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2009 East Coast S197 Mustang Shootout

Announcement

Five Guys Racing is pleased to announce the First Annual East Coast S197 Mustang Shootout at Rockingham Dragway in Rockingham, North Carolina, on Sunday, November 1, 2009. “The Rock” provides a centrally located, easily accessed facility on the Eastern seaboard complete with concessons, sponsor space, and nearby hotels.

The event was originally intended to focus on the 4.0L and 4.6L naturally aspirated S197's with six index, side-by-side race classes. However, due to popular demand the forced induction crowd is invited to participate in six additional classes for added excitement. The facility will manage a Sportsman ladder, and racers will face a .5 Pro Tree, half second indexes, and no breakout rules in effect. The overall emphasis is on street cars you can live with and drive every day, so all cars must be tagged and registered, and cannot be gutted. Winners in each class will receive trophies. Other awards are also being developed for items such as "best 60 foot", "Best R/T", "longest road trip to the event", etc.

The following classes have been developed:

Grudge Matches!
Concerned about get eliminated early on? Don't be. Instead, please join some of the well known S197 racecar drivers and our other special guests in the non-award category. Call out a buddy (or a nemesis) for some straight-up heads up racing action. No one to call out? Just keep making "time trial" passes as if you are at a private rental. Everyone will have plenty of opportunity to race all day!


NA Classes

Street Sleeper- 14.000 and slower (4.0L Cars Only)
Pure Street- 13.999 - 13.500
Street- 13.499 - 13.000
Modified Street- 12.999 - 12.500
Super Street- 12.499 - 12.000
Street Eliminator- 11.999 and faster

Power Adder Classes

Street Renegade- 12.500 and slower
Street Hoodlum- 12.499 - 12.000
Street Sheriff- 11.999 - 11.500
Street Bandit- 11.499 - 11.000
Wild Street- 10.999 - 10.500
Street Outlaw- 10.499 and faster


Event rules, current class descriptions and as well as full registration information can be found on our website using the "Event Detail" navagation button or visiting our forum. Check back periodically as further information regarding entry fees, driver’s meeting, lodging and other items will be become available.


Contact:
Send email to the announcement poster or Info@S197-Mustang.com .

http://S197shootout.com
http://FiveGuysRacing.com

91 Hatch

Shoot out rules are designed to keep the spirit of an actual street driven vehicle.

The following rules apply to all classes, unless otherwise stated in the sub-class rules. Shoot out rules are designed to keep the spirit of an actual street driven vehicle.

Year, Make and model: Shoot out is open to all 2005-2010 Mustangs.

All cars must be street legal: Current insurance and registration.

All drivers will have a current driver license. Competition license as required.

Classes: Index based on time trial elapsed times.
No Breakouts.
No Sand bagging or pedaling. Less than honorable racing will not be tolerated.
Index groups with low car counts will be split into indexs above or below based on the vehicle ET.

Modifications: Any modifications are allowed in any index. NA and Power Adder cars will be placed in the appropriate class based on those platforms. NO RACECARS

Weight: Minimum 3400 lbs with driver (all vehicles).

Fuel: Vehicles with a 12.000 or slower elapsed time are restricted to maximum of 94 Octane pump gas.

Interior: Driver and passenger seat required (aftermarket/OK) Rear seat delete must have finished appearance. Headliner, door panelsand carpeting required no gutted interiors.

Accessories: Power steering operative, all lights operative, 1 operative brake per wheel,

Safety items: All cars must meet IHRA safety requirements for the times run. All safety equipment required, current helmet, restraining devices, fire jackets, Etc. as required.

Suspension: Stock type, no back halved or tube chassis permitted.

Glass: Safety glass required, no Lexan or Plexiglass. Windows will be operative.

Ladder type and tree: All run, sportsmen ladder, Pro .500 tree. Index, No Break-out.

Electronics: No delay boxes. Stutter boxes, throttle stops etc. prohibited. Any optical or mechanical device that permits the driver to ascertain the position of their vehicle with respct to the starting line is prohibited.

Staging: All cars will enter the staging area under their own power. No towing to burn-out area.

Lane choice: Will be self determined by each pair of competitors. If they can not agree it will be determined by a track official.

Transmission: Any gear change must occur by direct action of the driver. Any non OEM type pneumatic, electric, hydraulic, etc. shifters are prohibited. Must be a single handle, commercially available bolt on shifter.

Class compliance:Adherence to class rules will be based solely on the judgment of shootout officials. Anyone found in non-compliance with class or IHRA rules will be removed from competition and required to leave the grounds. All track and shootout official decisions are final.







So on these rules are 2steps allowed?? How many passes do we get to determine our class? I think i read somewhere that Meth kits arn't allowed, is this true?

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The Rules have been loosened up abit to include more cars, again it's all about street cars not race cars. as far as the 2 steps, I think they are included and Meth will be allowed in Power adder class. don't think they help much for the N/A Guys. 3 Passes in the time trials to determine your class.

This event is all day, so between classes we will hold Grudge Match Races and Special event races like worlds fastest SVT Lighting and S197 Mustang.

We will have BBR, Bama Chips, Leonard Racing, Fore Precision Works and many more venders at the event where you can chat with them about future mod or just to say Hi...

Saturday Night Halloween Party for the Kids, Costume contest, Games, Candy and Goodies.

Drawings for items like Fore Precision Works fuel rails and more..

91 Hatch

then a turbo car with a automatic would easily have the advantage over a stick car because the stick car wouldnt be able to build boost off the line without the 2step...

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True but 2 steps are included, MarcSpaz has Livernois Stage II Heads and Cams, Spec III Clutch and will have a 2 step for his setup. he is putting close to 400HP to the wheels N/A.
I do not see an issue with a 2 step.. But if you have one you have to use it during your time tials.

Rygen will have his 5.4L 3V PT70 Turbo Mustang there with a Trans brake 4R70 Auto tranny (and yes it's a dailly driver to DC each day with 600 RWHP)

5.4L 3 Valve Triton
PT70
Manley Forged Connecting Rods
ARP studs and main caps
Michigan rod bearing
Sealed power main bearing
.020 bore/hone
L&M 5.4 specific pistons
PH Enginer Builder Stage 2 Heads (details pending)
Cams (specs pending)
Cage (details/timing pending)

91 Hatch

oh ok, i thought you were saying they were included in the no go list. If i can get a cage before then i will be there


600whp with a built 5.4? im doing that on a daily driver 4.6. He running low boost?

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Well sign up on the list so I can get a tentative count on cars going, also need to count on t-Shirts that need to be made LOL.. Like I don't have alot to do already

This event is going to be a Blast, We have people coming from Florida, Louisiana, Detroit Alabama, Kentuky, New Jersey and New York.

If your looking for a cage post up on the site, some one may have one or know where to get a custom one at a great price. We have connections

Yes Low Boost, he does not have a cage plus the engine is not complete yet. he is building it to run 9's at 17 PSI.

Follow his build here http://www.s197-mustang.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104

91 Hatch

ok sounds good, i know i can get aleast 5 more s197's to come

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That would be great, Maybe we can all drive down together, meet on 95 in southern VA or Northern NC,

91 Hatch

im sure we can do something like that, hopefully everyones car comes together by then