Rules and Regulations

2017 Corn Belt Clash (CBC) Series Procedures, Rules and Guidelines

NOTICE: By entering a Corn Belt Clash event (paying the entry fee), ALL drivers/teams consent to follow ALL rules, regulations and decisions of the series and series' Officials. Drivers/teams also relinquish ALL rights to legal actions against the Corn Belt Clash series and/or its Officials. There will be ABSOLUTELY NO contesting of any tire results deemed proper by the series officials.

1. The Rules and/or Regulations set forth herein do not express or imply warranty of safety, from publication of or compliance with these Rules and/or Regulations. They are intended as a guide for the conduct of the Corn Belt Clash Super Late Models, and are in no way a guarantee against injury to participants.

2. These Rules and/or Regulations apply to all CBC and/or CBC co-sanctioned events.

3.  Corn Belt Clash Series officials have authority over sanctioned events, and in any event of dispute, the Race Director’s decision will be FINAL.

4. All Late Models are subject to be inspected by the (CBC) Technical Inspector at any time during the event.

5. The CBC reserves the right to alter or amend these Rules and/or Regulations in the interests of fair competition and their decision is final.

LICENSE, CONTINGENCY AND POST-SEASON AWARDS:

1. All entrants in CBC events are eligible to receive posted purses and bonuses at the conclusion of a sanctioned event. Only licensed members of the CBC that display the proper contingency decals are eligible to receive certain bonuses and contingency awards at the conclusion of a CBC sanctioned event. Only licensed members of the CBC that participated in the required number of events and display the required contingency decals are eligible to receive point fund awards and contingency awards at the conclusion of the CBC season.

2. There are certain decals that must be carried on the car, in order to earn both points towards the end of season championship and prize money. The series wishes to cause no conflicts with drivers, teams and sponsors but it must be realized that the Corn Belt Clash and major contributors and must be on located on both sides of the car to be eligible for said money and points. Decals are available at the CBC Series trailer prior to the start of every race and are also available in digital form for inclusion in wraps (must be proper size and also in color) from the CBC. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for the proper logo files or with any other questions on the contingency program. For a list of the REQIRED CBC decals, contact a Corn Belt Official via phone, at the track or by email.

3. Product Manufactures will be awarding contingency money and/or product to drivers at events and the season ending awards banquet. These awards are dependent on the manufacturer’s decal being carried on the race car. If the proper decal is not affixed to the car, the award will not be given.

4. The Corn Belt Clash License is $125. Entrants must be licensed CBC drivers to be eligible for contingency awards and post-season awards/money. Any entrant of a CBC sanctioned event is eligible for a Corn Belt Clash License. Such an entrant shall pay the designated license fee ($125 per year) to be eligible for rights and priviliges afforded to CBC members.

5. To be eligible to receive contingency awards, each licensed CBC member shall be required to display the decals of the participating contingency sponsors prominently on each side of the member’s race car. Failure to display the required contingency decals will lead to forfeit of the contingency award and/or any money/product associated with that award.

6. There will be up to two (2) provisional starting positions available at each CBC event, and will be based on highest in point standings, first 3 events of the season will use previous season points and/or current season race attempts. ONLY licensed CBC members are eligible to use a provisional starting position.

7. Your CBC License may be terminated involuntary and/or suspended and/or voluntarily terminated and expires at the conclusion of the CBC racing season.

8. ONLY Licensed CBC drivers must participate in a minimum of 75% of all CBC races to be eligible for contingency and point fund awards. Any member that is entered in the championship point fund that falls below the 75% participation requirement shall be disqualified from all those programs, regardless of where such member finished in the final point standings at the end of the season. Any driver not in possession of a current CBC license will be disqualified from any post-season awards, regardless of their final points position.

BODIES
A. Nosepiece and roof must match body style of car.
B. All cars must have a minimum of one inch (1”) and a maximum of two (2”) inches of roll at top of fenders, doors, and quarter panels. A sharp edge will not be permitted. Body roll must go from sides over interior, not interior over sides.
C. Floorboards and firewall must cover the driver’s area and be constructed to provide maximum safety.
D. Driver’s seat must remain in the same general area as the general design of the car.
E. Windshield screen or bars are mandatory. (6 race grace period)
F. Legible numbers, at least eighteen inches (18”) high are required on each side of the car and roof.
G. No fins or raised lips of any kind are permitted anywhere along the entire length of the car.
H. Bodyline must be a smooth even line from front to rear.
I. No “slope noses” or “wedge cars” permitted. Noses must be stock appearing, subject to Series template.
J. No “belly pans” or any type of enclosure on bottom of cars will be permitted. Skid plate to protect oil pan is permitted.
K. No wings or tunnels of any kind are permitted underneath the body or chassis of the car. A maximum of one (1) stone deflector, for rear mounted oil pumps, oil filters, and for the main oil tank will be permitted. The deflector may be made of steel, aluminum, or heavy gauge wire. The cover may only be mounted near the unit it is designed to protect with a maximum size of 18”x 18” and mounted only from the upper right frame rail to the lower right frame rail.
L. All non-approved bodies will be assessed a fifty pound (50#) minimum weight penalty.
M. No panels of any kind under the rear deck running from the front to the rear of the car. Bracing from fuel cell top from front to rear is legal.
N. Any air cleaner scoops used must be positioned in front of or around the air cleaner and cannot exceed one (1”) inch in height above any part of the air cleaner. The scoop cannot be designed with fins or raised edges to direct airflow. The scoop cannot extend behind the rear of the air cleaner and must have a maximum width of seventeen inches (17”) at the rear, with a maximum of ten inches (10”) width at the front and cannot have more than one inch (1”) opening from the in height at the front.
O. No cockpit or driver adjustable shocks, hydraulic or pneumatic weight jacks, trackers, MSD boxes or similar adjustable components of any kind are permitted inside the cockpit of the car. Taping over of any adjuster is not permitted. The offending component must be removed from the cockpit.

STOCK NOSEPEICES
A. The Series Technical Inspector must approve all stock nosepieces.
B. Nosepieces must be made of molded type material.
C. Two (2) piece noses must be fastened together in the center. No spacers to gain width are permitted.
D. The nosepiece must be mounted so as not to alter its original shape.
E. No material can be removed from the nosepiece. No cutting from bottom, top or sides is permitted.
F. Adding to the bottom of the nosepiece in the front achieving lower ground clearance is permitted.
G. A stock nosepiece can extend a maximum of fifty-two inches (52") from the center of the front hub to the farthest point extending forward.
H. Front fender flairs must be made of plastic and cannot alter the original shape of the nosepiece. The front fender flairs cannot extend beyond the front tire more than one inch (1") in width with wheels pointed straight.
I. Front fender flairs must have collapsible support.      

ROOF AND ROOF SUPPORTS
A. The roof length size must be a minimum of forty-four inches (44") to a maximum of fifty-four inches (54").
B. The roof width size must be a minimum of forty-eight inches (44") to a maximum of fifty-two inches (52").
C. Roof must be stock appearing and mounted level.
D. Roof height must be between forty-five inches (45”) and forty-eight inches (48”) from the ground.
E. The roof must be mounted parallel to body and near center of the car.
F. A maximum one and one half inch (1.5”) roll, turned downward, is permitted along the front edge of the roof. A maximum one-inch (1”) roll turned downward is permitted along the rear edge of the roof. (Roll permitted to help strengthen roof).
G. No flat or odd shaped roofs permitted.
H. All roof side panels must extend to the edge of the body. Maximum Roof side panel window size – seventeen inches (17”) at the top, forty-three inches (43”) maximum at the bottom. The window area may be covered with clear Lexan or transparent material. Both roof support openings must be covered or both must be left open. Decals will be permitted but must meet the dimensions in the drawing and must be approved by the Technical Inspector. Maximum two-inch (2”) bow in either direction in rear roof side panels is permitted.
I. Front posts must be flat and in uniform width from top to bottom – four inch (4”) maximum width.
J. Any sun shields, four inch (4”) maximum, must be able to hinge for easy exiting of car.

FRONT FENDERS AND HOOD
A. Must be level and flat from left to right side of car.
B. Fenders are not permitted to gain height from rear to front of car.
C. No part of fender or hood can be outside of the bodyline.
D. The front fender can be a maximum of thirty-six inches (36”) in height. Height is measured vertically from the ground to the top of the fender behind the front tires.

DOORS
A. Door to door cannot exceed seventy-six inches (76”) in width at the top of the doors.
B. Door to door cannot exceed eighty- two inches (82”) in width at the bottom in the center of the car.
C. Doors cannot exceed thirty-six inches (36”) in height measured from the ground.
D. At no point can the door sides break in towards the center of the car between the top and bottom measurements.
E. The minimum ground clearance permitted is three inches (3”).

QUARTER PANELS
A. No offset quarter panels permitted. Must be equally tapered towards the center of the car.
B. Tire clearance from body must be a minimum of two inches (2”). No wheel skirts permitted.
C. At no point can quarter panel sides break in towards center of the car.

FRAMES
A. No aluminum frames permitted in construction of car.
B. Minimum 103” wheelbase.
C. Rectangle or Square Tubing:  The frame of all cars must be constructed of two inch (2”) by two-inch (2”) minimum rectangular or square tubing with a minimum of eight inch (8”) circumference and a minimum of eighty-three thousands inch (.083”) wall thickness.
D. Tube Frame: The frame of all cars must be constructed of a minimum of one and three-quarter inch (1¾”) round tubing and must have a wall thickness of eighty-three thousands inch (.083”) wall thickness minimum.
E. If rear bumper is stubbed, it may only extend a maximum of eight inches (8”) beyond frame. Any stubbed rear bumpers that extend eight inches (8”) or more beyond frame must be rounded and directed towards the front of the car.
F. It is recommended that all cars be equipped with a tow hook or strap.
G. All battery supports must be braced in two axis - two horizontal and one vertical.

ROLL CAGES
A. Cars must have a suitable steel roll cage in drivers’ compartment including headrest.
B. Side roll bars are mandatory and must extend into the door panels.
C. A minimum of three (3) bars must be used on the left side of the car. Each bar must be a minimum of one and one-half inch (1½”) in diameter with a minimum thickness of ninety-five thousands inch (.095”).
D. Roll cage must be welded to the frame.
E. Roll cage must be above the drivers’ helmet.
F. No “fin-shaped” or “foil-shaped” add-ons permitted on any part of the roll cage. The entire roll cage must be constructed of round tubing only.

INTERIORS
A. Interior is permitted to be dropped to the middle of the car a maximum of three inches (3”) below the top of doors and a minimum of twelve inches (12”) below the roll cage.
B. Interior must gradually taper up to the quarter panel height and be level for thirty-two inches (32”) from the rear of the quarter panel.
C. Interior must be fastened flush at the top of the door and quarter panels and may taper gradually towards the center of the car not creating a “lip effect”.
D. Interior must run in a straight line from behind the drivers’ seat to the rear spoiler.
E. If interior is flat through the car, it must maintain a twelve-inch (12”) clearance from roll cage for easy exciting from either side of the car.
F. All cars with interior panels must at NO point in the car be over three inches (3”) in height. The portion of the panel running beside the driver must taper to zero or end in line with the steering wheel.
G. If interior is dropped at firewall, that portion of the firewall must be filled for safety reasons.

SPOILER
A. Rear spoiler must be manufactured of material of adequate strength such as Lexan or Aluminum.
B. Rear spoiler material maximum eight-inch (8”) height measured from deck to tip of material. Maximum seventy-two inch (72”) width.
C. Rear spoiler is not permitted to be suspended above the deck to create a “wing effect.”
D. Rear spoiler must begin where quarter panels end. No extended decks permitted.
E. Maximum of three (3) rear spoiler supports. Option of two (2) additional one-inch (1”) aluminum braces.
F. Spoiler supports cannot be mounted wider than the top of the quarter panel.

HEADERS/MUFFLERS
1. Collector type headers required.
2.  Mufflers shall be optional unless required by local track rules. All drivers will be responsible for meeting decibel requirements at tracks that require mufflers.
3. If mufflers are required, then all mufflers must be securely attached to all cars. Pop riveting of mufflers will not be permitted. It would be strongly recommended that mufflers be welded to headers.

WEIGHT/ENGINES
1. Open Motor - 2,350 LBS With Driver.
1a. CBC  allows a 100 pound weight break (2,250 pounds with driver) for steel block engines.
1b. CBC allows WISSOTA cars 100 pound weight break (2,250 plus 1 pound per burn off for A-Main)
1c. CBC allows IMCA Type Cars not to have a weight limit (but must be no more 364 CID Ford,Chevy 370 CID Dodge & not to exceed 10.5-1 Compression
2  All cars must meet standard body rules, including rear spoiler height of eight inches & spoilersupports.
3. Maximum engine setback will be six inches for all cars. Measured from center of ball joint to the number 1 (one) front spark plug hole.( ALL Spec Cars 6” engine set back MAX wieght penalties may apply for more than 6")
4. All engines are limited to one (1) spark plug and two (2) valves per cylinder.
5. Magnetos are permitted, but all cars must have an operating self starter.
6. ANY ATTACHED WEIGHTS MUST BE SECURELY BOLTED TO FRAME, AND MUST BE PAINTED WHITE OR SILVER AND HAVE CAR NUMBER CLEARLY PAINTED ON THEM. Due to the high risk factor involved, any car that loses a lead weight during any event may be banned from series events for the rest of the season or fined. Two attaching mounts are required for any weight over ten pounds.
7. No weights may be attached to rear bumper, or above the deck level.
8. No lead pellets—No liquid weights.

TIRES:

NOTICE: By entering a Corn Belt Clash event (paying the entry fee), ALL drivers/teams consent to follow ALL rules, regulations and decisions of the series and series' Officials. Drivers/teams also relinquish ALL rights to legal actions against the Corn Belt Clash series and/or its Officials. There will be ABSOLUTELY NO contesting of any tire results deemed proper by the series officials.

The Hoosier D-55, WRS55, WRS2, LM 40 are the legal tires for CBC Series competition.  Any exceptions will be noted by authorized CBC officials ONLY.

Tire grooving, siping and grinding ONLY! Any other alterations to tires by ANY means are strictly prohibited.

ANY TIRE ON ANY RACE CAR, AT ANY TIME, MUST MEET THE CURRENT BENCHMARK OF THE DESIGNATED LEGAL TIRES FOR THE CURRENT EVENT.

Any tires bolted to the car during ANY portion of CBC competition are subject to inspection by any method deemed necessary by CBC Officials.

When a CBC OFFICIAL requests a tire test, sample and/or confiscation, the driver (and ONLY one additional person from his/her team) will proceed, with their car, to an area/place as directed by a CBC OFFICIAL.

The CBC reserves the right to confiscate any competitor’s tires (or any portion of the tires) at any time during an event without any advanced notice. Failure to relinquish said tires will be considered an admission of violation of the series rules and will result in an immediate disqualification, and the competitor will be penalized as noted below in the penalties and fines section.

TIRE PENALTIES AND FINES:
FIRST OFFENSE - $1,000 fine for driver, 14 day suspension from ALL CBC sanctioned and/or co-sanctioned events and loss of 50 points. Violator will also forfeit all winnings and points for that event. Violator will assume all costs (including any testing procedures). Suspension will begin after satisfaction of all fines and testing fees.

SECOND OFFENSE - $2,500 fine for driver, 30 day suspension from ALL CBC sanctioned and/or co-sanctioned events and loss of 250 points. Violator will forfeit all winnings and points for that event. Violator will assume all costs (including any testing procedures). Suspension will begin IMMEDIATELY, and driver will be unable to compete until ALL suspensions, fines and fees have been fulfilled and paid.

THIRD OFFENSE - $10,000 fine for driver, 365 day suspension from ALL CBC sanctioned and/or co-sanctioned events and loss of 500 points. Violator will forfeit all winnings and points for that event. Violator will assume all costs (including any testing procedures). Suspension will begin IMMEDIATELY, and driver will be unable to compete until ALL suspensions, fines and fees have been fulfilled and paid.

ALL Suspensions will be served during the racing season. Should suspension time still remain at the last CBC event of the season, the suspension time will carry over to the next season.

RACECEIVERS
1. Each CBC participant will be required to use a Raceceiver communication device to receive direction from the CBC race directors, during all events and all hot laps, heats, 'B Mains' and Feature Events. 
2. The driver must have Raceceiver installed and tuned in to the designated CBC frequency and turned up to a volume level which allows the driver to hear race officials.  This includes on track and line up activities, and after race tech until the driver has returned to the pits. 
3. CBC rents Raceceivers as a courtesy to the drivers.  Whether a CBC or driver owned Raceceiver, it is the driver's responsibility to make sure the Receceiver is on, with sufficient battery to last throughout the event. 

TRACTION CONTROL DEVICES
1. ALL traction control devices utilizing wheel sensors and GPS or any means of measuring ground speed to control wheel spin are strictly prohibited.
2. Adjustable ping control devices, dial a chip controls, timing controls, or automated throttle controls are NOT permitted in the cockpit or any other position accessible to the driver.
3. Any remote controlled components inside or outside the cockpit of any competitor's race car are NOT permitted.
4. No data acquisition systems are permitted.
5. Any competitor found with any of the above will be fined could be disqualified and suspended for up to a year.

SIGN IN
It will be the responsibility of all Drivers/Teams to sign in, and pay the entry fee for all CBC events. Payment, drawing and preliminary inspection must be complete before hot laps.  Entry Fee are for CBC events is $100, except in rare instances. Drivers starting a B, but not making the A feature will receive tow money.

RACE FORMAT AND PROCEDURES:

1. The normal CBC race format will be random draw prior to cut-off time to determine time trial line-ups. Any driver that misses the draw, will start his/her heat race from the tail.

2. Time Trials will be used for heat race line ups.

3. The top 12 in heats will automatically transfer to the A-Main, wi

4. Those cars that did not qualify for the A-Main via heats will have to transfer via B-Mains with the top 3 cars from each B-Main transferring to the tail of the A-Main. Line-ups for the B-Mains will be determined from the heat races.

5. There will be two (2) CBC provisionals given at every CBC event. These will be given to the top drivers in the point standings not already qualified for the A-Main via the Heat races or B-Features. Provisionals will be based on last season's points for the first 3 events of the season, then from that point forward, they will be based on the current season's point standings. ONLY LICENSED CBC DRIVERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PROVISIONALS.

6. Certain events will vary from the standard CBC format (co-sanctioned events, etc.), drivers will be informed in the driver's meeting if there will be a change in the format.

CONDUCT AND POLICIES:

If you get out of your car while the field is under the Caution or Red flag, you will go to the tail of the field

If the car goes to the hot pit area, even if work is not done, even if under the Red flag, you will go to the tail of the field.

Drivers are responsible for his/her crew at ALL times.

If a driver and/or crew member is involved in a fight (regardless of circumstances) there will be a fine AND/OR probation including possible suspension. You will also be given last place points AND no money for that event.

ALL FINES will be paid prior to the next event or you will NOT race or receive points.

ALL Suspensions will be served during the racing season. Should suspension time still remain at the last CBC event of the season, the suspension time will carry over to the next season.    

Corn Belt Clash officials reserve the right to change and/or alter the rules and procedures at any time. ALL OFFICIAL DECISIONS ARE FINAL!

We understand this is an adrenaline driven sport, tempers will flare you are still an adult please act like one.