Valve Cover Racing at the AACA Museum Car Show

Valve Cover Racing
Test-n-Tune all day, Race @ 4PM  
RULES

VALVE COVERS: 

• No propulsion mechanisms or moving weights.
• Covers must have four wheels with non-metallic surface contacting the track. 
•  Wheels can be attached to the cover in any manner and can not extend past front of valve cover.
• Covers shall be actual valve or side (flat heads) cover from an automobile engine.
• Appearance alterations encouraged

SPECIFICATIONS:

• 30 inch maximum length.
• 15 inch maximum width.
• 10 inch maximum height.
• 10 pounds maximum.
• Lowest valve cover surface ¾” or more above track surface

RACE PROCESS
Track is two lanes. A valve cover is started with their front wheels on the start line rail in each lane. Start line rail for both lanes is dropped at the same time. Both covers coast to finish line. The winner is the first cover to have its front wheels cross the finish line

A heat consists of one valve cover in each lane racing to finish line. Valve covers swap lanes and run again, constituting one heat. The same two valve covers run heats until one wins the most.   The winning valve cover will advance to the next heat.  Heats will continue until all valve covers are eliminated except one.

CLASSES 
 Young Speedster:  Ages up to 18
  Wild Speedster :  Ages 19 to 50
 Tired speedster:  Age 51 up  
 
ENTRY FEE (Payable day of event at race track)
(Includes Test-n-Tune all day and Race run offs at 4:00PM)
 
$1 Young Speedster:  w/adult Wild or Tired Speedster “Sponsor”
$10 Wild Speedster:
$10 Tired Speedster:
 
INFO/PHOTOS: Tom Ehrhart     TT@tigertoms.net    717-832-1116

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