The cars are a basic Mini Engine, with an air restrictor fitted, bolted to a chasis made up of box frame with a Mini bonnet, wings and roof on top. Well theres a lot more to it than that, so ask a driver or parent in the pits if you want more info.

Its a full contact sport, though sideswiping and followins are not allowed, spins and rear nudges are.

New drivers are allowed to race with black and white strips painted on their boot, though they must stay off the racing line, or they will get 'tapped' by the faster more experienced drivers.

In 2007 the formula saw well over 27 cars per meeting, so they were divided up into three heats.

Drivers to 'Keep an eye on', in no particular order are:

# 300 JORDAN RAINFORD

D:O:B -
Jordan could have won the championship last year, he had a dogged fight with the now retired # 93 Sam Twist. Hes a talented and gifted racer with a will to win, at any cost. Don't get in his way. His car is thought of as one of the best presented on the track, in any formula.

# 54 TOM ADCROFT AKA Lil Hamster

D:O:B - 13th May
Not been racing too long, but has the guts and where withall to win, and keep winning. Tom is a more aggressive driver, and has been shown a few black flags every now and then. That said if he keeps it clean, theres no reason why he cannot be a major condender for the 2008 title.

# 464 JOSH VICKERS AKA Squeaky

D:O:B - 14th Feb
Been around since Barra shut down, its took a while to ajust to our track, but I think its fair to say he's adjusted! Josh has a new car for 08 and it seems to be a beast. He's also designed some kewl banner things for me, inc. SnOrKsStOrE and WARton of the Roses.

# 245 SAM MAKIM AKA Gangsta

D:O:B -
Son of another Makim, Martin in the Super Banger class, young Sam wants to follow in his dads wheeltracks (see wot I did there). With his dad behind him, and his genetic skills, theres no reason why this season shouldn't see him push toward the top of the championship table.

W.S.C.C. rules for 2008!!!

These are rules for Bangers Only. Note the rules for racing all cars at Warton are HERE

MINI-STOX
83. The drivers shall be in the age group 10 years to 16 years inclusive. All drivers will finish on the day of their 17th birthday. All drivers shall obtain a licence to race, issued by Warton Stock Car Club. All drivers, male or female, shall be children of a member. Birth certificates MUST be produced.
84. All cars shall race in a clockwise direction.
85. a) The car shall be a B.M.C. type Mini. All steel bodies only to be used. Vans, Pickups and Travellers are not allowed.
b) Fibreglass panels and bonnets will not be allowed.
c) The body must retain its original appearance.
d) No aerofoils are permitted
e) The minimum weight of the car shall be 712kgs.
f) No bolt on ballast to attain the minimum weight will be allowed. Extra steel work must be evenly distributed front and rear.
g) No additives are allowed in the fuel.
86. The interior of the car must be stripped of all flammable materials and glass, with the exception of an interior mirror retained inside the frame. All external lights and fittings, including chrome strips, all handles and wheel embellishers must be removed.
87. A full roll cage must be fitted. 1" minimum 2" maximum square or round, box section or tube must be 3mm thick on all new cars for 2001. Holes must be drilled to check wall thickness.
2.5mm will be allowed on old cars, but replacement box must be 3mm minimum. Not less than four posts, with a screen hoop and a hoop over the drivers head. The hoops must be joined at roof, 6" below door top and sill top levels. Cross braces at the dashboard height and 6" below door top height; behind the drivers seat will be used. A cross bar 40x25x3 min must be fitted between the uprights and against the back of the seat. A cow catcher type bumper will be fixed to front and rear of the car, square box or round bar 1" minimum 2" maximum. It will be attached to the internal and external side rails. 58" maximum width of outer rails at widest point. The external side rail shall be fixed just above the top of the wheel arches. The internal bars (fltted below the door top height) should be joined to the external bars for extra side strength. They will attach to front and rear bumpers at the top of the bumper, so forming triangles at either side of the car. The rail at sill height to be attached to bumpers at the bottom of the bumpers, the bumpers should be 12" minimum 14" maximum. No wider than front wings. (Some of the braces to the main steel work may be less than 11⁄2").
88. A steel floor must be used, front footwell to front of rear subframe, no aluminium floors.
89. Welding must be of an acceptable standard. It should be carried out by an experienced welder.
90. Doors and boot must be welded securely
91. Neither door may be cut down.
92. The drivers seat – a competition seat or a bucket type seat must be used. The seat must be securely bolted to the floor.
93. A full headrest must be securely fitted to the roll cage at the correct height. It must be no more than 1" away from the drivers helmet when strapped in. Two bars or a plate must be above the drivers head, if plate 1⁄2" or 12mm 6" wide minimum.
94. A full harness, not less than four point fixing of 3" wide, shall be fitted. 2" may be used on young drivers.
95. The battery must be enclosed in a wood, metal or plastic box, the terminals suitably protected. A spill proof cover should be fitted. The box will be securely fixed to the floor.
96. The main lead to the battery must be separated from the fuel line. A battery cut-off switch shall be fitted within easy reach of the driver.
97. The original petrol tank must be replaced by a tank of not more than two gallon capacity
98. A fuel on/off tap must be fitted within easy reach of the driver when strapped in. The fuel line will be of a metal type. Plastic or rubber joints not more than 4" long will be allowed. All joints must be leak proof. Screwed joints or with jubilee clips.
99. A fire extinguisher of an approved type shall be fitted within easy reach of the driver.
100. The radiator must remain in the engine compartment. No water tank or water pipe will be allowed inside the car.
101. A hole in the bonnet must be cut adjacent to the carburettor in case of fire. Bonnets must be presented for scrutineering. Bonnets must be in place during racing and practice.
102. The speedo hole must be covered, to form a fire wall between engine compartment and interior of car.
103. Sharp edges and/or protrusions must be removed.
104. A steel mesh must be fitted to the drivers side of the screen opening. The size of the mesh must not exceed 1⁄2". It is permissible to use chicken wire on top of a heavier gauge of wire mesh. In the case of a driver sitting in the middle of the car, the whole of the screen opening must be covered.
105. Only standard 10" mini wheels 6" wide can be used. Competition, soft compound, slick or dual purpose tyres, or tyres less than 70 profile are not allowed. Yokohama A008 70 may be used but A00SR will not be allowed.
106. Front and rear hubs will be of original DRUM type only. No discs. Subframes must remain original. The suspension must be original type.
107. No coil over shock absorbers. Original type suspension, no rose joints, but may be made adjustable. No spring assisted shocks of any sort, but adjustable shock absorbers are allowed.
108. All engines will be 1000cc Standard ‘A’ plus to the following regs: Anyone found racing or attempting to race an illegal engine or bending the rules may be banned from racing for two meetings and will forfeit any points and trophies during the race meeting at which the ban was imposed. (Each case will be heard on an individual basis, and if necessary may carry a reduced penalty).
a) A nominal bore of 64.59mm plus 0.040" maximum oversize allowed. A standard stroke of 76.2mm (original CC998).
b) Pistons must be standard 998 replacement type, with all rings in place. No Cooper or ‘D’ top pistons. Only standard replacement rings are allowed (no competition or total seal rings allowed).
c) The top of the block may be machined, pistons may not be machined and must be level with or below the surface of the block. The block may be bored or sleeved back to standard and rebored or line bored. No other alteration allowed.
d) The head must be standard Mini 1000 casting and may be surface ground
e) Valves must be standard or replacement Mini 1000. No rim flows or competition valves. No machining to valves. Valves of standard length and standard valve head size of 27.89 or 1.0937" inlet and 25.53 or 1" exhaust. Valve seat angles are free, but there must be no machining or fettling past the valve seat on the valve or the head. Standard valve spring top and coletts must be retained. Any single or double valve spring that fits without the need for machining may be used. The combustion chambers and ports may not be modified in any way and must not have any material added or removed. replacement valve seats may be fitted, but must be level with the bottom of the combustion chamber. Head gaskets are free.
f) Inlet and exhaust manifolds must be of the original type (No. 12G787) with no external alterations. Porting and cleaning inside manifold only is permitted. The exhaust pipe MUST remain 1" bore. No spacers between flanges and head are allowed. Three branch manifolds are not allowed.
g) Any camshaft may be used that fits without additional modification to the engine or components. Cam followers, push rods and rockers must be standard Mini 998. NO VERNIER PULLEYS ALLOWED. Standard timing chain, tensioner and gears must be used.
h) Distributors are free. The advance may be altered and you may lock the base plate. You may not lighten, balance or stress relieve the pistons, con rods, or crank shaft. All oil ways and galleries must remain unmodified. Oil pickup pipe may be repositioned. Compact oil filters are allowed.
i) Only standard Mini 1000 11⁄2" carburettor with a single outlet exhaust is allowed with a TWO BOLT fixing. No modification to the carburettor allowed. Jets and needles are free. Air cleaners are free. No trumpets allowed.
j) The radiator must be within the engine compartment and be of the standard type.
k) Solid engine mountings allowed, and engine stabilisers may be fitted. Lightened fly wheels in any form are not allowed, including the back plate. A 50mm hole must be machined in the engine end cover in a convenient location for checking the flywheel.
The clutch may be verto or standard.
l) Oil coolers are allowed but not remote oil filters.
109. An exhaust pipe that reaches at least the front of the rear subframe must be fitted. The exhaust pipe must remain 11⁄4" bore to first bend plus 3" to rear of front subframe. An engine restrictor that is supplied by the Club MUST be fitted, must remain as issued and remains the property of the Club.
110. Gear box must be standard with 4 forward and 1 reverse gear. Straight cut gears are not allowed in gear box primary or drop gears.
111. Only standard convential operation differentials are allowed. Ratios may be interchanged. No limited slip diffs, worm drive, torque, locked or welded diffs are not allowed.
112. Numbers must be clear and neat. The numbers on the side of the car should be a minimum of 10" high. Fin type roof numbers will be white on a black back ground, not less than 9" high. Only the correct roof grade and racing number may be painted on the roof, no signwriting allowed.
113. A novice driver MUST paint the rear boot lid with 3" vertical stripes alternating black and white. Experienced drivers must not treat novice drivers aggressively when they are displaying black and white stripes. This is irrespective of roof colour. The stripes will be removed according to experience and at the discretion of the parent or the clerk of the course.
114. Drivers must wear bright coloured racing overall type clothing of flame retardant Proban or higher specification material and this must be maintained in a clean and tidy condition when in view of the public. NB: If wet weather clothing is used, this must be worn IN ADDITION TO AND NOT INSTEAD of the regulation flame retardant overall type clothing described above. Neck braces must be worn.
115. Protective goggles or visors must be worn. Helmets must be of a minimum standard as directed by British Oval Racing Safety Executive. These are type A or Snell 2000 onwards or fibreglass Kevler combinations. No plastic helmets will be allowed.
116. Each driver is only permitted one car per meeting and each car is only permitted one driver per meeting.
117. Drivers may only use enough force to push a car off its line. Deliberate or forceful fencing is not allowed. Side swiping is not allowed.
118. Junior Bangers will not be allowed to carry black and white stripes. All drivers of Junior Bangers MUST be able to drive.
119. The driver must be driving the car when it is presented for scrutineering. The responsible adult (preferably the parent) must accompany the car to scrutineering and to the in gate on the first race of the day
120. If the winner of the final is a red or blue roof he/she starts one lap down in the Grand National, yellow or white start at the rear of the pack.
When referring to the Mini Stox engine, or construction, rules and regulations the principle will always be: unless permission is specifically granted to make modifications, or any variation, nothing may be done to alter or change in any way the standard parts.
Unless these rules state you can do it, you CANNOT DO IT.
Cars and engines will be checked on a random basis.
Violations will result in an immediate suspension of all racing facilities and a loss of points.
Junior Bangers at meetings specified may use any car up to 1400CC maximum.
Drivers are reminded that scrutineer checks can be carried out at any time.
ANY CONTRAVENTION OF THE ABOVE RULES CAN RESULT IN
THE DRIVER RECEIVING DISCIPLINARY ACTION
AND/OR SUSPENSION.
Drivers are recommended to obtain their own insurances in regard to Stock Car and Banger racing, and no responsibility will be accepted by the Club members, drivers or officials in respect of death or injury caused during race meetings.
No driver will be allowed to flaunt the Club regulations more than once. If warning is ignored the offenders will not be allowed to race at the following or subsequent meetings. Drivers will also forfeit prize moneys and points if in breach of rule 16.
THE ABOVE RULES WILL BE AMENDED, OMITTED OR ADDED TO
AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CLUB COMMITTEE
THE LICENCES ISSUED BY THIS CLUB ARE FOR WARTON ONLY
THEY ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE.
Two passport photographs are required to register as a driver. A club member is only eligible to obtain a racing licence if he or she raced in a points scoring race during the previous season. If a driver has not raced in the previous season he/she must attend a meeting with a car to exchange their membership card for a licence to race. This in no way affects their members right to retain his/her number for a season as at present. If renewing a licence to race after having raced in the previous season only one photo is required.
IF THE RULES DO NOT SPECIFY THAT YOU CAN, THEN TAKE IT THAT YOU CAN’T

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