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O 2008 General and Safety Rules for the Kentucky Outlaw Truck and Tractor Pullers Association Entry Procedures
1. Pullers will draw for pulling position in all classes. 2. Entry fee $ 20.00 per pull. 3. Must be a K.O.T.T.P.A. member to pull. If not a member you may join at the track. Fees are as follows $100.00 if you join before April 1st, $125.00 after April 1st. A one time hook fee will be offered to non members for $50.00 plus entry fee. If a puller hooks at a second event, the balance of $75.00 will be due plus entry fee and they will become a member. 4. Promoter may add anything after the event is over. 5. Only full paid members that have made 25% of pulls will have voting rights. 6. Pullers must sign in to receive 6 hook points if the pull is rained out.
Operation of contest
1. There will be a 300 foot to 310 foot track for all classes if premises will allow (all classes will have the same full pull distance). No floating finish on 1st round. 2. All pullers will start with a tight chain. No jerking allowed. A 3 minute time limit to hook to sled after you have been called. 3. First puller in each class before the sled is official is a test pull. Driver has option of keeping pull or turning it down, must tell tech official before leaving track. First official hook can come back anywhere. If not an official hook pullers must go to the end of the line. 4. Pullers will be given 2 consecutive attempts to move sled if the front of the sled doesn’t pass 75 ft mark. If you break on 1st attempt you can drop 5 places and come back for 2nd attempt (only if you break, determined by tech official) you have 3 minutes to make adjustments between the 2 attempts if your not broke. 5. Vehicles are to remain in boundaries (inside of chalk line is boundaries) of track sled doesn’t matter. If you go out of bounds before 75 ft. you have second attempt. After you pass full pull mark there are no boundaries. In case of floating finish boundary lines must be marked. 6. Driver may drop 5 places due to mechanical problems. Tech official must confirm that vehicle is not able to run before allowed to drop. 7 In the event of a malfunction (sled, etc.) puller has the option of pulling right then or dropping 5 places. 8. Under green flag if puller loses any weights or safety equipment they will be disqualified. 9. Driver is to weigh with vehicle. Top 4 vehicles may be required to reweigh 20lb tolerance allowed. 10. Any vehicle judged unsafe by tech official will be prohibited from pulling at event. 11. Tech official has the right to visual inspect vehicle at any time this includes popping of hood and inside driver’s compartment. Driver must be present and it must be a safety issue. 12. In the event of a tie in top 4 places there will be a pull off, from 5th place on down points will be added together and split between two that are tied. 13. In a pull off situation the pull off will run on same order as class was run. 1 attempt only, no dropping for mechanical problems. 14. No weight tolerance must weigh whatever the class limit is or under. 15. Scales weight variance – Call class meeting to see if they want to adjust the scales according to there weight. 16. Must be at pull with truck and pay entry fee to receive hook points. If you break you will still receive hook points. 17. Points 1st = 20pts, 2nd = 19 pts, 3rd = 18 pts, 4th = 17 pts, 5th = 16 pts, 6th = 15pts, 7th = 14 pts, 8th = 13 pts, 9th = 12 pts, 10th = 11 pts, 11th = 10 pts, 12th = 09 pts, 13th = 08 pts, 14th = 07 pts., 15th on down receives 6 hook points. 18. If you make all pulls scheduled you will receive 10 bonus pts. 19. At end of the year points winners will receive 40, 30, 20, 10 % paybacks out of the points fund.
General & Safety Rules
1. All vehicles must have working brakes 2. If bed has been cut out it must be covered. 3. Vehicles must have blow proof bell housing or blanket for sanction classes. 4. All vehicles must have steel block saver plate and SFI approved flywheel. 5. Working fire extinguishers mandatory. 6. Kill switches mandatory. 7. Harmonic balancer must be shielded if not SFI approved. 8. When being hooked driver needs hands in air to signify vehicle in neutral. Also watch starting flagman until given signal to proceed. 9. All drive shafts must have 2 loops, 2pc shafts must have 4 loops. No chains or cables to be used for loops. U-joints must be covered on top and both sides. 10. All vehicles to be operated in a safe manner. 11. All vehicles must have neutral safety switch and light in cab and on back to show that truck is out of gear or in park while being hooked and unhooked. 12. Helmets must be worn while pulling. Fire suit will be at the driver’s disgression. 13. One fuel speck for all classes, only a 7 point difference from fuel specks. 14. Check trucks before or at first pull for Tech safety card compliance.
Protest and Protest Procedure 1. Protest must be in writing (on an official protest form provided by KOTTPA) and given to tech official within 10 minutes after class is over, all items being checked must be listed. 2. Protestor must be in same class. 3. Protest fee must accompany protest paper. 4. 20 lb weight tolerance for reweighing if protested. 5. Anyone causing trouble during protest will be disqualified, either party, or could possibly be taken before board and membership terminated. 6. Engine protest, $300.00 cubic inch check. Tech official has choice of which head to pull Formula - .7854 x stroke x bore x bore x number of cylinders. Complete engine protest is from carburetor to oil pan. 7. Protest whole vehicle $500.00 complete engine tear down check anything on vehicle. 8. Nitrous protest $150.00 this is for checking in necessary places includes pulling intake if desired. 9. Cam protest $150.00. 10. A pump check $100.00. If found illegal puller has option of pulling head at pullers expense. If found legal, puller will get protest fee. 11. Transmission protest $75.00. 12. Visual protest $75.00 complete measurement. Any visual protest consists of checking hitches, wheelbase, length, check carburetor, (may require removal and removal of bowls) wheel width, and anything-concerning weights. 13. Protest to check for raised runners or welded up heads to pull header off $25.00. Check intake runners on heads $75.00, or $100.00 for both. 14. If vehicle is found illegal truck shall lose ½ accumulated points and not pull for 2 consecutive pulls after being found illegal. If found illegal a second time will be banned from pulling for 1 year from that date. 15. Protested is responsible for tearing vehicle down. 16. Tech official if needed reserves the right to delay decision for 3 business days if needed. The truck can run until decision comes back. All proceeds and points will be held until decision is made. 17. The ones present for a tear down is Tech official, Protestor, Protestee and one helper for protestee. Both parties may have representative present. 18. If you deny the protest you are the same as being illegal. 19. Class rules over ride these rules other than safety issues.This page was last updated on 01/13/2008 |