Boo Bash clean up derby October 29th Springfield TN 7 p.m.

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The Robertson County fair board is having a clean up derby on October 29th at the Robertson County fairgrounds in Springfield TN at 7 p.m. Free parking on the fairgrounds property with paid $10 admission kids 5 and under are free.

The full concession stand will be open so come hungry! We will be having three classes running that night-



80's and newer stock class

Scottsville/Bluegrass rules class

Mini car class



Driver +1 at the pit gate. Inspections will start at 2 p.m.

Rules to be posted on A&C demos facebook page soon so stay posted. I will also post the rules on here as soon as they are available. Address to the fairgrounds-

4635 Highway 41 North

Springfield, TN 37172



For rules questions please contact Eric Adkins at 270-316-8171.

For general information please contact Daniel Pope at 615-405-8631 (text is preferred).

I will post more info about the show as I receive it.

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2016 Mini Car Preparation and Build
Please advise the patch plate rule #24 for this event!!
1. Wheelbase must not exceed 102” for RWD cars and 108” for FWD uni-body cars only. NO EXCEPTIONS.
2. No shortening “snubbing” of frames- front or back. No moving of axles to shorten wheel base.
3. Must be powered by four or six cylinder engines. NO V8s.
4. NO LEAFING MINI CARS- ex. (No adding of extra leafs to existing leafs. No coil to leaf spring conversions). No four-wheel drive vehicles.
5. NO HUMP PLATES
6. Stock gas tank MUST be removed. Gas tanks must be relocated behind driver’s seat, securely fastened and covered. Any visible leaking fuel will result in automatic disqualification. All plastic tanks must be in a steel enclosure. However, it cannot be bolted to strengthen the car.
7. All glass, chrome molding, hood latches, gas tanks, and rear seats must be removed before cars arrive at the fairgrounds.
8. Stock type hood must be used. Hoods must be open for inspection-and cannot be bent down in front of radiator. Hoods can be secured in 6 places with 2” by 2” x ¼ angle (NO longer than 6” with 3/8th bolts) or #9 wire in 6 places. You may use 1” all thread only in core support with 3” max spacer, but this will count as 2 of your 6 places! The factory rubber bushing between the sub-frame and frame must remain using the 1” all thread.
9. THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT MUST BE IN WORKING ORDER.
10. Radiators must stay in original location and can be wired on all four corners. You may run electric fan. Factory condensers only and they may be wired in, not welded.
11. Batteries must be moved to the passenger’s side floor board. The battery box cannot strengthen the car in any way. NO more than 2 batteries
12. No welding on frames or seams. This will be checked. No plated frames.
13. Cutting the ends off bumpers and fenders for clearance is permitted.
14. All cars must sit level within 5” with no car sitting lowers than 16” from the bottom of the bumpers or higher than 21” from the bottom of the bumpers.
15. Sunroofs must be covered, no exceptions.
16. CAGE or DRIVERS DOOR BAR IS MANDATORY!!! A welded 4-point cage can be put around driver’s compartment. It has to be no bigger than 4” x 6” inches and can be welded to car but not excessively. The front bar has to be 5” from the firewall and tunnel. Back cage bar no further back than 12”s past driver/passenger door posts. NO KICKERS AT ALL OF ANY KIND (OUTER, INNER, DOWN, OR UP)! Roll over bars are mandatory! Roll over bar must be straight up and down. Gas tank can sit on or in a steel protector coming off the back cage bar but not touch any sheet metal. Must be “floating”. Gas tank proctors size cannot exceed more than 2” in length or width of standard fuel cell/gas tank. Standard Size fuel cell measurements are: 12" long x 10" wide so add 2”s to each and that will be recommended size. NO EXCESSIVE PROTECTOR!!
17. Motor swaps and rear end swaps are allowed. Slip shafts are allowed.
18. No protectors at all.
19. You can use aftermarket steering column, after market tie rods. Front sway bar cannot be welded.
20. Transmission coolers or oil coolers are allowed. No transmission protectors at all.
21. Any year factory bumpers which can be welded are allowed. Loaded factory bumpers or homemade (McCollum/DEC type) bumpers are allowed, but no extreme pointed bumpers, you will either cut the extreme point off or grind it down. Homemade bumper shocks are allowed and cannot exceed 12” in length and must be inside frame. Bumper shocks will be measured from back of bumper where the shocks are mounted/bolted/welded! No added bolts through bumper shock and frame! If the bumper shocks came factory mounted on the outside of frame, you can leave the factory shock bolted and it cannot be welded to side of the frame. If you chose to run the factory mounted shock on outside of frame; bumper can only be welded to the mounting plate of stock shock and the mounting plate welded to the front of frame. You cannot substitute factory mounted outside stock shock for tubing!
22. Doors and trunk seams can be welded solid using no bigger than 3" strapping by 1/8th inch thick material. No re-enforcing body panels. Trunk must have open 12” hole to see inside. Body creasing and pre-bending is allowed. No wedge cars, quarter panels must remain up. 1 window bar is allowed from top of roof, not to exceed 6" from back glass and down to trunk but not to exceed 6" from back of speaker deck. Back window bar cannot touch rollover bar. This is for safety only!
23. NO WELDING except bumpers, door/trunk seam and motor mounts.
24. PRE RAN CARS MAY HAVE 4 3”X5”X1/8” PLATES. CAR MUST BE VISIBLY BENT TO USE PLATES. Must have 1/2" gap between the welds of the plates!!
In clarification of the Crush Boxes: you can only cut the crush box off the front of the car (the first 2-3”) and weld the bumper on. Nothing can be cut or welded behind core support. This is to only aid in helping mount bumper to car! You can add a small 2-3” wide strap 5” long (max 1/8”) from top of bumper to top of frame, strap cannot go behind core support!!

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KOTB CLASS (Scottsville, KY KOTB RULES 2016).
Please advise the patch plate rule #31!!

1. All cars must have a cage in order to run! Safety Precaution Only!!
2. Any Year Sedan and 1980 and newer StationWagons. No Imperials, Hearses or sedagons. No 03+ or newer models. No leaf spring cars.
3. All glass, chrome molding, hood latches, gas tanks, and rear seats must be removed before cars arrive at the fairgrounds.
4. Stock type hood must be used. Hoods must be open for inspection. Hoods must be secured in 6 places with 2”by 2”x ¼ angle. NO longer than 6”with 3/8th bolts.
5. THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT MUST BE IN WORKING ORDER.
6. Gas tanks must be relocated behind driver’s seat, securely fastened and covered. Any visible leaking fuel will result in automatic disqualification. All plastic tanks must be in a steel enclosure. However, it cannot be bolted to strengthen the car. Gas tank protectors are allowed no wider than 24”and can touch the back seat area but cannot be connected.
7. Radiators must stay in original location. May be wired on all four corners.
8. You may run electric fan.
9. Batteries must be moved to the passenger’s side floor board. The battery box cannot strengthen the car in anyway. NO more than 2 batteries.
10. No welding on frames or body seams. This will be checked. No plated frames.
11. Cutting the ends off bumpers and fenders for clearance is permitted.
12. All cars must sit level within 5”with no car sitting lower than15”from the bottom of the frame at the last body bolt hole on the rear or higher than 21”from the bottom of the front bumper on the front. NO wedge cars.
13. Sunroofs have to be covered, no exceptions. Any type of fan has to be covered.
14. Factory condensers only. They may be wired in, not welded.
15. A welded 4-point cage can be put around driver’s compartment. It has to be no bigger than 4x6 inches and can be welded to car but not excessively. The front bar has to be 5 inches from the firewall and tunnel. The back cage bar no further back than 12”s past driver/ passenger door posts. You can wire cage to rails in 4 places using #9 wire or 2”ratchet straps.
16. Factory body bolts and bushings must be stock.
17. Motor swaps, rear end swaps, pulley protectors and engine cradles are allowed. NO cradles bigger than ½”.
18. No distributor protectors are allowed at all.
19. You can use aftermarket steering column. After market tierods, front sway bar on can be bolted to lower A-arm, not to be welded to frame.
20. Transmission coolers or oil coolers are allowed. No transmission protectors at all.
21. Front A-Arms can only be bolted down in the center of the A arm by one 9/16 bolt or it can be plug welded in the center only. No adding metal or strapping the A arm down.
22. Any year factory bumpers which can be welded are allowed. No homemade bumpers. Loaded factory bumpers are allowed, 12” bumper shocks inside frame rail 2x2 tubing max for bumper shocks. Back bumper has to be a car factory stock bumper or you will have to cut it off.
23. Slip shaft are allowed with rear end braces but no kicker to rails.
24. Trunk lids can be welded with 10 plates, maximum of 6”long, 1/8th x 3 “thick material with 6”of space between them. Trunk lids can swag but rear quarters to remain standing. Body creasing is allowed. Window bars are allowed from back glass to lower part of speaker deck, not to trunk lid in anyway. This is for safety. It must be a factory car trunk lid and it must have two8 inch holes cut 2 inches from the edge of the trunk and quarter seam for inspection! Car will not be inspected if these holes are not cut prior to inspection.
25. Can pitch front rails by ONLY cutting outside flap and then pulling down and re-welding that flap with one pass of weld.
26. NO WELDING except bumpers and motor mounts.
27. Roll over bars are mandatory. Must be straight up and down.
28. You may use 1”all thread in core support or 1” max tubing in core support. No welding of the tubes down the side of the frame. The factory eye where the all thread is. Core support spacers can only be a maximum of a 5”spacer, this will be strictly enforced! May shorten rails 4”maximumin front of factory eye. Factory eye must remain in factory location.
29. Doors can be welded shut using3”by 1/8”thick material. Weld 6” inches, skip 6”inches.
30. Rear End can be wired or strapped down. All thread thru the rear or front coil springs allowed 1 inch max and this cannot be used as a body bolt. Can use blocks in the springs or rocker arms.
31. PRE RAN CARS MAY HAVE 4 3”X5”X1/4” PLATES. CAR MUST BE VISIBLY BENT TO USE PLATES. Must have 1/2" gap between the welds of the plates!!

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2016 STOCK CAR CLASS (Spring Rules)
Please advise the patch plate rule #33 for this event!!
1. Any 80 & newer full size sedan or wagon car must be striped clean
2. Any motor & trans in any car, motor must be mounted in stock location, no metal added
3. Factory cross member must be used, you may move cross member to accommodate transmission no more than 4 in'' of weld on mounting tabs
4. You may wire or chain transmissions mount (DO NOT GET CREATIVE this is to hold trans to cross member only
5. You may use #9 wire to hold motor in must be to an existing bolt at the a-arm no more than 3 strands of wire
6. You may use shifter of choice, but it cannot be used to strengthen the car in any way
7. A 4 bar cage is allowed no bigger than 4" the cage will consist of dash bar,2 door bars and a rear seat bar, seat bar cannot be further than 6" past B pillar, all cage components must be mounted at least 6" off floor boards.
8. If you choose not to run a 4 bar cage you must have a back seat bar
9. You may have a roll over bar max. size 4" must be mounted to back seat bar or door bars no mounting to floor boards must be straight up and down
10. You may weld drivers door 6 on 6 off with 3x6 plates no thicker than 1/4
11. The drivers door is the only door that can be welded all other doors must be wired or chained in 10 spots max 3 strands of #9 wire or 3/8 chain
12. If you choose not to weld drivers door you must have a door plate mounted on outter skin this plate must be at least 6" wide and no more than 4" of overlap on fender and rear door
13. Factory gas tank must be removed and either a fuel cell or boat tank must be mounted in back seat area, tank must be mounted securely if I can move it you will not run until its fixed, fuel line must be ran inside of car, absolutely no gas tank protectors
14. Battery must be moved to passenger compartment and mounted securely, cannot strengthen car in anyway
15. Factory steering column must be used, you may replace the rag joint and bolt or use a knuckle
16. Factory body bolts must remain in place, no changing body bolts if broke 2 strands #9 wire max
17. All suspension must remain factory; no new ball joints, tie rods etc.
18. OEM rear ends only 5 lug no rear end braces, you may weld spider gears
19. Any factory OEM bumper is allowed, no reinforcing bumpers, you may weld bumpers to shocks, you may also collapse shocks and weld shock tube half way around the tube shock must be mounted in factory bolt location. No hard nosing of bumpers
20. Maximum bumper height to bottom of bumpers 20" car must bounce with ease front and rear
21. Radiator must be mounted in factory location, you may mount radiator in 4 spots, factory condenser may be used mounted in same manner
22. #9 wire in front windshield area is mandatory 3 strands max,#9 wire only in this location
23. Hoods may be secured in 6 spots with #9 wire 3 strands max. you may also run an additional two spots in front thru hood/core support to front bumper
24. Trunk may be secured in 8 spots with #9 wire 3 stands max. with an additional two spots to rear bumper 3 strands max
25. You may notch or dimple rear frame rails, no pre-bending allowed
26. Any 14" or 15" tire allowed no beadlocks or rim protectors
27. Absolutely NO BODY CREASING ALLOWED
28. NO SLIDER SHAFTS
29. NO CRADLES
30. NO TRANSMISSION BRACES
31. NO DISTRIBUTOR PROTECTORS
32. NO PATCHING OF RUST
33. PRE RAN CARS MAY HAVE 2 3”X5”X1/4” PLATES. CAR MUST BE VISIBLY BENT TO USE PLATES. Must have 1/2" gap between the welds of the plates!!
This is a windshield stock class with the intention of a quick build. DO NOT LOOK FOR ANY GREY ARES if car is built outside of rules you will not run!

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Just a little info update for you guys. The trunk or treat will start at 5:30 so have your kids costumes ready. Full service concession stand with many food and drink options will be open so come hungry!

Payouts-
80's stock
1st. $1,000
2nd. $500
3rd. $300
4th. $200

Bluegrass Rules
1st. $1,000
2nd. $500
3rd. $300
4th. $200

Minis
1st. $500
2nd. $300
3rd. $200

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Trophies will be given to 1st-3rd in each class. Along with a T-shirt with the event and what class and place on it for 1st-3rd in each class.
Trunk or treat to start at 5:30, and kids please have your own basket/bag for candy.

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Just a few days away, and the weather for Saturday is looking perfect! Remember that the trunk or treat starts at 5:30 if you have young ones that want to participate you can either come dressed up or dress them up at the fair grounds. We have large clean restrooms, and our concession stand will be open before the show starts.

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Seems I forgot to post the entry fees.

80's stock rules- $40
Bluegrass/Scottsville rules- $40
Minis- $20
Powerwheels- Free age 9 and under. Must have own powerwheel and helmet of some sort.

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It's derby day! I hope everyone can make it out to the show. Drivers I will have a sign on the main hwy that points you in the direction of the pit entrance. Any questions feel free to contact me at the number listed above.

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Just wanted to say a big thank you to all the drivers their crews and families for coming to our first ever clean up show. Without you guys none of this we would be possible! You guys put on one awesome show! I have already got a ton of people telling me it's one of the best shows we've ever had! Also a big thanks to Eric Adkins/A&C DEMOS for the job he did for us at all of our shows this year. Thanks again, and don't forget about our 80's and newer stock show in the spring. Hope to see all that came again in April!