Posting mower rules
Mowers
1. Mower must be a factory available mower. Lawn or garden mower. No Home Made Frames!
2. No rear engine lawn mowers are allowed.
3. Engine must be factory mower engine such as briggs and stratton, Onan, Tecumseh, etc.
4. All frame modifications and frame reinforcing will be allowed.
5. Transaxles must be factory available mower transaxles but any reinforcing and/or welding of spider gears in permitted.
6. Engine bay reinforcing is permitted but must be contained inside the hood of hood and must maintain factory body lines.
7. All mowers must run factory hood and fenders. Have the hood screwed down or welded down to dash panel around drivers area. if hood is fiverglass you can make one out of sheet metal only but must be the same size as the fiberglass one.
8. Mowers must have good brakes, forward and reverse gears at the start of the heat.
9. Gas tank must be secured down and have a cap on it. Any gas at all leaking, you will be asked to shut it down.
10. Leg gaurds are mandatory and must be bolted and/or welded on from rear fender to front of foot rest or frame. Call if questions.
11. A rear bumper is permitted but is not allowed to extend more than 4" out and it must stay between the tires. No spikes, sharp edges or any pertusions allowed. Bumper can be home made with I/H beam or square tubing.
12. Regearing and changing pulleys to increase speed is permitted and encouraged.
13. Any and all drive train modifications is permitted but must stay belt driven.
14. All mower must use lawn mower type wheels, tractor treads and cut tires will be permitted but no tire chains or dual wheels will be allowed.
15. Mower decks must be removed.
16. All head lights and any other glass and plastic must be removed before you enter the pits.
17. Batteries must be removed from mower and only used to jump start the mower before the heat begins. If a pull star is used driver will not be permitted to restart engine during heat.
18. No front bumpers. You can build up the front of the frame and underneath the grill to hit with. The front of the mower must be a smooth finish for safety reasons.
19. Role over: Driver is out of the heat. Also, if a driver touches the ground with a hand or foot, driver is out of heat.
20. For safety, if a mower does roll over, drivers must stop and wait until that driver up rights his mower and gets off the track.
21. Please put your number on each side of mower or helmet so we can track the winners.
22. All ground rules will be gone over in drivers meeting before the heat.
* Keep in mind when building your mower. Safety 1st for you and the mower you are hitting
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