• Spoiler (graphic has been added)
• Battery
• Tires and Wheels
• Engine
• Intake
• Claims
• New! Teching
• New! Sponsor Related Items

Due to conversations on the Dirt Track Forum, I notice that some of the rules are being called into question. I will post clarificatios in red, as the changes are, with links to them as the above changes. As we get more items ironed out, I'll update here. Please check back often...

• Bed Details Updated!!

Please check out the new Registration Page for information for being part of the Circle Track Mini Trucks. It is important that the form found there, a pdf file that everyone can download and print out.

Please check out the changes. If there are any questions, comments, or other items, please let me know. Email me at: webmaster@circletrackminitrucks.com

Our Racing Rules

All Feature Winners Must Pass Inspection Before Going to Victory Lane!!

All race cars are subject to be inspected by the Circle Track Mini-Trucks Technical Inspector at any time during the racing events. Minimum age requirement 14 Years of age.

Truck Requirements

Truck: Any stock 4 or 6 cylinder American or foreign made passenger truck. Four wheel drive vehicles are prohibited.

Body: Must run stock appearing body, no after market bodies allowed. All exterior trim and moldings must be removed. Nose pieces must be stock with hard plastic grills removed. Roof and roof supports MUST be stock steel. Front fender, quarter panels and hood MUST be stock steel. Cutting on body for tire clearance will be allowed and may remove inner fenders. Truck bed may be covered by aluminum or steel (24 inspection door required). The bed must have either a floor or a cover. There are to be no "totally open" beds. Tailgate or "skin" of a tailgate must also be present. Tailgate surface must be solid (no holes in it). Wheel drapes and rear-end drapes are not permitted. Body must match engine manufacturer: Ford-to-Ford, GM-to-GM, Mopar-to-Mopar, etc…

Rub Rails: Rub rails no bigger than 1 x 2 may be attached to body from fender well to fender well.

Spoiler: Surface of spoiler must be no more than 6 inches maximum. If a "lip" is at the top of the spoiler, that is considered part of the six inches.

Doors: All doors must be welded shut.

Bumpers: Stock bumpers; must be stock and can be reinforced.

Appearance: Truck must be neat in appearance, body damage must be repaired, and hood must be removable for inspection.

Interior: Interior must be completely gutted. Interior must remain open, no tubbing allowed. All window openings must remain open. All flammable material must be removed. The dash is optional. Must have stock steel floor pan and stock firewall on both sides. No rearview mirrors of any kind are permitted.

Seat: A properly mounted aluminum racing style seat must be used with a right side head rest.

Roll Cage: Must have four post design roll cage using 1-1/2 by .095 wall minimum round tubing must be used. The cage must be welded to the frame or bolted to both floor and roof using steel plates. The bars must extend at least 2 inches above drivers head and include two bars on the driver’s side. 2 bars on the right side, a bar connecting the front posts immediately above or below the steering column. All bars near the driver must be covered with padding. May have bars from back of cage to rear of truck. Entire roll cage must be constructed with ROUND TUBING ONLY and no solid bars.

Intrusion Plate: An intrusion protection plate MUST be on the outside of the bars (inside the body skin) using minimum 1/8" steel or minimum 1/4" aluminum. Plating to cover the entire door area from the floor pan to the top bar, front post to rear post.

Belts: A five-point safety harness belt are required and must be fastened to cage or frame. All belts must be dated no more than 4 years old and in good condition. Driver will be given one warning to get belts replaced before the next race. The second warning, the belts must be replaced before the car will be allowed to participate in any further competition activities. The only recognized date will be the manufactured date on the seat belt manufacturer’s tag.

Battery: No battery will be allowed in the driver's compartment. Battery must be inside an approved battery box, and in the bed area of the truck. A "kill battery" switch must be mounted and clearly labeled on the dash of the truck in case of emergency.

Drive Shaft and Loop: A drive shaft loop is required and must be at least 1/4 x 2 steel or 1/4 chain and should be mounted no more than 6 inches back from front of drive shaft. Drive shaft must be painted white and have the number of truck marked on it.

Fuel Cell and Lines Tank must be securely mounted (2 straps North/South and 2 straps East/West). Firewall MUST be between fuel tank and drivers compartment. FUEL CELLS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. If fuel lines are run through inside of truck cab it must be inside of conduit.

Tow Hooks: Must have tow hooks on front and back, hooks must be easily accessible by tow truck operators.

Windows: Must have 3 bars minimum in front window area in front of driver’s head, screen optional but driver’s side window net is mandatory. All glass must be removed. NO WINDSHIELDS!!

Chassis/Frame: Must be a stock full frame.

Weight: Weight ballast MUST be painted white and have number of truck painted on them. Added weight or ballast must be securely fastened.

Repairs: May use tubing for reinforcement and repair of original frame. If a section of the stock frame is cut out it must be replaced with a stock piece of frame.

Steering and Front Suspension: Steering must be factory OEM. Racing "quick steer" are permitted. Quick release steering wheel is permitted. Racing shocks and racing springs allowed.

Front: Front suspension must be an unaltered OEM and in stock location and must be replaceable by stock parts from same type suspension. Stock passenger car spindles only, no fabricated spindles. Bottom A-frames cannot be changed or moved. Only one shock per wheel. Stabilizer bars are permitted. No weight jacks allowed.

Rear: Rear suspension must be stock OEM. Stabilizer bar is permitted. No added lift arms or push-bars allowed. No upper torque links or pan-hard bars allowed. Leaf or coil springs are to be no more than 6 inches. There are to be no coil overs. Lowering blocks may be used. Racing shocks and racing springs allowed.

Rear End: Any OEM car or truck rear end, no quick-change devices. No aluminum after market rear-ends allowed. Spools or locking devices are allowed.

Transmission: STOCK AUTOMATICS or 3, 4 or 5 Speed Transmissions ONLY!! No racing transmissions, Brin or Bert's or T.C.I Powerglide automatic's. When the clutch pedal is pushed in the car must not move. When the clutch is left out the car must move. All manual transmission trucks must have a working clutch.

Brakes: Must have 4 wheel brakes and lock up during inspection. Stock type disc brakes may be used but no aluminum or racing style calipers or rotors may be used. No shut off devices allowed.

Tires and Wheels: No agressive mud tires permitted! Maximum 8" tread measurement on DOT all season tires only. Maximum 8" wide rims only. Wheels must be mounted with lug nuts. No “knock-off” mounting devices allowed. Over-sized lug-nuts recommended. No recaps permitted. Wheel weights are not permitted. Discovery of wheel weights will result in instant disqualification.

Engine: Any 4 or 6 cylinder engine matching body of truck. (See "Body" rule above.) No rotary engines, superchargers, or Turbo’s allowed. The engine must have a working starter and a stock type ignition No MSD style ignition boxes allowed. Engine must pull 18 vacuum at 800 rpm.

Alignment: The engine must be in stock location.

Intake: Factory only intakes. Factory fuel injection or throttle body or a Holly 4412 (unmodified) carburetor. As of June 12, 2010: The 17 of you that came to Hilltop Speedway Saturday night (June 12, 2010) know there was a discussion on carburetor adapters and then a vote. Those that where not there, after the discussion it came down to 1 or 2" height. The Amendment to this rule is max height of the carburetor base is no more than 2" above top of intake manifold. That includes all adapters, spacers, and gaskets.

Fuel: Gasoline fuels only, no alcohol or other fuels allowed.

Headers: Stock headers with verifiable part number stamped on them are allowed. No aftermarket headers permitted. Stock cast iron exhaust manifolds only.

Condition and Appearance: All trucks must be in good operational condition, presentable in appearance and in general safe condition. All trucks are subject to judgment of the inspection officials. No wings or tunnels of any type permitted under the truck.

Number Appearance: Car numbers shall be 2 or 3 digits, and must be a minimum of 18” high on the car doors and roof or rear deck. Do not use reflective colors. Do not spray paint numbers on. Duplicate numbers are not permitted. Drivers are responsible for making sure that the numbers are legible for score keeping. Drivers will maintain ownership of numbers from the previous year. New racers must check with Circle Track Mini Trucks for availability of desired number.

Driver Safety: All drivers must wear an approved (one or two piece) fire suit that is in good condition; an approved full-face helmet; and racing approved fire resistant gloves. Head and neck restraints are required (HANS device, Hutchens Device, or horse collar type are approved. Shoes are highly recommended. A driver’s side window net is required. A minimum of one (1) 2 lb. fully charged, properly mounted and easily accessible (by the driver) fire extinguisher is required.

Electronics: No radios or other communication devices are permitted. No “in-cockpit driver controlled” electronic devices of any kind allowed. Also no computer controlled devices of any kind permitted. Factory electronics are permitted.

Passengers: No one shall be allowed to ride on or in the car as a passenger on the track at any time.

Traction Control:

1. Use of any type of “traction control” is absolutely forbidden in any event. In other words, any device, controlled by mechanical, electrical, and/or computer is considered “traction control". No cockpit or driver controlled ignition timing or fuel delivery devices.
2. Circle Track Mini-Truck officials may inspect any car they suspect could be benefitting from the use of traction control devices at any time. Driver/crew of car called to be inspected are expected to cooperate (in a sportsman-like manner) with inspector(s); and may be required to jack up car, remove wheels, panels/covers, and install jack stands to make safe the inspection process. Failure to cooperate with inspectors will be considered an indictment of guilt on the competitors part, and competitor will be found in violation of this rule. No exceptions. No follow up inspection for this violation.
3. Circle Track Mini-Trucks maintains the right to confiscate any part/s they suspect as traction control from any car, at any time, for as long as it would be necessary to determine if said part(s) is or is not classified as an illegal traction control device. If device is found to be legal, device will be returned as soon as practicable to owner. If part(s) are found to be illegal, said part(s) will be sacrificed to Circle Track Mini-Trucks.
4. Any Circle Track Mini-Trucks competitor (driver) on whose car illegal part(s) were found shall be found in violation of stated rules and will sacrifice any points accumulated to date that season and shall not be eligible for any point fund and/or contingency money/awards possibly due that season.

Claims: This claimer class has been changed. For a fee of $750.00, the engine only may be "claimed". Claim form must be filled out and given to the pit shack along with the cash for the engine prior to the start of the feature event for this class. The claimant must pay for the pulling of the engine, plus tow services to get the truck the engine came out of on the trailer for transport. Engine to be claimed will be notified after the trucks have pulled into the pit area. Engine parts NOT included in the "claim" will be the starter, water pump, power steering pump, pulleys, transmission, alternator, flywheel, clutch, and wiring harness. (After checking with several junk yards, it was found that these items are not included on any "junkyard" motor, therefore would cause extra hardship to work on replacing these items.) DRIVERS ONLY may make a claim. One claim per night. Claims must be made at pit shack, in cash, prior to start of feature event for that class. Any driver wishing to make a claim must have taken the checkered flag in the feature and be on the same lap as the leader. Claims may not be withdrawn once features begin.

Refusal of a "claim" will result in that driver being barred for one year from date of refusal from racing in any Circle Track Mini Truck events and loss of all points for the year. Any refusal also forfeits any monies and points earned that night.

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