directed by British Oval Racing Safety Executive (B.O.R.S.E). These are BS6658/85 Type A, BS6658 Type A/FR, Snell SA 95, Snell SA2000, SFI Foundation 31.1, or SFI Foundation 31.2. The European E22 standard will not be accepted. ¨ Protective goggles or visors must be worn at all times during racing and practice. ¨ Drivers must wear racing overall type clothing of flame retardant Proban or higher specification material and this must be maintained in a clean and tidy condition when in view of the public. If wet weather clothing is used, this must be worn IN ADDITION TO and NOT INSTEAD OF the regulation flame retardant overall type clothing described above. ¨ Neck supports are recommended, as are fire retardent gloves and fire retardent balaclavas. ¨ Mechanics must wear bright coloured racing type overalls and must remain in a clean and tidy condition when in view of public. 18. FIRE EXTINGUISHER ¨ An operational fire extinguisher with a sight gauge fitted must be securely fixed, not taped, in the car and must be within easy reach of the driver, when strapped in. The size should be minimum 1Kg (2.2lbs) and have contents of either dry powder or CO2 gas. All fire extinguishers must be maintained in top class working order at all times. 19. FINAL PREPARATION ¨ The external painting of the car should be in bright colours. Any colour schemes are permitted, but the painting of cars in TEAM colours is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. ¨ Rusty or dirty vehicles will not be allowed out onto the circuit. ¨ Rude or provocative slogans are not allowed. ¨ In addition to the car construction rules, all cars presented at scrutineering must be considered safe and not unsightly. 20. DRIVERS ELIGIBLE ¨ Each driver is only permitted to race one Street Stox car per meeting and each car is only permitted one driver per meeting. 2002 Street Stox Technical Specifications, Issue 2, Dated 2nd January 2002 2002 INCARACE STREET STOX : Racing Regulations Introduction Street Stox racing is very much a contact sport although, like some other contact formulas should not be confused with a "full contact" sport. In order to assist drivers to understand what is allowed and more importantly what is not allowed, the following rule clarifications explain the objects of Street Stox racing and the do's and don'ts on the track. The object of Street Stox racing Race points are gained, normally for the first eight places in each race, and these are accumulated each month into a monthly points chart, which grades the drivers according to total points gained. Drivers will be graded into Superstar Grade, Red Grade, Blue Grade, Yellow Grade, with all remaining drivers graded White. The grades determine the starting positions in each race, with the better graded drivers (those with a greater number of points over the year), starting at the rear of the field, progressing through the grades, such that the white grade drivers start of the front of the grid. There will be occasional exceptions to this during the season, where in special races, grid positions will be determined in other ways. So, over a season, the object is to gain as many points as possible and progress up the grades, with the ultimate status of a Superstar. During the course of a race, the object is to complete the specified number of laps in the shortest possible time. Contact which is solely used to get a car out of the way so that a competitor can improve his chances of winning, is the name of the game. "Deliberate fencing", "Follow ins", "The hitting of a stationary cars", Side-swiping" or "Over aggressive driving" is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN and the Steward of the Meeting or Clerk of the Course are empowered to impose penalties relative to the seriousness of the incident upon any driver who in their opinion is in contravention of these rules. So what do these terms mean? DELIBERATE FENCING & FOLLOWING IN Deliberate fencing is when a car is pushed towards the fence at high speed by another car and hits the fence hard. The pushing car does not have to be in contact with the car when it hits the fence for the action to be deemed a deliberate fencing. If the pushing car keeps in contact with the other car until it hits the fence, the deliberate fencing will then become a "follow in". HITTING OF STATIONARY CARS A driver is not allowed to contact with a stationary car. A stationary car is a car that is not taking an active part in the race, i.e. it is either stopped OR it is moving slowly and therefore not taking part. These slow moving cars or cars that are rejoining the race from a stationary position are not allowed to directly contact with another car, until such times that they are back in the race. This means that you cannot deliberately take another car out of the race from a stationary or slow moving position. SIDE-SWIPING Similar to the above rule where slow moving cars are not allowed to contact with cars that are "racing", cars that are being overtaken during the course of the race are not allowed to turn into the overtaking car. OVER AGGRESSIVE DRIVING Over aggressive driving will encompass a number of areas where driving appears to be too hard in certain circumstances and is against the spirit of Street Stox racing, but has not necessarily contravened any other rules of racing. This may range from drivers contacting with other cars too heavily to higher graded drivers dealing with lower graded drivers too forcibly. TEAM RACING/TEAM COLOURS Team racing or the painting of cars in team colours is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. Street Stox racing should be a one for one, where each driver races for him/herself and driving is not influenced by other so called team cars on track. This rule covers situations where drivers purposely fail to contact with other cars to improve their chances of winning because the other car happens to be a "team member" and extends to the other end of the scale where drivers "group" together to form a vendetta against one or more drivers. These actions will not be tolerated and any penalties will be administered under "bringing the sport into disrepute" as the original object of Street Stox racing is not being met. Any kind of team racing in Street Stox, other than in "Special Events" can only devalue the appeal and compromise the success of a unique formula and it was unanimously agreed between both drivers and officials that every effort should be made to ensure that Team Racing does not go on. Any driver that is found guilty of Team Racing will be banned from the sport, for a minimum period of 1 year. If, in the opinion of the Steward of the Meeting/Clerk of the Course, cars are painted in team colours, they may be refused from racing at that meeting. Lower Graded Drivers It is of particular concern that lower graded drivers are treated differently on track by those who have already served their apprenticeship in this formula. They are seen as easy "bait" and are almost put through an initiation ritual before they are allowed into the formula for real. Whilst the white and yellow graded drivers cannot be protected in any way, they should be looked upon the same as any other fellow competitor and respected in the same way. If the lower graded drivers are singled out for that "extra special move" it can only detract from the encouragement of new blood into the sport and any such actions will be liable for a penalty. The penalty in this case will be administered under the "over aggressive driving" rule, as this would be seen as over aggressive towards a driver with less experience. Novice drivers may paint either a white or black cross on the rear of their cars to denote their status. In such cases, other drivers are not allowed to contact with these cars, and in turn, the novice drivers are not allowed to contact with any other cars. A penalty of race exclusion will be applied in either case. The novice cross may be removed at the drivers' discretion, however, the Steward of the Meeting may also instruct the removal with due regard to the ability of a driver. Once a novice cross has been removed, it may not be reinstated. Who Decides? In all cases, the decision on raceday lies with the Steward of the Meeting and/or Clerk of the Course. They will investigate, discuss and adjudicate on an incident and decide what action is to be taken. Assuming that an offence has taken place, the penalties that can be applied on the day, in order of severity, are as follows: a) Reprimand b) Docking of race position places c) Exclusion from the race d) Exclusion from the meeting (Loaded up) e) Exclusion from the meeting (Loaded up) + 1 meeting ban f) Exclusion from the meeting (Loaded up) + 2 meeting ban g) Exclusion from the meeting (Loaded up) + 3 meeting ban If penalties a,b or c are applied, there is no appeal for a driver other than in discussion with the Steward of the Meeting or Clerk of the Course at the time of the decision. In all other cases, the driver will be informed of any decision immediately and the details will be recorded on a disciplinary form. The driver is required to sign this form acknowledging receipt of the decision - this does not mean he agrees with it! If a driver does not agree with the penalty to be applied, he may request the matter to be referred to the Board of Control, where the incident will be discussed and adjudicated upon. It is highly likely that the driver will be suspended from this point until the Board of Control meets in such cases and as Board of Control meetings normally only take place once every six weeks, it may well be that any suspendable time would exceed any proposed ban - so beware! If a matter is of a more serious nature and the Steward of the Meeting and/or Clerk of the Course consider that they cannot make a decision on the penalty to be applied, then they will refer the matter direct to the Board of Control. In such cases the driver will be suspended from racing until the next Board of Control meeting and may not appeal against his suspension. In special cases if the Steward of the Meeting/Clerk of the Course cannot propose a course of action as described above, they may request an "on the day enquiry" , which would consist of 1 Promoter, 1 Official and 1 Board of Control driver representative, who as a committee will decide on a suitable course of action. Driver Records/Disciplinary Points In conjunction with your race licence, an ongoing individual driver record is kept, which details any actions taken, including reprimands. This record will also include reports on incidents where action was not taken, and any other relevant information regarding your driving record, including the good things! This record will be taken into account at all times. Disciplinary points are "awarded" as follows : Docking of Race Positions 3 disciplinary points Exclusion from the race 5 disciplinary points Exclusion from the meeting 10 disciplinary points When a driver reaches 20 disciplinary points he serves an automatic two meeting ban. If he reaches 30 points a further 3 meeting ban, and 40 points a further 4 meeting ban. In general, the above rule clarifications are published to assist the driver to understand the racing rules and regulations of Street Stox racing. If you do not understand any of the above rules, then please contact the Steward of the Meeting on raceday, who will answer any queries. It is not acceptable to ask after an incident has happened and defend your actions pleading innocence of a rule. Know your rules BEFORE you race! These rules are published by INCARACE Limited, promoters of Street Stox racing. 2002 Street Stox Technical Specifications, Issue 2, Dated 2nd January 2002 IMPORTANT! REVISED RULES FOR 2002 ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE WORD VERSION. IN THE EVENT OF ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RULES ON THIS PAGE AND THE WORD VERSION THEN THE WORD VERSION TAKES PRECEDENCE Click on the icon below to download the Technical Specs as Word document.
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