Mini Van & SUV
Mini Van/SUV Rules
Any 1980’s & newer mini vans or suv FRONT WHEEL DRIVE ONLY. No hearses
General Rules
1. Read all rules carefully and follow them! Any questions message the WICKED page. There will be no stretching or bending of any rules or you will not run
2. You must pass inspection within 3 times through or you will not be permitted to run.
3. A 12“ x 12“ roof sign is recommended. It cannot strengthen the car in anyway.
4. Cars must be stock unless modifications are stated in the rules. Cars must have
working brakes at all times on at least one axle.
5. A helmet, seat belt, and eye protection must be worn at all times on the track.
6. If it doesn’t say you can do it, don’t do it.
7. Any controversies or protests must be brought up during the drivers meeting. We have
the right to reinspect, cut, or drill any car at any time. If you are caught breaking the rules
you will forfeit all winnings and/or prizes you are due. If you stretch a rule, you will lose
that rule.
8. All airbags, glass, plastic, and interior must be removed before arriving to the event.
9. Any aftermarket parts must be approved. Parts that are not approved before the derby are not
permitted to run.
10. No painting of the frames, inside of the body of the car, or underneath of the car and
inside of the trunk. This includes overspray. If found with paint within those areas, the
car will not even be inspected.
11. All trailer hitches and braces must be removed.
12. Batteries must be moved to the passenger front floorboard. They must be properly
secured and covered. Battery box may not strengthen the vehicle in anyway.
13. Patching and rust repair will be permitted only if cleared by an official.
14. Officials’ decisions are final! All cars are subjected to re-inspection at any time.
15. If the car is found to have plate on the frame or body that the rules do not allow the car
will not be permitted to run. There will be no option to fix this problem.
16. If you hammer/shape/weld on the frame in any manner not covered in the rules you will not be
able to run. There is no fixing this.
17. You have 60 seconds to make an aggressive hit. After 60 seconds that vehicle is disqualified. That
is 1-minute total. An aggressive hit is solely at the discretion of the officials
18. You are not permitted to hit anyone in the driver’s door. If you do, you are disqualified. If
you use your driver’s door to take advantage of this rule, the car that hit you is not
disqualified.
19. You may not get out of your car for any reason during the heat until you are out.
20. You are only permitted to have 1 fire in your car. This will result in a disqualification.
21. No sandbagging, teaming, or holding. Any of these will result in a disqualification. You
can not pin to win.
22. You must strap your helmet. If your helmet falls off during the derby because you did not
strap it, you are out!
BUILD
1. Must be 100% stock! No cross breeding of the entire drive. It must be the same make as
the car (Ex: Chevy to Chevy, Ford to Ford, etc.) and must appear to be the factory engine
to the car. Headers are permitted. Solid motor mounts are ok they must not strengthen the vehicle in any way.
2. No homemade cross members are permitted. Cross members must be stock and bolted in,
not welded.
3. The doors may be welded 5” on 5” off. Drivers door may be welded solid and you may have a door plate that doesn’t extend more than 3” past each seam.
4. The hatch may be welded 5”on 5” off or you may 9 wire it in 8 spots. Two of these may go
around the bumper and/or the frame. You are not required to have a hatch/or
tailgate. The hatch must be in the stock location. No tucking, wedging, pre bending, smashing, folding, or anything else you can think of is permitted.
5. Hoods may be wired or chained in 8 spots. You may use 5/16” chain or two strands of #9
wire per hole. You may also use (6) 2”x2”x4” pieces of angle with no bigger then a 1/2” bolt. There must be a 12" hole in the hood in case of fire. You must remove the hood latch. Hoods must be open for inspection.
6. Any tires are permitted. Doubled tires are permitted. No foam filled tires are permitted.
Valve stem protectors are permitted. You may also have a 1” lip protector.
7. You must relocate the fuel tank to the rear floor of the vehicle. If this is done you must use a fuel cell or boat tank. If you relocate the fuel tank you have 2 options:
a. You can have a gas tank holder no bigger than 32” x 32” and it must be 6” away from sheet metal.
b. If no back bar is present, you are permitted to have a 32” x 32” x 12” gas tank
structure no thicker than 1/4” and it must be bolted to sheet metal only.
8. No stock fuel tanks inside of the car is permitted.
You can have a 4 point cage that must be no bigger than 6” x 6” x 1/4". The door bars
can’t be any longer than 60”. You are permitted a 6”x6”x1/4” per post to mount your door bars.
You may have a rollover bar but it must run straight across and can only be welded to the top side of the rear seat bar. You are permitted a gas tank holder off the back bar that can be no wider than 32”” and must be 6” away from all sheet metal. You may have (2) gussets one per side going from the tank protector to the halo. These may be no bigger than 2” x 2”You may also reinforce the driver’s door as 9. For safety all vehicles may have 1 windshield bar extending from the roof/halo bar of the car to the
top side of the dash bar using 2”x2”. Nothing can go past the front edge of the dashbar.
No firewall components can be welded to the dash bar.
9. The windshield may be left in the car or you can remove the windshield.
10. Creasing on the body from the back doors back is permitted.
11. Stock type springs and shocks are permitted. No solid suspension. Screw in spring risers
are permitted. No wire, chains, or any welding on the rear ends or rear spring pockets.
Cars must bounce and cars must be stock. You are permitted an aftermarket lower control
arm but it must be from an auto parts store. No welded control arms are permitted. You
must have a factory sway bar and it must be bolted on (No exceptions).
12. You must use the factory rear end for the car you are running.
13. You may hardnose your bumper. You can’t go any farther back than the top front edge of the core support. You can not move or alter the core support in any way.
14. Any car bumper is permitted They must be bolted and welded on in the factory location. You can use 4” x 4” box tubing that is 1/4” thick as a bumper that is no more than 5 feet long with no point. The ends of the bumper must be capped. If the vehicle has no shocks, the bumper may be welded directly to the frame with no metal added. On the back side of the bumper where the shock mounts you may use a 1/4” x 6” x 6” piece of flat metal to create a flat mounting. Replica bumper are permitted. If making you own bumper you may not have an excessive point. Rear bumper may be replaced with a piece of tubing no bigger then 4”x4”x1/4” tubing. Same mounting rules apply
You may have (1) 4”x4”x1/4” plate per side. This must be the side facing out.
15. If the car has a wiring harness in front of the core support, you may move it behind the
core support. Simplified harness’s or carb swaps are permitted.
16. All body bolts must be factory stock. No altering is permitted.
17. You are permitted a detachable steering wheel but must use the factory steering column.
18. After market shifters are permitted anything else must be approved.
FIX IT PLATES
1. All fresh cars are permitted four 4”x4”x1/4” square fix it plates. All pre-ran cars are
permitted six 4”x4”x1/4” square fix it plates. Once plates are put on, they may not be cut
off and moved. There must be a 1” gap between the welds of these plates.
2. All fresh cars and pre run get (4) spots or 9 wire body to frame no attachers they also get (4) spots body to body no attachers.