Saturday, April 27, 2024

Nitro Sprint

THIS CLASS IS CURRENTLY DORMANT OR DISCONTINUED.

Body

 Sprint car style body with a minimum 4 post rollcage. Must have scale appearing cage, hood, side panels, nerf bars, and bumpers. Exhaust headers must appear on both sides of car in “engine area” and be made of round stock or molded polycarbonate. Rear cage side panels may be used but can not extend beyond cage frame. Must have appropriate openings on both sides of cage in driver compartment, forward portion of side panels can be no taller than highest point of hood, no solid side panels. Maximum front bumper width is 4″. No lexan or any other material may be mounted to nerf bars or bumpers that may assist as an aero device. All electronics, radio gear, fuel tanks must be positioned inside the cage side frames.

Maximum Length: 18.000″
Maximum width of hood: 3.600″
Maximum cage width at driver halo, down tubes, and top frame rail: 3.600″
Minimum vertical gap from top of hood to front cage crossbar: .750″
Wing minimum height at leading edge: 5.000″ from bottom of chassis

6 x 6 Roof Wing
Center section and side panels must be made from at least 3 separate pieces of polycarbonate, carbon or aluminum material. All corners and edges must be rounded and free of sharp edges. Main and Front wings must be mounted so that they are centered on cage, no offset wings. Wing center sections must have all 4 corners set at 90 degree angles, no canted or angled panels. Wings must also be mounted level from side to side. Center section of wing may not extend beyond leading or trailing edge of side panels. Side panels must have braces that hold side panel rigid at 90 degrees to center section during race conditions. Two braces are required from top of the center foil to the left sideboard and one brace is permitted below the center foil to the right side board. Braces can be a maximum of .750″ wide and front edge of front brace must be no more than 1.5” back from side panel leading edge. Side Panels may have front, back, top and bottom turnouts of no more than .375″ and are included in max dimension. Flat foil center sections will be allowed a .250” turndown at the leading edge. The 7 x 7 rubber tire wing will not be allowed regardless of the tires used.

See 6 x 6 Wing Diagram
Front Wing
Maximum top surface area is 4″ x 2″ with max side panels of 3″ long and 1.5 ” high, max of 1″ above horizontal wing surface. See 6 x 6 Wing Diagram.

Motor
Any .12 or unmodified RTR .15 sized engine (no .18) Factory built tuned pipes. No carbon fiber pipes. No stinger modifications. Max fuel tank size is 75cc.

NO CARBON FIBER FLYWHEELS. A FLYWHEEL MUST BE FROM A MAJOR REPUTABLE MANUFACTURER THAT IS UNALTERED. WHEN IN DOUBT, SHOW YOUR FLYWHEEL TO THE TECH DIRECTOR.

Chassis
Wheel Base
Between 9.5″ and 11.5″
(determined where outside of tires touch the surface of the track)
Maximum width is 10.25″

Minimum Weight
56 oz. (3.5 lbs.)

Tires
2.0 to 2.2 rubber street treaded or foam tires
All foam tires must be wiped clean of any traction compound before setting the vehicle down on the track or pit lane. Tires will not be allowed to leave tracks on the racing surface or pit lane. One warning will be issued before disqualification for the day.
No mini pins or ribbed tires