General
Rules:
A.H.P.A. officials reserve the right to
alter these rules before or during the season in order to deal with safety
related issues or to insure the competitive nature of the class.
Any
truck that changes from a lower class to a higher class will have to remain in
that class for the remainder of the pulling year.
They must also provide the necessary safety equipment for that higher
class. Class order is as follows
from low to high: Pure Stock,
This
is an open street legal 4X4 truck class available to currently licensed owners
of gasoline fueled trucks that are legal for highway use.
If your truck is street legal and is built to the rules set forth herein,
you can enter the class. Registration
papers are required to prove that the truck is licensed for street use.
A license plate with a current sticker tag is required to be affixed to
the truck. Registration papers,
license plate, and sticker tag must match.
Where applicable, a current inspection sticker is required.
Trucks may be hauled to the pull.
Weight
class is 6300 lbs. No weight
brackets or hanging weights allowed on front of vehicles.
Weights must be in cargo area only and securely fastened or contained
safely therein. No weights allowed
under the hood or in the wheel wells or in the cab area.
No weights may be suspended under the body/chassis or behind
panels/parts. The driver that is
pulling in the event must be the driver that weighs the truck.
No
dual wheels, studded tires, tire chains or any tire not specifically intended
for street use are permitted. Maximum
tire size for all trucks will be 35x12.50 as stamped.
(Metric conversion of this tire size is 315/70 or 315/75).
All tires must carry a D.O.T. number on the side wall.
D.O.T. number must be easily read from the outside of the tire.
No cut, altered or sharpened tires.
Front
bumpers must be unaltered factory stock. No
weighted front devices are permitted. This
includes but is not limited to: homemade bumpers, brush guards and winches.
Lower brackets only for snow plow frames are permitted so long as there
are no modifications that would add weight are determined.
An unaltered decorative brush guard may be permitted at the discretion of
the head official. A truck is
permitted to compete without a front bumper.
The
hitch point will be from the rear bumper only or from a “reese
type” hitch on a level plane with the point of attachment to the trucks frame
behind the pumpkin cover of the rear end. No
other types of hitches are permitted. Hitch
point may not be more than 26” from ground.
Hitch point must be horizontal – parallel to the ground.
No angled, lever, pivot, axis or other types of “trick” hitches are
allowed and the hitch must be stationary in all directions.
The hook point must be the furthest point to the back of the truck.
Hook point must be past the bed of the truck if there is no bumper, or
past the end of the bumper. Shortening
of the bed in order to shorten the hook point is not permitted.
Each truck driver must supply a twisted clevis.
The hole for the hitching must accommodate a minimum of 3.5 inches
across.
Gasoline
is the only fuel permitted. No
aluminum engine blocks are permitted unless O.E.M.
No open headers will be allowed. Absolutely
no alcohol, nitrous oxide or other oxygen extenders are permitted.
Turbo-Blue and Cam-2 are permitted.
Headers are approved but all exhaust must run through a muffler system.
No superchargers or turbochargers permitted.
Swaps between manufacturers are not permitted.
No
solid suspensions are permitted. Suspension
must have a minimum of two inches of downward movement at all times.
No blocks are allowed between axle housing and truck frame.
That would restrict the necessary two inches of movement.
Lift kits are acceptable. Must
use an O.E.M. stock style suspension for the make of the vehicle.
Truck
must be stock in appearance. Bed
floor, inner and outer skins must be of O.E.M. or O.E.M. replacement material.
Design modifications to reduce weight are not permitted.
The wheelbase may not be changed from original manufacturer.
Wooden or metal flatbeds are permitted as long as the bed is built to
specifications similar or heavier to factory built flatbeds.
Transmission,
transfer case, and front & rear differentials must be O.E.M. and available
in one ton (or smaller) pick-up trucks.
Driver’s
window must be rolled completely up while competing.
Drivers are urged to wear a seatbelt or shoulder harness.
Drivers must wear a motorsport type helmet
when hooked to the sled. Passengers
are not permitted in the truck at any time either in the pits or on the track.
Additional
safety equipment may be required to ensure safety and for the betterment of the
sport. Any truck that has increased
horsepower or torque modifications may be required to have drive shaft loops,
u-joint shields, blow proof bell housing, or blankets at the discretion of the
head tech official for that class.
Memberships
are not required in order to enter and participate.
A current and valid 2009 membership with AHPA is required in order to
collect points.