Demolition Derby

Monday, July 30, 2023, 7:00 pm
Back 'em Up and Hit 'em Again!

The Demolition Derby has become a community wide fun family event. Children and adults pack the backfield of the Fairgrounds to cheer for their favorite driver. The crowd's adrenaline is pumping as much as the drivers as we all watch the cars smash, bash, burst and blow! You never know who will make it out of each round or who will be the final hero of the night during the last round. This year will be Warren County Fair's biggest year yet!

Want to enter? Demo entry fee: $50 (Includes driver and ONE pit person) Don't miss the show!
You can be in the pits for a $10 pit pass.

It's time to get SMASHED!!!!

"EACH DRIVER AND MECHANICS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO READ THE RULES FOR THEIR BEST INTEREST”.

Classes for 2023 Fair:
Gut & Go
Full Size Motor Swap
Compact Truck SUV & VAN
10K Compact Limited Weld

RULES AND OBLIGATIONS

The Warren County Fair Motor Sports Demolition Derby is promoted as an unusual spectator attraction. In the interest of safety, Drivers and Mechanics are subject to, and must obey, the following rules and regulations which are set up by the promoter and the track where this event is being held:

Each driver must fill out an entry blank. All drivers must supply their own cars, only one entry per person per class. Proof of ownership may be required on each car entered.

All drivers and/or pit persons 16 or 17 years of age must have a notarized release signed by his or her parent or guardian. No one under 16 years of age can drive or be in the area.

The track or promoter reserves the right to approve or reject any and all entries.

All persons must sign the release sheet and receive a pit pass to be permitted in the pit area or on the track. Drivers only to receive free pit pass upon registration of a car on day of the show. All other pit passes are $10 each unless noted.

No drinking of alcoholic beverages on track, emergency vehicle area or in the pit area. Any driver or pit person under the influence of alcohol or drugs will be immediately disqualified and removed from the grounds.

Any driver or crew member disobeying the rules will cause his or her car to be disqualified. Unsportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated and will be grounds for disqualification and barring from future derbies. Drivers are responsible for the actions of their crew members.

Contestants of the Warren County Fair Motor Sports Demolition Derby are not employees of Warren County Fair Motor Sports Demolition Derby. Warren County Fair Motor Sports Demolition Derby will not be responsible for any damage caused by driver’s negligence on the track or in the pit area. “Drivers and pit personnel are responsible for any damage caused by their negligence on the track or in the pit area”.

The Promoter, track owner or Fair Association will not be held responsible for any cars, parts or personal property before, during and after the show or overnight.

Car and Driver must sign in at registration desk at least one hour prior to show time or a $10.00 fine will be imposed for late arrivals.

Management of the Warren County Fair Demolition Derby

The rules and / or regulations set forth herein are designed to provide for the orderly conduct of racing events and to establish minimum acceptable requirements for such events. These rules shall govern the condition of all events, and by participating in these events, all participants are deemed to have complied with these rules. NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF SAFETY SHALL RESULT FROM PUBLICATIONS OF OR COMPLIANCE WITH THESE RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS. They are intended as a guide for the conduct of the sport and are in no way a guarantee against injury or death to a participant, spectator or official.

The race director will be empowered to permit reasonable and appropriate deviation from any of the specifications herein or impose any further restrictions that is in his/her opinion does not alter the minimum acceptable requirements. No expressed or implied warranty of safety shall result from such alteration of specifications. Any interpretation or deviation of these rules is left to the discretion of the officials. Their decision is final.

SAFETY RULES

You must have a full face helmet, DOT approved.
You must have a working seat belt.
You must wear long pants, no shorts.

DRIVING RULES

You must make contact every 60 seconds. You must give not receive.
Do not hit the driver’s door.
Sandbaggers will be disqualified.
Red Flags mean STOP, someone is hurt or there is a fire. PAY ATTENTION.
The last car to make a hit will be deemed the winner. Official’s decision is final.

Monday Night Demo Derby Rules

Gut & Go Compact Rules

4 & 6 CYl

*This is stock build with NO modifications. Anything that not listed in the rules below I wouldn’t recommend doing.

GENERAL

FRONT WHEEL DRIVE CARS ONLY
Wheelbase MAX is 110.5”
All Drivers MUST attend Drivers Meeting
Drivers ONLY allowed in the inspection
CARS THAT HAVE FAILED TECH ON THE FIRST TRY WILL ONLY GET ONE MORE CHANCE TO PASS ON TECH!!! IF YOU FAIL A SECOND TIME YOU WILL NOT RUN AND MONEY WILL NOT BE REFOUNDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All cars MUST be completely strip/ gutted of all plastic and glass and interior, also must be vacuum cleaned don’t want broken glass inside
All Cars must have a roof sign
Must have working brakes at all times or the car DOESN’T Compete
Safety – DOT or Snell helmet , Must wear EYE protection, Pants and Long sleeves. If helmet comes off during the event you will be DISQUALIFIED!!!!!!
You will have two times threw tech if on your second attempt you did not meet satisfaction to what the inspectors wanted you will be loaded and no refund will be issued ( as our job of inspections we will make sure it is clear and understandable of what we want done so there shouldn’t be any questions or miss understanding)
We will be teching cars Friday 4-8 pm and tech Saturday morning at 8am
All cars must be threw first round inspection by 2:00 pm no exceptions

Inspection will close at 3:00 no exceptions ( so if you plan to weld a lot then and go over the rules be sure you plan to tech early be responsible)

Cars that pass Friday night will be impounded until 8 am Saturday after they are released they will go straight to the line up ( if you fail to do so you will be required to go through tech all over)
Drivers only in tech no one else is allowed ( we will give you a piece of paper with everything written down for you to take back with you to show your crew) must have paper with you for re tech
After your heat if you make it to finals or consi you will be allowed 9 wire only to fix your cars only thing that can be welded back on is your bumper if it falls off
All rules are to the interpretation to the officials ( if unsure of a rules call or text to get clarification so you understand what we want)
All judge’s decision are final

ALL OFFICAILS DECISIONS ARE FINALLY

THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO RECHECK YOUR CAR AT ANY TIME THEY FIND SOMETHING ADD OR REWELDED AFTER THE INSPECTIONS YOU WILL BE ASK TO LOAD UP A LEAVE WITH NO REFUND OF THE EVENT

ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION

Any 4cyl or 6cyl engine.. NO PROTECTORS
Motor and Transmission mounts MUST be stock!!!!! Must run factory mounts that came with that year and make car
Radiator must remain in stock location….. you may choose to either ran one, loop lines, or no radiator…… No water barrels

BUMPERS

MUST BE FACTORY OEM BUMPER THAT CAME ON THE MAKE AND MODLE YOU ARE RUNNING
NO WELDING OF ANYKIND

FRAMES

REMAINS STOCK
NO WELDING THE K FRAMES TO THE BODY
NO Seam Welding
PRE RUN CARS CAN NOT HAVE ANY FIXA PLATES!!!
Body mount Must remain Stock
No Pinning, Plating or Pinching
Rear Frames maybe be notched or dimpled

SUSPENSION

OEM suspension parts NO reinforcing or adding. NO AFTERMARKET
ALL CARS MUST HAVE BOUNCE FRONT AND REAR

CAGES

Four point cage with halo bar is recommended but

NOT mandatory

MUST have a bar be hide the Driver seat
MUST have ONE FRONT Window bar, cable, or nine wire
MAX width of cage bars are 4”x4” or 2”x6” door bars can not extend back more than 8” on front door seam
MUST be 5” from fire wall and floor
24” Gas Tank Protector…… IT MAY TOUCH SPEAKER DECK BUT CAN NOT BE WELDED OR BOLTED
NO down legs or kickers
If you run a bolt in cage and it has down legs to bolt to the floor you must have a 1 inch gap between the floor and the leg
Back Window bar MAX 2”x2” mounted by 3” on roof and 3” on trunk lid

BODY

Drivers door May be welded with 4 pieces of 3”x3” door strapping
All other doors are to be chained or nine wired max 6 places
Trunk must be nine wire or chain max 6 places
Hood can be fasten down in 6 spots with chain, nine wire
Hood MUST have a 12”x12” hole
ONE BATTERY can be used Must be located inside the car

Gas tanks or Fuel cells inside the car MUST have two clamps on all fuel lines from the tank and Fuel pump
You may run stock tank under the car but MUST be in front of rear axle and MUST HAVE A METAL SKID PLATE ADD TO IT

Gas tanks or Fuel cells inside the car MUST have two clamps on all fuel lines from the tank and Fuel pump

TIRES & WHEELS

Front tires – ANY TIRE on STOCK WHEELS
Rear tires – Can run Solid fork lift or donuts
NO STUDDED TIRES
NO CENTERS added, or BEADLOCKS OR LIP PROTECORS
ALL WHEEL WEIGHTS MUCH BE REMOVED

Contact for rules and questions - Reese Alley (540) 514-7194 if no answer please leave voice message or text message with rule or question concerns.

2023 Full Size Motor Swap

MOTOR SWAP CLASS RULE UPDATE
YOU WILL BE ALLOWED A LOWER CRADLE ONLY NO PULLEY PROCTOR
AND YOU CAN USE A SLIDER DRIVE SHAFT

General rules/ car preparations

Any year car permitted except for the following no Chrysler imperials (full framers or subframes and no you can not put a imp sub under other Chrysler’s products ) hearse,limos will be permitted to run
Cars Must be complete stripped clean no trim interior or any other flammable materials must be removed prior to the show
All glass must be removed and swept clean
Original full tanks must be removed and placed in back seat area
All batteries must be moved in the drivers compartment ( 2 battery maximum)
Car must have a seat belt and working brakes at all times
You will have two times threw tech if on your second attempt you did not meet satisfaction to what the inspectors wanted you will be loaded and no refund will be issued ( as our job of inspections we will make sure it is clear and understandable of what we want done so there shouldn’t be any questions or miss understanding)
Drivers only in tech no one else is allowed ( we will give you a piece of paper with everything written down for you to take back with you to show your crew) must have paper with you for re tech
All rules are to the interpretation to the officials ( if unsure of a rules call or text to get clarification so you understand what we want)
All judge’s decision are final

Frames

Frames must be 100 percent stock absolutely no welding anywhere will be permitted unless otherwise stated
Frames must remain factory length no shortening of front or rear
No seam welding even where factory missed
If car is pre ran you are allowed 4- 4x4” ¼” square plates (2 per rail)
No plates on fresh cars
No tilting cold bending or any kind of frame work
You may notch or dimple cars in one location in the rear
Sway bar must be 100% factory mounts
03 and newer ford Mercurys and Lincoln's must run the factory aluminum cradle see engine mounting rules for motor details (motor/trans rule number 5)

Bumpers

Any factory bumpers may be loaded and seam welded
I understand bumpers are hard to find and expensive so i will be allowing a smith metal works or similar or may use 4x4x1/4 tube must remain flat tube no points are allowed
Bumpers may be welded on with a ⅜ bead of weld if welding bumper on you must remove bumper shock completely and frame must remain factory length abuse this and you will not run)
You will be allowed a 6x6 plate welded to end of the frame to make a flat welding surface must be between bumper and frame
Bumpers must be welded to end of the frame and may not be slid over frame rails
If you decide to keep your shock you may collapse the shock and weld around the collapse part but no welding shock to the frame it must be as factory intended
No switching bumper shock mounts must be factory to the car you are running
Must run bracket in factory location no moving brackets

Body

No body modifications must be stock( of course you must still strip it) unless otherwise stated
No changing of body mounts must remain factory zero modifications
Driver door and driver door only may be welded solid, all other doors May be wired chained or welded one of the three if wired or chained 8 spots per door can not be wrapped around the frame. if welded May have 3-3x3 ⅛ in plates per door
Rear quarters must remain factory height
Trunks must remain factory and above rain channels may do a simple tuck but may not be attached to the floor in anyway may weld,wire,and chain trunk if welded must be done with 6 plates total 3x5x ¼ max if wired or chained may do 8 spots total sheet metal to sheet metal only
Hoods must have a minimum 12x12 hole in it for fires
Hoods may be secured one of the following options option 1 may wire or chain in 8 spots total sheet metal to sheet metal only option 2 may weld angle to hood and fender in 6 spots 2x2 angle max with one ⅜ bolt max with a standard ⅜ bolt
No chain or wire may go to frame or bumper
You are allowed to crease your car but quarters must remain factory height no folding of the quarters over
You may have a front window bar 2x2 max or 3in wide plate can only be mounted 6 inches on roof firewall may not touch roll bar
In the rear window you may run 1 double strand of 9 wire from roof to speaker deck or may use ⅜ chain may only be bolted all links must be free floating

Cage

A 4 point cage and halo bar is highly recommend but is optional
Cage cannot be in the doors
your dash bar must be 5 in off the firewall and 5 in off the trans tunnel your rear seat bar may not be any farther back then where the rear kick panel meets the floor (where the front of the back seat would be located)
May have a center bar must be 5in off all parts of the floor sheet metal
NO DOWN BARS will be allowed no not even the ones that only weld to the sheet metal
Hallo bars are allowed must be straight up and down and connect to rear seat or side bars it may not be connected to the roof
If your gas tank is not mounted to the floor you may build a gas tank holder coming off back seat bar but may not be attached and must have a gap between gas tank holder and sheet metal
You can have guessests in corners of the cage; you cannot run bars from your halo to the gas tank protector.

Suspension

No aftermarket or modified spindles allowed must be a factory car spindle
No aftermarket hubs must be oem you may turn the factory rotor down only
No aftermarket ball joints oem only
No aftermarket or modified tie rods must remain factory
You may lock front suspension by welding a 2x2 ¼ strap to front side of a arm one plate per upper a arm only
Nothing can be welded from lower a arm to frame
Strut or spring spacers will be allowed
Steering column may be changed to an aftermarket
May run any factory appering 5 lug rear no axle savers or any type of brace may weld trailing on brackets to make fit in other models but must be done as factory attend ( example ford 9in in a crown vic)
pinion breaks allowed
All control arms must be stock
May length or shorten control arms but can only overlap 2 inches
If running a watts conversion must be done as factory intended upper mounts must be two pieces and bolt to package tray only no welding and must be 3inches from frame rail under inside of hump lower bracket must be no bigger than 3x3x ¼
Coils may be wired to rear end only
Factory leaf springs only can not altair in anyway may use 6 aftermarket clamps (3 per side ) 3in long 2in wide and 5/16 bolt max
No coil to leaf conversions
You may set your rear height by chaining it down chains can not be welded and can only wrap around frame in one location on each side max ⅜ chain
Nothing can be ran from frame rail to frame rail
No all thread shocks must be factory shocks
03 and newer fords,mercurys,and lincolns must use the factory rack and pinion oem only no truck racks and no hydro steering
03 and newer may run 80 ford spindles only all other suspension parts must remain the OEM part that come with the 03 and newer ford,mercury,lincolns. also must run the factory tie rods.
May run aftermarket steering column

Tires

Any tire may be used must be no bigger than 16 inches
Must use a factory rim
No bead protectors no lip protectors no full centers no valve stem protectors
You will be allowed a small multi lug center (7in)

Motor/trans

May run any motor and transmission combination
Motor mounts must have some type rubber bushing can be aftermarket
May have two engine chains one on each side of the motor may only weld to engine crossmember or side rails only one link may be weld all others must be free floating ⅜ chain max
No distributor protectors transmission braces coil pack protectors no mid plates no protectors in general
No lower cradles
03 and newers Engine Mounting rule you may use a cradle like grey area or budde cradle or you can grab your own. Still must use a stock style rubber mount. The cradles are allowed to attach with one bolt through each aluminum tower, no other attachment points and must remain ½ inch off the side rail. Repair plates may not be used to tie cradles into the rails ( no smw or catskill 03 mounts in this class) call for any questions
Stock transmission cases only no aftermarket bells or tails oem only
Transmission cross members must be factory to car and mounted in factory location with a oem mount no chains allowed trans
Trans coolers are permitted but must be mounted in drivers compartment and must use appropriate lines ( hydraulic hoses are highly recommended)
You may run aftermarket shifter
Any metal fuel cells permitted or boat tanks if its a plastic tank it must be in some type of metal structure (we all have families that need us this rule is the most important and will be enforced no matter the outcome )
Headers will be allowed

2023 Compact Truck, Suv, and Van