I wish I had joined sooner and this may have helped more, but maybe it will help for next year............
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2007 VILLA GROVE AG DAYS
3rd ANNUAL
DEMOLITION DERBY
**SATURDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2007
**3:00PM @ RICHMOND SPORTS COMPLEX IN VILLA GROVE, IL.
**LARGE CAR, COMPACT CAR, TRUCKS
ADMISSION: $5.00 PER PERSON
TAILGATE PARKING: $10.00 PER VEHICLE
PIT PASSES: $20.00 PER PERSON
DERBY PARTICIPANT INFORMATION:
PRIZES: LARGE CAR – WINNER $1,000 CASH AND TROPHY
2ND $250 CASH AND TROPHY
3RD $100 CASH AND TROPHY
HEAT WINNERS: $35 CASH
COMPACT CAR - $500 CASH AND TROPHY
TRUCKS - $250 CASH AND TROPHY
CAR ENTRY FEES:
$35 FOR LARGE CARS
$30 FOR COMPACT CARS
$30 FOR TRUCKS
***FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT***
TRAVIS & BETSY ORWICK @ 217-832-2193
KEVIN CRUZAN @ 217-832-3333
BY EMAIL AT
vgdemoderby@yahoo.com
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VILLA GROVE AG DAYS DEMOLITION DERBY RULES
**Must be 18 years old to drive (16 w/ signed parental waiver).
**All Participants (drivers and pit crew members) must sign an insurance waiver.
**Derby starts promptly at 3:00pm.
**Tech inspections will begin at 10:00am in designated location.
**All cars must be trailered to and from the event. NO vehicles will be allowed to be left on grounds at conclusion of event. (MUST BE REMOVED BY PARTICIPANTS)
**No alcohol or drugs permitted in pit area. Any person under the influence in the pit area will be escorted out.
**Street vehicles only. Four-wheel drive, commercial and van type vehicles, ambulances, hearses, limos and Chrysler Imperials or Imperial frames are not allowed.
**Radiators must remain in stock position. Fans may be removed. Transmission coolers optional.
**NO engine coolers.
**All hoods will be opened for inspection.
**Stock gas tank must be removed and replaced with a tank inside the car with a six-gallon maximum.
**GAS TANK INSIDE THE CAR MUST BE TIGHTLY SECURED & PROTECTED WITH A FIREWALL.
**Batteries must be moved inside the driver’s compartment & must be secured & covered.
**All air-conditioning compressors must be removed.
**No pressurized fuel.
**Any tire must not exceed 16.5”.
**Driver’s and passenger’s doors may be welded solid. All other doors may be welded with a 6” weld, then a 3” gap (NOT SOLID). Tailgates on wagons must be wired or bolted, no welds.
**Tailgates on trucks may be welded 6” with 3” gap (NOT SOLID).
**Car bumpers may be placed on trucks.
**Hood, truck & tailgates may be fastened with 6, ¾” bolts, or 6 places with #9 wire. Must be outboard of the radiator. Must either use bolts or wire, not a combination of the two. Cannot go through the frame. Additional wire may be used but must be from sheet metal to sheet metal.
**Body bolts can be replaced with up to ¾” bolts, 5” X 5” washers. Seam welding is allowed. Leaf spring conversions are allowed, eight springs maximum.
**Four point cages are allowed. NO kicker bars forward or backward from cage allowed. Vertical bars must go straight down. Cage not to exceed 6” behind seat. Driver must have working seatbelts & use them. NO bars outside of the car. Cage highly recommended.
**NO planting or reinforcing of any part of the frame or core support. NO painting or undercoating of frame.
**Cars without headers through the hood must have 8” holes on each side of the carburetor.
**An on-site separate tech crew is responsible for car inspection per VG Ag Days rules. Tech supervisor will make the final decision about eligibility. Drivers have until 3:00pm to make necessary adjustments in order to qualify.
**All cars will be inspected off the trailer in designated area with the driver of the car and officials only. CAR MUST BE CHECKID IN ATLEAST 2 HOURS BEFORE START TIME.
**MUST make contact every 60 seconds. (NO SANDBAGGING).
**No car can run in the final that hasn’t qualified from the heats.
**If it is not in the rules & is questionable, call and ask. Don’t be sent away because you did not know.
**These rules will be strictly adhered to & no refunds will be made to participants in violation thereof.
**ALL RULES FROM THE LARGE CAR DERBY WILL APPLY IN ADDITION TO THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL RULES FOR THE SMALL CAR DERBY:
**Cars must be 4 to 6 cylinders and the original factory wheelbase must not exceed 106”.
**The entry fees will be awarded as, winner takes all or split between the last two cars running.
*****All protests must be made prior to the feature. There will be a $50.00 non-returnable protest fee.*****