OFFICIAL VALVE COVER RACES RULES

(Amended January 1, 1998)

Taken from the Web site of the North American MGB Register

The Course

* The course shall consist of a launch incline eight feet long, followed by a level run of twenty feet.

* The launch incline shall be divided into two lanes, each 18 inches wide. The incline shall be two feet high at the rearmost part and level with the course at the front edge. The front edge shall be mitered so as to provide a smooth transition from the incline to the run-out area.

* The official “Starting Line” shall be two feet from the rear edge of the incline. A mechanized starting gate may be provided.

* The run-out section of the course shall consist of two lanes, each three feet wide. The lanes shall be clearly marked.

* The finish line shall be marked twenty feet from the front edge of the launch incline.

The Cars

* Cars will have no power source. All motive force is provided by gravity.

* Cars shall be based on an actual valve cover from an MG car engine.

* Wheelbase shall be no more that twenty-four inches.

* Wheel track shall be no more than fourteen inches.

* Cars must have four wheels, each no more than six inches in diameter.

The Races

* Cars will be run in heats of two cars each.

* The cars are to be launched with their front wheels on the starting line. The first car to have its front wheels cross the finish line is the winner. If neither car makes it to the finish line, the car going the furthest in its lane wins.

* If the wheels a of a car should touch the lane markers or cross over the lane marker the car shall be disqualified. The competing car immediately becomes the winner.

* Winning cars will advance to the next round until all are eliminated except one car.