OFFICIAL TF-07 Drags Classes & Rules

[seadoo650]

This year at TF-07 there will be classes set up as most of you allready know. There will be three seperate classes.

1.Youth class.
2.General class
3.Open/Unlimited class.

Below is a complete set of detailed rules so you will know how to set your bike up for the class you choose to run in.

Youth class
-We all know pretty much what this class consists of.....For the kids.

General class rules.
-Trikes only.
-Exhaust must be ran in the way the manufacturer of your machine designed it. (aftermarket pipes are allowed if ran in this manor)
-The frame of your machine must be to factory spec.
-The engine on your machine must be what the factory installed on it. (any mods such as cam, long rod, boring, bigger carb, spacers, etc. o.k.) (cool heads and other oaftermarket heads o.k.)
-Big bores or overbores allowed as long as the jug is the stock original installed by the manufacturer. (OEM)
-The swingarm of your machine must be no longer than 4 inches over stock. (with or without extensions).
-Your machine must run on pump gas with a max rating of 98 octane. (additives such as 104+ and like o.k.) (no race fuel)(turbo blue and cam 2 allowed. No oxygenated fuels)
-No bolts or studs permitted in tires.
-You MAY run wheelie bars.
-No hybrids or conversions.



Open/Unlimited class rules.
-Trikes only.
-Drag pipes or any custom exhaust O.K.
-Hybrids and conversions O.K.
-Wheelie bars O.K.
-Race fuel, alcahol and Nitrous Oxide O.K.
-Tires may be studded by any device which was intended for atv use. (no custom set-up due to safety concerns)
-Basically, if it has two wheels in the rear and one tire centered in the front you can compete.

General class to run single eliminations with top 4 riders going into finals with double elims. First place winner trophy, second and third place plaques.

Open/Unlimited class ran with double eliminations. First place trophy, second and third place plaques.

We will run a youth class between the end of the elims and the finals.

Please feel free to ask any questions. All suggestions may be taken into consideration but negative ones will be ignored.

Since this is the first year for classing the drag races, remember this is a start. Class structure may be taken further in future drags but for now lets take it as we can get it.

[dizasterzrfun69]

General class rules.

-Exhaust must be ran in the way the manufacturer of your machine designed it. (aftermarket pipes are allowed if ran in this manor)
--Big bores allowed as long as the jug is original.
-Your machine must run on pump gas with a max rating of 98 octane. (additives such as 104+ and like o.k.) (no race fuel)

-exhaust- what does that mean about the exhaust? just inframe?

- big bores - So this means you cant run an esr cylinder/jug?

-racegas- so you can "make" your own race gas but you cant run some thats already 110?

[dizasterzrfun69]

according to the tf07 brochure you can run big bores and 110 octane in the general class. so we are changing rules now?

[Billy Golightly]

-exhaust- what does that mean about the exhaust? just inframe?

- big bores - So this means you cant run an esr cylinder/jug?

-racegas- so you can "make" your own race gas but you cant run some thats already 110?

I'm not Rick so this is only an opinion, but from what I understand as long as it fits the frame like a stock exhaust system your ok for the general class. If you've got the skills and have the time to cut and reweld an out frame pipe to hug the frame and run back around and hook up to a silencer by the grab bar you can do that too...but it has to be routed similar to stock. Things like Raffa's 490 pipe would not work in the general class either.

Whatever you an fit inside the OEM cylinder and cases you can use. If you go away from the oem cylinder (ie, pro-x, sabertooth, pilot, polaris, cr, blah blah) then you automaticly get booted to the open class.

[SYKO]

what about hondaline cyls and mugen cyls (lol, like any of them will show up)??

[dizasterzrfun69]

what about hondaline cyls and mugen cyls (lol, like any of them will show up)??

i might build up my 84 300r

i also plan on running my esr310 in the general class. its original, not OEM but it is an ORIGINAL esr kit

[Billy Golightly]

Nein. You can't run a CR cylinder on a 250r, and you can't run a YZ cylinder on a Tri-Z either. Stock type cylinders only.

[dizasterzrfun69]

well these are the "official rules" and it does not say it has to be OEM jug. it says original, it in no way says orignal engine manufacturer. it does about the frame, swinger, the way the exhaust is run, and the bottom end of the engine but not the top end.

[Billy Golightly]

I've been wrong before but I'm only posting as I understood it when I asked a similar question earlier.

[erectordale]

Ok guys let's settle this If stock means oem I will run in the stock class with my 500 then also in the mod class with the same machine and 15 mins parts swap

[dizasterzrfun69]

well it just kinda pisses me off. YOU (billy) sent me a link in my PM's to the tf07 brochure. I look at it, see the "rules" for general class and go from there. Now i have a drag bike im parting out (that definately is not fast enough for open class) so i have parts for my 85 resto so i can drag the dam thing and have a chance at staying in the races for awhile. Now here i am trying to alter my rides so i can race and then some people think they have to change the rules again. I just wish we could get some crap straight before we start posting "official rules".

what if i didnt read this thread and all i had was the tf07 brochure with THOSE rules on it, then i get to tf07 and i cant race in the class i built a bike for? Am i not allowed to race then? why cant i race? I read the rules and built my bike accordingly. i just dont get it.

[dizasterzrfun69]

yea i know if you got what it takes then you got it and if you dont then you dont. my point is that we originally had 2 classes, rules for 2 classes, and lots of people who could only afford to race in one class. if we are going to keep changing things then lets just sell the trophys on ebay and the tf07 drag races will be one class, top 10 or 15 make it to finals and winner gets BRAGGING rights only. i dont want everyone to thing i want to win a trophy and thats it.

i just want to go and have fun. You all know it would make you feel awesome to be a top competitor in the drags even if it was all atc70's. a 310R vs cr500, kx500, or tiger 500 is like entering a donkey in the kentucky derby

[Billy Golightly]

The brochure was delivered before these rules were even thought of, thats not my fault. The exact details are still being worked out and once they are I will UPDATE the brochure. Yes it was put out there un finished because I felt it was really getting to the point where we needed at least something, only 5 months away and have nothing. Would you rather have built a trike and go to haspin and been told on the spot you have to run in the open class, or find out 5 months a head of time? I realize this is an inconvenience but it could be a lot worse.

[erectordale]

OK guys before I get any more money involved open class means as long as its 3 wheels it ok

[Billy Golightly]

The only rule I've heard of for the open class is, no home made traction devices for tires. Strictly for safety. Koldcutters and ice screws OK, bolts, and pieces of angle iron bolted on for diy paddle tires are a no go. Again, I do not make the rules but this is how I understand it.