Northeast Wingless Sprint Rules

Northeast Wingless Sprint Rules
updated 2/20/15

CHASSIS SPECIFICATIONS
1. Any commercially produced chassis that is used in modern day sprint car racing. IE, WOO, URC, NERS, PA Posse etc., is permitted.
2. Roof wings and/or nose wings are NOT permitted.
3. Halo bars above the drivers head are highly recommended. All cars will be required to maintain the NJ state required 4 inches of clearance between the top of the seated and strapped driver’s helmet ant the TOP of the roll cage.
4. SFI certified high density roll bar padding at any point where the seated driver’s head is within 2 inches of any roll bar is mandatory.
5. 5 point racing harness with arm restraints are mandatory. Per NJ state law, all harnesses must be SFI certified and be in service no more than two years from the date of manufacture.
6. Aluminum or carbon fiber racing seat securely bolted to the frame in no less than six locations is mandatory. Full containment seats are highly recommended.
7. Steering wheel pad and sprint car style knee protection is mandatory.
8. All cars must have a mandatory master battery shut off switch which immediately kills all electrical functions of the race car mounted inside the cockpit, is well marked and is easily accessible by the driver and any speedway safety personnel.
9. All cars must have a well marked fuel shut off valve also inside the cockpit and easily accessible by the driver and any speedway safety personnel.

SUSPENSION AND DRIVELINE
1. Front suspension shall be conventional straight axle sprint car type with king pins and torsion bars.
2. Rear suspension shall be conventional sprint car, torsion bar rear suspension.
3. Rear axle must be standard sprint car style rear end only. NO MIDGET OR HYBRID STYLE REAR ENDS.
4. Bert sprint car transmission with high and low gear only (no reverse) is mandatory.
5 All cars must be outfitted with an on board starting system and must be able to be electrically started from the driver’s seat. Battery must be completely sealed or non-spillable gel type.
6. Drive shaft must be encased inside an aluminum or steel tube (torque tube)
7. Absolutely no titanium or carbon fiber driveline parts are permitted.

BRAKES
1. All cars must have a good working sprint car style braking system consisting of one rear inboard caliper with four pistons and a steel or aluminum rotor OR two outboard calipers with two pistons and a steel or aluminum rotor only. NO TITANIUM OR CARBON FIBER BRAKE ROTORS ARE PERMITTED.
2. Single or dual front brakes are optional.

SHOCKS
1. Any steel or aluminum, threaded body or smooth body HYDRAULIC shock absorber only. NO GAS CHARGED SHOCKS ARE PERMITTED. SHOCKS MUST BE NON-ADJUSTABLE AND CAN NOT HAVE SCHRADER VALVES.

WHEELS/TIRES
1. Any brand of aluminum sprint car wheels only.
2. Any used sprint car tire will be accepted. All newly purchased tires must be American Racer. Tires may be purchased at NES for convenience.

MISC.
1. Sprint car tail tank with bladder inside and approved vented filler cap is mandatory. Fuel tank must be protected from rear impact by a welded bumper assembly securely attached to the frame in at least four places.
2. Front single rail bumper is required.
3. Side rub rails are required and can stick out no farther than the outside edge of the rear tires.
4. All cars must have an AMB2000 transponder mounted on the front side of the motor plate with a direct view of the ground directly underneath.

ENGINE
1. This class uses a G.M. 602 crate engine ONLY.
2. All engines must remain exactly as produced by General Motors except for the oil pan which must be replaced by Champ oil pan #CP106LTRB, oil pump pickup #20-032, ARP spud for cam #934-0006 and seal for spud #934-0007. This is done to facilitate engine fit into sprint car chassis and to allow for cam driven fuel pump. Exactly as produced by GM includes valve covers, harmonic balancer, timing cover, and intake manifold. Valve springs may be replaced as needed by OEM or aftermarket springs of the same dimensions (diameter, length, pressure, wire diameter.)
3. THESE ENGINES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE NON-REPAIRABLE AND NON REBUILDABLE. ANY ENGINE THAT REQUIRES THE REMOVAL OF ONE OR MORE OF ANY OF THE FACTORY SEAL BOLTS (EXCEPT FOR THE OIL PAN) IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE SERVED IT’S LIFETIME AND NOW JUNK AND MUST BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE. IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO TAMPER WITH THE FACTORY GM OR NES AFTERMARKET SEALS. ANYONE CAUGHT TAMPERING WITH EITHER OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SEALS IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF THE ENGINE SHALL BE STRIPPED OF ALL ACCUMULATED POINTS, HAVE HIS ENGINE CONFISCATED, AND HAVE HIS NES LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE TIME OF THE INFRACTION. NES RESERVES THE RIGHT TO IMPOUND ANY ENGINE AT ANY TIME FOR DYNO TESTING AND/OR TECHNICAL INSPECTION.
4. Engines may be purchased through NES at a discounted price. All engines purchased through NES will have the proper oil pan, pickup, and cam spud installed as well as a secondary set of NES seals installed. Any engine not purchased through NES must be inspected and sealed and have the oil pan and cam spud installed under the direction of NES tech officials. Contact NES tech officials for sealing information.
5. Any racer wishing to visit from a neighboring track, may do so provided that the factory seals are intact and a secondary set of seals from that track are installed.

IGNITION
1. Factory GM HEI ignition ONLY. No ignition amplifier boxes of any kind are permitted. MSD heavy duty distributor cap, rotor, module and coil mounted in stock location are permitted.
2. All cars are required to use an unaltered MSD/DIRT rev limiter box part #87286 with a 6200 rpm chip is required.
3. NO FORM OF ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL TRACTION CONTROL IS PERMITTED. ANYONE CAUGHT USING TRACTION CONTROL WILL BE STRIPPED OF ALL POINTS, FINED NOT LESS THAN $500.00, AND HAVE HIS OR HER NES LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR.

FUEL/FUEL SYSTEM
1. Hilborn Sweet Waterman, cam driven fuel pump mounted in the driver’s compartment is required.
2. One Holley 4 Barrel Carburetor Part 0-80535-1 Must Remain Box Stock. All carburetors are required to pass NES tech gauges. Any carburetor may as a courtesy be checked for legality by NES tech officials at any time. Contact tech officials for information.
3. Maximum one inch spacer plate is permitted.
4. Conventional style round air cleaner only.
5 Pure clear alcohol/methanol fuel only. Absolutely no performance enhancing additives of any kind are permitted. All fuel will be required to pass water and specific gravity tests as well as chemical analysis.

COOLING SYSTEM
1. Any conventional belt driven aluminum or cast iron water pump is permitted.

EXHAUST SYSTEM
1. Schonfield Headers part #1052LV only are mandatory.
2. One unaltered muffler per bank is required.

WEIGHT
1. This car must weigh a minimum of 1575lbs with the driver at the completion of all qualifying races and the feature event.

DISCLAIMER
ALL RULES WRITTEN HEREIN ARE AT THE DISCRETION AND INTERPRITATION OF NES TRACK OFFICIALS. IF YOUR QUESTION IS NOT COVERED HERE, DON’T ASSUME IT’S LEGAL, ASK FIRST. NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT OR DISQUALIFY ANY CAR AT ANY TIME DUE TO RULES INTERPRETATION.