Oakes Demolition Derby

02/13/2023

Oakes Demolition Derby Rules 2023
June 11th 2023

General Rules
1. Cars must be in tech line by 11:30, or you will NOT run.
2. Must have valid driver’s license. Parents must sign for underage drivers.
3. Must wear a full-face helmet, jeans, and a fire jacket is recommended.
4. Cars MUST have working brakes upon entering the arena and must have a seatbelt.
5. Factory gas tanks must be removed, batteries must be removed from engine compartment and moved to the passenger seat area of the car. Absolutely NO ratchet straps to hold battery or gas tank in place.
6. All flammable material, glass, and trim must be removed from the INSIDE and OUTSIDE of the car, you will not run if your doors are filled with glass.
7. A $75 entry fee will be submitted prior to inspection. This fee includes ONE pit person. Pit passes are $20.
8. You are allowed one fire, if deemed safe by judges you may continue. Second fire, you are disqualified.
9. One-minute contact rule.
10. No hot rodding in the pits. Any questions/concerns must be taken up at the drivers meeting!
11. Absolutely no alcohol consumption in the pits during the derby, you will be asked to leave.

02/13/2023

Stock-Compact Class

1. Factory 4 and 6 cylinder cars only. 108” wheelbase for rear-wheel drive. 112” for front wheel drive vehicles.
2. No engine cradles allowed. No full frame cars. Airbags must be removed.
3. Stock compact bumpers only, you may weld and bolt the bumper to the shock or frame, we do not want them falling off!!
4. All steering and suspension must remain factory for that year, make, and model of car.
5. DOT tires only. Valve stem protectors are allowed. May have tire flaps.
6. You must have a behind the seat bar, dash bar, and a door bar on each side connecting the dash and seat bar. Max size of 4-inch material. Door bars not to exceed 6 inches behind the rear front door seam. This is a standard 4-point cage, do not get excessive with the cage or you will cut it out.
7. You may run a carb set-up on an EFI motor.
8. Batteries and gas tanks must be mounted in the passenger compartment. Batteries must be bolted to the floor in a battery box or mounted to the cage. Gas tanks must be a well-made fuel cell or a boat tank bolted to the floor or mounted off of the back of the cage. All fuel lines must be run INSIDE of the car from the tank to the engine in a safe manner or you will not run, this is for YOUR safety!! Absolutely no plastic tanks or factory tanks allowed inside the passenger compartment. You must REMOVE the factory gas tank from under the car.
9. May use 6 locations of log chain per door or 3 4x4x1/8” plate per vertical seam on the doors.
10. Hoods must have a minimum of 4 attachment points, 6 maximum, they must be sheet metal to sheet metal. Log chain or #9 wire allowed for attachment points.
11. Must have 12x12 inch hole cut in hood for fires.
12. Trunks must be in the factory location with 4 attachment points of log chain or 4x4x1/8” plate.
13. A front window bar is required. May be a single bar or an “A” or “H” pattern. Must be bolted or welded to roof and the fire wall.
14. The only body shaping allowed is on the trunk, you may canoe the trunk 4 inches and beat the quarter panels in. Speaker deck must remain in its factory position.
15. This is a STOCK gut and go class. Just because something is not clearly outlined in the rules, does not mean you can do it.
16. Absolutely no other welding or modifications allowed in this class besides what is outlined in the rules.
17. If caught cheating or decide to not fix your car to pass tech, you will be loaded and we will keep your entry fee.
18. Please call or text for any questions.
19. Call for fixing pre-ran cars.

Austin- 701-710-0855

02/13/2023

2023 Truck Rules
1. ANY full size ½, ¾, or 1 ton LT Truck, SUV, Suburban or van may compete. No compact truck, foreign truck, or passenger cars allowed. 4x4’s may compete with the front drive shaft removed. No converting pickups with no front leaf springs to pickups with front leaf springs.
2. BUMPERS can be factory car bumper. You may reinforce bumpers on the inside of the bumper. All support must be inside. The bumper chrome must remain the stock shape, but you may have metal put inside for reinforcement. You may trim bumper ends or fold them around. Welding the bumper skins (chrome to inner liner) is allowed. No welding bumper to the body in any fashion! Bumper height not to exceed 28” to the bottom of the bumper to the ground and must be a minimum of 16” from the ground to the bottom of the bumper or the frame whichever is lower. You may manufacture a homemade bumper it must conform to the following size limits. It can be no larger than 6”x6”. The point must taper over an area of at least 32” Overall, the bumper cannot exceed 10” wide at the tip of the point. The point may only extend out 4” from the flat part of the bumper. The bumper must be completely in front of the frame rails. No part of the bumper may extend back past the front most part of the frame rails. All trucks must have bumper on front and rear.
• Brackets: Bumper can be welded to the shock and shock to the frame. Any automotive bumper shock or one 12” long x 6” wide x 1/4” thick plate per frame to mount the bumper. The plate or shock may not exceed 12” long and must be welded to the bumper. Bumper shock may be inside the frame or on the outside of the frame (not on the top or bottom). Plates may be contoured
• Straps: Two 3” wide ¼ “thick straps may be welded vertically from rear bumper to tailgate, weld 5” on bumper and 5” on tailgate. Two 3” wide ¼ “thick 8” long straps may be welded horizontally on front and rear bumpers. Rear bumper welded from bottom of tailgate to the the bumper. Front bumper welded from bumper to radiator support. Front and rear bumper may have wire in 4 locations, 4 strands from front bumper to radiator support and rear bumper to tailgate. Bumper brackets and bumper may be welded solid. Bumpers must be stock height, all models may raise front to level with rear, but if it looks too high it will have to be lowered or not run per judge’s discretion.
3. Cage and Body: Doors can be welded 5” on 5” off, with maximum material size of 3” wide x ¼” thick flat strap, with the exception of the driver door, it can be welded solid. You may skin the driver’s door if you wish. Must be the same shape as the door and stick no further than 2 inches forward or back of the vertical door seam. No c-channel, I-Beam, or cutting edges allowed. Dash bar, seat bar, door bars on both sides with rollover bar are required. Halo bar can be welded to the top of frame straight down, cannot kick towards the rear and must be bolted to the roof with (6) - ½ bolts. Seat bar cannot be more than 6” behind the seat. All cage material must be 6” diameter or less. May have two additional down bars to the top of the frame, these must be 3” or smaller and must remain inside of the cab and be completely vertical, between the front door seams. You must have a windshield bar, it cannot extend any further than 4 inches past the window seams, may be attached to sheet metal only. Gas tank protectors may be free floating off of the seat bar or may be securely bolted to the floor in the box or in the back seat area. You may not attach It to the floor AND the cage. May only be 24 inches wide and cannot attach to the added body bolts in box. Fuel cell must be mounted in the center of the box directly behind the cab, or in the back seat area. You may make it floating off of the cage inside of the cab/box.
4. CAB AND BOX MOUNTS may be removed. Body bolts may be replaced with a minimum of 5/8 “bolt and a maximum of 1” bolts. Box can have (6) bolts to the frame with 4” x 4” x ¼” washer to secure box to frame. The bolts must be welded to the outside of the frame and must be vertical. No running pins horizontally down the frame. No pinning of the frame. No other body mount changing allowed other than where specified.
• Washers ¼“ thick 4”x 4” Washer to hold cab and box to frame may not touch each other must be separate plates. You can also bolt cab to box with (6) - ½” bolts and maximum of 4” x 4” x 1/4” washers.
5. ENGINE and transmission: of choice may be used. Motor mounts may be welded or chained if it is not reinforcing the frame. For engine you must run rubber mounts. You are allowed a lower cradle with a front plate. You are allowed a piece of steel in between headers. No other protectors allowed. Firewall can be cut for clearance. Transmissions are allowed steel bell or ultra-bell but it must not attach to anything besides transmission and engine. You are allowed 2”x2”x1/4” cross member. Must run straight across with ½” hole drilled in it. You are allowed 2”x2”x1/4” angle iron 5” long to mount cross member. Transmission may be bolted or chained. Must remove factory crossmember is 2x2 used.
6. Crossmember: If running a truck that did not have factory engine cradle you may weld one in. This may be done in one of the following ways: a. You may weld in a factory pickup cradle from a pickup legal to run in your class. b. Car/van engine crossmembers are not allowed, except for what is listed below:
i. (ALLOWED – 80’s style FoMoCo & 80’s style metric GM engine crossmembers) –When welding these in, they cannot wrap around the frame in any way. (NOT ALLOWED – No Mopar engine crossmembers, sub-frames, k-members, etc. & everything else not listed above) You may build an engine crossmember using up to 5” x 5" material. If choosing this route, you may cap 6” of the frame with 1/4” flat steel and weld the tubing to it. Your fabricated crossmember must be centered in the 6” plate and use up to 2” x 2” material to connect the two sides together in one spot below the engine. You can have (2) - 2” wide x 1/4” thick straps from head straight down to the engine crossmember (not frame). You can be welded a maximum of 2” to the engine crossmember.
7. FENDERS front and rear may be rolled and bolted with no added metal. FRAME may not be reinforced, and no filling in holes in frame.
8. HOOD must remain in factory position. The front two hood bolts must go through the front radiator support mount and frame with no spacer, all other hood bolts must be welded to body only. Hood must be bolted or chained in a minimum of 4 locations and a maximum of 6 locations. A 4”x4” ¼” thick washer must be used on top of hood bolts, to keep bolts from pulling through. The bolts must be minimum of 5/8” or maximum of 1”, (bolts must not be directly in front of the radiator), or minimum of 4 chains 3/8” thick. There must be one 12” hole cut in hood for fires and the tin may be bolted or welded around each hole. No bolts may be welded to firewall.
9. RADIATOR must remain in stock position. Radiator blow by tubes must be secured and remain pointing down at all times. No extra cooling allowed for radiators. Original or electric fans okay and ratchet straps may be used to secure radiator. Cooling fans must be covered by hood or removed. Air conditioning condenser may be welded to front of radiator support. No radi barrels or roof barrels.
10. REAR END and front end must not be larger than 1-ton LT truck. All suspension must remain stock to the make and model of pickup, in the stock configuration, and have bounce. Rear end only may be reinforced. Must mount in factory configuration. No reinforcements on front axle. No switching out front differentials. The rear end may be chained to the humps. 1 chain per side. Rear height is 18” to the bottom of bumper and 20” to bottom of frame. No additional leaf springs. One extra leaf clamp allowed in the front and behind the axle. Leaf clamps can only be 2” wide x 3/8” thick with 2- ½” bolts. Pinion brakes allowed and MUST work.
11. STEERING tie rod ends must be stock, the center section of tie rods may not be reinforced. Steering columns may be welded in and altered to prevent steering loss. All suspension components must remain stock and may not be reinforced. Can weld a-arm with 1-2”x4”x1/8” strap per side to adjust ride height. One inch weld on the a-arm and 1 inch weld on the frame.
12. TAILGATE must be chained, bolted of welded securely to box or removed. Tail gate may also be welded 5” on 5” off with 3” wide by ¼” thick plate. No folding the box sides over. No relocating the tailgate or laying it on the box floor. TIRES any air filled tire. You are allowed full centers and lip guards. You may have tire flaps. No water or other ballast in tires, studded tires, dual tires on rear, split rims, paddle rims, or reinforced rims. All wheel weights must be removed. Only 14” to 16” tires allowed. No bead locks or solid tires.
13. WELDING Cab can be welded to the box with 3” wide ¼” thick strap 5” on 5” off.
Fix it plate there will be no repair at the show. We will allow 2 plates per frame rail which is 4 total. 4”x4”x1/4” plate size. These plates have to be on the outside of the frame. They cannot be manipulated. They can be shaped, but not cut and extended.
14. Aftermarket Parts Steering Column, pedals, slider, lower cradle with front plate, steel bell/ultra-bell, fuel cell, battery box(must be mounted securely in passenger compartment), transmission cooler
Disclaimer to builders and drivers:
IF IT DOES NOT SAY YOU CAN DO IT WITHIN THESE RULES, DO NOT DO IT. ALL CARS FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL WILL NEED TO BE CORRECTED TO PASS OFFICIALS INSPECTION, CARS THAT DO NOT PASS INSPECTION WILL NOT RUN AND HAVE TO BE LOADED.ALL JUDGES DECISIONS ARE FINAL MEANING: IF YOU OR YOUR PIT CREW WANT TO CHOOSE TO ARGUE WITH ANY OF THE JUDGES BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER THE DERBY YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND POSSIBLY ESCORTED OUT OF THE EVENT. THIS IS A FAMILY EVENT AND YOU MUST BE RESPECTFUL AT ALL TIMES. ALL DECISIONS BY OFFICIALS ARE FINAL

02/13/2023

80s and newer derby rules 2023
General Rules: JUST BECAUSE ITS NOT IN THE RULES, DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN DO IT
1. Cars must be IN LINE FOR TECH BY 11:30!!!!!!!! If not in line by 11:30, you will pay a $25 late fee.
2. Must have valid driver’s license. Parents must sign for underage drivers.
3. Must wear a full-face helmet, jeans, and a fire jacket is recommended.
4. Cars MUST have working brakes upon entering the arena and must have a seatbelt.
5. Factory gas tanks must be removed, batteries must be removed from engine compartment and moved to the passenger seat area of the car.
6. All flammable material, glass, and trim must be removed, we don’t want a mess in the arena afterwards.
7. A $75 entry fee will be submitted to judges prior to inspection. This fee includes ONE pit person. Pit passes are $20. No refunds if you do not pass tech!!
8. You are allowed one fire, if deemed safe by judges you may continue. Second fire, you are disqualified.
9. One-minute contact rule.
10. No hot rodding in the pits. Any questions/concerns must be taken up at the drivers meeting!
11. Absolutely no alcohol consumption in the pits during the derby, you will be asked to leave.
80’s and Newer Class
1 77 and newer GM, 79 and newer Chrysler, 79 and newer FOMOCO cars.
2 No SUVS, hearses, pickups, sedagons, ambulances, limos.
3 Metal boat tanks or well-made fuel cells must be used, must be covered.
4 Exhaust must be removed from under-side of vehicle and may exit through the hood.
5 Batteries and gas tanks must be moved into the passenger seat area of the car, must be covered and mounted securely. No ratchet straps.
6 All trailer hitches and braces must be removed.
7 Transmission coolers are allowed, recommended that you cover the lines inside the car.
8 Radiator must be in stock location, no reinforcing of the core support is allowed, no radi-barrels or roof barrels.
9 Any tire will be allowed, must be air filled. 7” centers will be allowed in the rims. No full centers. NO bead protectors. Valve stem protectors ARE allowed.
10 Any stock 5 lug rear end may be used. No bracing allowed. May use a spool or weld to obtain posi traction. Must mount the same as factory for that car. Must use factory control arms with no modifications.
11 Sliders are allowed.
12 Pinion brakes are allowed.
STEERING
1. All steering components must remain stock to that make and model of vehicle. Only modification allowed is a home-made steering column to prevent the loss of steering.
Suspension
1. No altering suspension except where stated. You are allowed 2- 2x4x 1/8” plates per upper a-arm only. One on each side of the a-arm. One 4” side of each plate must be welded to the a-arm. Plates may not be wider than 1” past the widest part of the a-arm.
2. You may use box ford upper a-arms to replace the newer style a-arms on any ford bubble car until 2002. You must use the stock mounts that are welded to the frame of the car. No cutting off and welding old style a-arms mounts to the frame. If you have any questions on how to do this, please call before doing so. All 2003 and newer fords must use ALL of the factory suspension and steering components that came on that car from the factory.
2. May use one chain per hump to go around the rearend and around the frame. May weld one link to the frame rail.
3. No adding leafs, or double coils allowed. No leafing a coil spring car.
Engines
1. Any motor may be used in any car as long it is in stock location. The motor must be rubber mounted only!! No welding lower cradle directly to the frame.
2. Lower Cradles are allowed, may have front plate going to the accessory holes in the heads, no pulley protectors or DPs. No tr**ny braces/protectors/steel tails allowed. May run a steel bell but it can not be used to reinforce the car in any way.
3. Transmission crossmember: must be the factory cross member that came with the car and use the factory mounts, OR you may run a 2x2x1/4 square tube for a cross member. If you have to move the crossmember location, you may use a piece 2x2x1/4 inch angle iron, 4 inches long for a crossmember mount. If you decide to use angle iron, you must remove the factory mount. Crossmember must be mounted like it came from the factory.
CAGE
1. No larger than 6” material may be used, must be 6 inches off of the floor and tunnel.
2. May have a dash bar and a behind the seat bar, may connect them on each side of the vehicle. 62” max door bar length.
3. You are allowed to have one down bar per side to help protect your batteries and feet. This bar must be behind the inside door seam, welded to sheet metal only, and must be vertical. The down bar must be 3x3 square tube or smaller. This bar may not attach to anything other than the floor and the door bar.
4. A halo bar may be used, must be welded to the door bars only, no floor attachment.
5. May have 2 windshield bars and one rear window bar. The front bars may form and “A” or an “H”. They may not extend 3” past the window seam. May not come in contact with the dash bar.
6. You may have a gas tank protector. 24 inches wide, must be 4 inches away from all sheet metal.
FRAME/Bumpers
1. Only Cold-bending of the frame is allowed between the crossmember and the a arms.
2. No extra frame welding, shaping, shortening, pinning, etc allowed. If caught with any frame infractions, you will be LOADED, no refunds. No painted frames.
3. You may cut the front of the frame off flush with the front of the core support body mount. No moving the mount.
4. Any stock car bumper will be allowed. You are allowed to fully seam weld the bumper, and load it. Inserted bumpers are allowed. Manufactured bumpers will be allowed. Max size of 5x5 tubing with a 4-inch point tapered over 32 inches.
5. Factory bumper shocks from the same year, make and model of the car you are running must be used. No extending shocks. You may push shock into frame, weld the shock to the frame, and weld bumper to the shock. You may also weld the bumper shock to outside of the frame rail if you choose to do so. Same rules apply for the rear bumper.
BODY
1. Doors may be changed in six locations per door. The vertical seem between doors counts as one chain for each door, OR you may use two 4x4x1/8” plates per vertical seem. If your car is rusty on the bottom of the doors and is difficult to weld patches, you may use one door patch on top and three chains on the bottom per door. Drivers door may be welded solid.
2. Hoods must have a hole cut for fires, minimum of 12”x12” hole. Hoods may be attached in 4 spots. These 4 spots must be sheet metal to sheet metal except for the core support pins.
3. You may remove the core support body mount and use up to 1” all thread to be welded to the frame to secure the hood. Core support spacer may be made up of 3-inch box tubing or smaller and may not pass through the core support. It may be welded to the frame or the bottom of the core support, not both.
4. If you cut fenders out for tire clearance you may bolt the fender back together with 5- 3/8 bolts with a maximum of a 1-inch diameter washer.
5. Trunks, you may secure in 4 spots with chain or 4x4 plates or 12 3/8 bolts. Lids must be in stock location.
6. All body mounts must remain the same as they were from factory, no removing the metal insert and sucking them down.
7. You may crease fenders and tuck the trunk. You may also canoe the trunk but it must be done cleanly.

Please CALL or TEXT with any questions, concerns. CALL about fixing RUST, or fixing PRE-RAN cars.
4- 4x4x1/8” fix it plates may be used on the frame only. Plates must have a 1-inch gap between the welds on the plates. Must be able to prove it was bent or you will cut plates off.
All questions and concerns must be taken up at the drivers meeting. Austin 701-710-0855

02/13/2023

The Oakes Derby will be held on June 11th, 2023 one mile East of the stop light in Oakes. Derby will start at 1:00.
General admission is $10/adult and $5/ child ages 6-10. Ages 5 and under are free.
Car Registration begins at 9:30 AM and the entry fee is $75 /car. The entry fee gets the driver and one other person into the pits. All other pit passes are $20/person.
There will be flat bed trailers to sit on and some bleachers as well. There will also be a concession stand available as well.

PAYOUTS
80s and newer
1st $1200
2nd $800
3rd $400
4th $200
5th $100
Pickups
1st $700
2nd $300
3rd $100
Compacts
1st $700
2nd $300
3rd $100
There will be a maddog prize that will be given out... voted on by the fire department.
Sponsored by: The Snobusters snowmobile club

02/12/2021

Attention Drivers:
1. There will be a $100 cash drawing for anyone that is in tech by 11:30.
2. There will be a $25 late fee for anyone that shows up after 11:30.

Hope to see everyone on the 13th!

05/02/2020

04/20/2018

Just wanted to add a couple things to the both the compact and 80s and newer rules:

1. If you cut fenders out for tire clearance you may use 5 - 3/8 inch bolts to hold the inner and outer fender together, may use washers with a diameter of 1 inch.
2. If you are welding patches on your door seams and the bottom of the doors are too rusty to weld a patch on, you may use 1 door patch and 3 chains per door instead of 2 patches or 6 chains.