VALVE COVER RACING UNOFFICIAL RULES
VALVE COVER
CARS
The
Cars:
- No engines or propulsion.
- No moving weights.
- Cars shall be based on an actual
rocker cover or cam cover (valve cover) from a car engine. There shall be
no limitation on engine make, model, cylinder configuration, or
displacement.
- Cars must have four wheels, each no
more than six inches in diameter.
- Wheel base shall be no more than 24 inches.
(Note: The staging lane is only 24 inches long.)
- Cars shall weigh up to but certainly not more
than exactly 8 pounds.
- The car can only be 10 inches in
width.
TRACK
DIMENSIONS
The
Course:
- The course shall consist of a launch incline
8 feet long, followed by a level run of 20 feet.
- Two lanes shall divide the launch incline,
each 2 feet wide. The incline shall be 3 feet high at the rearmost part
and level with the course at the front edge.
The front edge shall be mitered so as to provide as smooth a transition as
possible from the incline to the run out area.
- The official "Starting Line" shall
be 2 feet from the rear edge of the incline.
A mechanized starting gate, which is 2 inches high, shall be used.
- The run out section of the course shall
consist of 2 lanes, each 2 feet wide. The lanes shall be clearly marked.
- The finish line shall be marked 20 feet from
the front edge of the launch incline.
- Two officials at the finish line will judge the
winners/time the runs.
- A track judge will determine car eligibility
and race restarts
RUNNING THE
RACE
The
Races:
ELIMINATION
ROUND
- Each Car will run in three timed heats.
- The cars are to be launched with their front
edge on the starting line. As each car’s front edge crosses the finish
line a time will be recorded. The best of three times will be
used to determine advancement.
- If the car should touch the lane markers or
cross over the lane marker that heat will be invalidated.
- The eight (8) fastest Cars (with the
best time) will advance to the next round.
THE
RACE will be
composed of head to head heats. Each
heat will pit 2 racers against each other. They will each run twice, swapping
lanes for each run. If both win a run, a third run will be held to determine
the winner of the heat and a coin toss will determine which lane each will
take. The winner will go on to run a heat against the winner of another heat.
The loser will go on to run against the loser of another heat. Those racers
that lose 2 heats are eliminated. We will continue to run the heats until we
have clear 1st and 2nd place winners of the race. If neither car makes it to the finish line, the car
going the furthest in its lane wins that heat.
AWARD
CLASSES
- Runner-up: second fastest entry
- Survivor Award: most destruction incurred