there will be 6 classes, 4cyl flathead street cars, v8 flathead street cars, 4cyl street cars with power adder (overhead conversion and or blower), v8 street car with power adder, and two full race classes one for flathead 4cyl and the other flathead v8's anything goes in the full race classes- overhead conversions, blowers, alternative fuels,, etc. . street cars all must represent a car that is or could be registered for the street, removal of windshield, headlights, fenders, etc. is ok. full race classes will include all non street cars including dragsters, sprinters, tanks, lakesters, center steer roadsters, cars with more than 25% engine setback, etc. (if we get enough entries in the full race classes to separate into a separate “power adder” class we will make additional classes)
All applicants must email rpmnationals@gmail.com . Please provide us some info outlining all major components and photos of the cars front, back, both sides, engine and drivers compartment.
all race participants must be current SCTA members, if not in an SCTA club there will be a new SCTA associate member option to join ( or if you are in so-cal we highly recommend you search out your local SCTA and join to support land speed racing even more )
Upon approval racers must sign and return their release form (at tech inspection)
all race vehicles must pass a tech inspection including but not limited to
seat belt
safety hubs / drum retainers on all keyed rear ends
no excess play in steering
brakes in good working condition
battery securely held down
fire extinguisher within drivers reach
firewall sealed (small holes for linkage/pedals are ok)
clamps on all rubber fuel lines
2 throttle return springs
exhaust angled away from driver and track
tires in good shape
gas cap securely mounted
hubcaps removed or secured
all lug nuts present
cotter pins in steering/axles/spindles
radiator catch can
water only in cooling system
no leaks
roll bars required for open cars capable of running 13.49 or faster in a 1/4 mile
drivers are required to wear helmets, pants, and closed toe shoes.
In addition goggles or well fitting safety or sun glasses are recommended to keep dust out of your eyes if not using a full face helmet
Car appearance: to make things fair to our event sponsors, who help to make the race happen, no shop or product names on cars without our pre approval
this is a flag start race, you will be directed to pull up, then gestured to stop at the line, the starter will point the flag at the driver in each lane to get the “ok are you ready?” Head nod, at that point the car can’t move until the flag is dropped. The starter will raise the flag and pause, could be a split second or several seconds, it’s up to you (the driver) to watch the flag and be sure you don’t move until the flag drop.
We will post a planned race day schedule soon, but plan on an early start to the day to beat the heat. during eliminations we will have a finish line judge to make the call on who won, if you win head down the return road and make the turn back into the staging lanes, if you lost take the return road back to the pits, but don’t worry if you want to get more racing in we always end up with an hour or so of time left after eliminations to do some more grudge racing.
after eliminations we will take the time to get all the winners cars together on the start line for trophies/prizes/photo opps.