General Rules

Point Fund and Contingency Awards

1. There will be three levels of point fund and contingency awards that will be paid in addition to advertised purses at MLRA sanctioned events.
2. Two of the point fund awards will be paid at the conclusion of the MLRA racing season at the awards banquet. The third level of contingency awards and bonuses will be paid after each MLRA sanctioned event.
3. All entrants in MLRA events are eligible to receive advertised purses and certain advertised bonuses at the conclusion of an MLRA sanctioned event. Only registered members of the MLRA that participated in the required number of events are eligible to receive point fund awards at the conclusion of the MLRA racing season. Only registered members of the MLRA are eligible to receive certain bonuses and contingency awards at the conclusion of an MLRA sanctioned event.

Membership Participation

1. Any entrant of an MLRA sanctioned event is eligible to become of member of the MLRA. Such an entrant shall pay a designated membership fee and be eligible for rights and privileges afforded all MLRA members.
2. To become eligible for the championship point fund, a member will be required to compete in seventy percent (70%) of the scheduled MLRA sanctioned events. Events rained out or otherwise cancelled shall not count against the requirement for eligibility in the championship point fund.
3. To become eligible to receive contingency awards each MLRA member shall be required to display the decals of the participating contingency sponsors prominently on the side of the member’s race car. In some cases display of a participating sponsors patch on the driver’s suit may also be required.
4. To become eligible for the Rookie of the Year point fund, an entrant must fulfill requirements in items 1 and 2 of this section. In addition any member wishing to be eligible for the Rookie of the Year point fund must register with MLRA officials as a rookie. Any member registering as a rookie must certify that the member has entered no more than six (6) MLRA sanctioned events in any one season or have not previously won an MLRA A Feature event.. Any member participating in the Rookie of the Year program will be eligible for any awards earned in that program as well as the championship point fund.
5. Any member that is entered in either the championship point fund or the Rookie of the Year point fund that fall below the 70% participation requirement shall be disqualified from those programs regardless of where such a member finished in the final points standings at the end of the MLRA racing season.

Championship Points System

1. All entrants in MLRA sanctioned events will receive championship points toward the Championship Points Fund and Rookie of the Year point’s fund.
2. Only MLRA members that participate in a minimum of seventy percent (70%) of scheduled MLRA races are eligible for the above mentioned points funds.
3. All entrants in MLRA sanctioned events will receive a minimum of ten (10) championship points. These points are awarded to all entrants that do not advance to a feature event or last chance race.
4. All entrants of a last chance event that start the race, but do not transfer to the feature event, will be awarded fifteen (15) championship points.
5. All entrants that start the feature event will be awarded championship points according to their finishing position in the feature event. The winner of the feature event will be awarded seventy (70) championship points, second place sixty-eight (68) with each position thereafter being worth two (2) points less than the previous position. If twenty-six (26) or more entrants start a feature event, the finisher in 26th position will be awarded twenty (20) championship points. All finishers below 26th will also be awarded twenty (20) championship points.

Bonus Points

1. All entrants in an MLRA sanctioned event will also receive bonus points. Bonus points will be added to the championship points earned by participation in MLRA events. Championship points and bonuses points will appear added together in official points standings distributed by MLRA officials at each MLRA event.
2. Bonus points correspond to the number of appearances made by each entrant in MLRA sanctioned events. Entrants will receive one (1) bonus point at their first MLRA sanctioned event. Each entrant will receive two (2) additional bonuses at their second MLRA sanctioned event and so on.
3. The number of championship feature events run at an event determines the number of appearances. A two-day program that concludes with two championship feature events will be considered to be two appearances.
4. The MLRA race director, at their discretion, can determine that a specific event or events can be a double points event. In the case that an MLRA sanctioned event becomes a double point event, all championship points will double and two appearances will be awarded in place of one.

MLRA Qualifying Procedures

1. Standard qualifying procedures for MLRA feature events shall consist of heat races and last chance races. The heat races and last chance races shall determine entrants that are qualified to start the feature event prior to the assignment of provisional starting positions. Standard qualifying procedures can be altered by a decision from the MLRA race director at his discretion, or by a request from the track promoter.
2. Standard MLRA qualifying procedures call for assigning of starting for the qualifying heats by the two-timed lap system or by the luck of the draw.
3. The MLRA race director can alter the standard MLRA qualifying procedures listed in rule #2. Heat race starting positions can be determined by two timed laps if the MLRA race director exercises his authority to alter standard MLRA qualifying procedures or by granting a request from the track promoter.
4. The length of a standard MLRA heat race will be twelve (12) laps. The length of a standard MLRA last chance-qualifying race will be fifteen (15) laps.
5. Standard lengths of qualifying heats or last chance races can be lengthened or shortened at the discretion of the MLRA race director.
6. The number of heat races and last chance races shall be set at the discretion of the MLRA race director according to car count and/or track conditions.
7. All entrants of an MLRA event will start in the qualifying heat race or last chance race assigned by the MLRA race director. ANY change in a heat race or last chance race assignment will only be approved due to extreme circumstances encountered by an entrant in an MLRA event or due to lack of experience by an entrant in an MLRA event.
8. Any entrant in an MLRA event may request that his assigned starting position in a heat race or last chance-qualifying race be changed in favor of a starting position on the last row of that same race. The MLRA race director must grant this request.
9. Any entrant in an MLRA event that has experience equipment failure or damage severe enough to prevent said entrant from starting in the assigned heat race or last chance race may request a change to a later heat or last chance race. Any entrant that is granted such a move shall forfeit the starting position assigned in the original heat race or last chance race in favor of a last row starting position the new heat race or last chance race.

Provisional Starting Positions

1. There will be up to two (2) provisional starting positions available at each MLRA event.
2. Only MLRA members are eligible to use a provisional starting position.
3. MLRA members will be eligible to use up to four (4) provisional starting positions during the current racing season.
4. After all qualifying (heats and last chance) races have been completed, all non-qualified MLRA members will be ranked according to current MLRA point’s standings. Final points standings from the previous season will be used at the first MLRA point’s race of the current season.
5. The provisional starting positions will be offered to the two MLRA members, with remaining provisional start, that are highest in season points among those non-qualified MLRA members in attendance. These MLRA members will be given the option to accept or refuse the provisional starting positions.
6. The provisional starting positions will continue to be offered to all attending MLRA members, according to the current point standings, until the two final feature positions have been filled. If all attending MLRA members have been offered a provisional starting position and either have refused or are out of provisional starts, then one or both final starting positions will be filled by an alternative method explained in item #7 below.
7. In the event that provisional starters do not fill one or both of the two final starting positions, the highest non-qualifiers will fill those positions. Those remaining non-qualifiers will come from passing point totals, being used during that particular race. Both MLRA members and non-members are eligible to advance to the feature by this method.
8. Any MLRA member that has provisional starts remaining, but refuses to use one of those remaining provisional starts will not be permitted to advance to the feature by use of item #7.
9. Any MLRA member that has used all his provisional starts shall be eligible to advance to the feature by use of item #7.
10. Any MLRA member must start in a semi-feature to be eligible for a provisional starting position.

Passing Points System

1. Standard qualifying procedures for MLRA feature events utilize a qualifying system know as the passing points system.
2. Standard qualifying procedures for MLRA feature events can be altered by a decision from the MLRA raced director at his discretion or by a request from the track promoter.
3. The passing points system assigns point values for each heat race finish position. First place in the MLRA heat race is assigned a value of fifty-nine (59) points. Second place in the MLRA heat race is assigned a value of fifty-five (55) points. Each position is assigned a value of four (4) points less than the preceding position. For this reason no MLRA heat race will start more than fifteen (15) cars.
4. The passing points system assigns one and one half (1 ½) points for each position an entrant improves from the official original starting position assigned by the MLRA race director, to the official end of the heat race. The original starting positions become official at the time the entrants of the heat race pull onto the track. Official finishing positions are determined by the running order of the entrants when the checkered flag signals the end of the heat race. The points earned by improved in the finishing position from the original starting position are added to the point value assigned to the finishing position of the entrant.
5. No points will be deducted from an entrant that starts a heat race in a higher position than he/she finishes. Such an entrant will receive only the p0oints assigned to the finishing position.
6. MLRA officials for calculating passing point totals earned by each entrant shall use all heat race-starting positions assigned by the MLRA race director prior to the start of the heat race.
7. Any change in original starting positions assigned by the MLRA race director (see MLRA Qualifying Procedures Item(s) 7, 8, and 9) that have been approved by the MLRA race director shall be reported to MLRA officials and appropriate changes made in the starting positions used by MLRA officials to determine the start of the heat race and in calculating passing points.
8. Any entrant that is scheduled to start a heat race, but is unable to start that heat race and has not requested a position change from the MLRA race director in a timely fashion (see MLRA Qualifying Procedures Item 7) shall be considered a “scratch” from the entrants official starting positions. MLRA officials will restructure starting positions of that heat race to fairly give each entrant a chance to earn the maximum number of passing points available to each entrant.
9. Such an entrant that is considered a “scratch” under conditions set forth by above item #8 will not receive a finishing position and will be assigned zero (0) points under the passing points system. Such an entrant may, by the discretion of the MLRA race director, be assigned a new heat race later in the program and start from the back row of that heat race and earn passing points in that heat race.
10. Any entrant that is schedule to start a heat race and appears on the track in a timely manner, but pulls out of the heat race shall also be considered a “scratch”. This scratch can occur prior to the official start of a heat race, but due to a yellow or red flag, no official start of a heat race has been recorded by MLRA officials. MLRA officials will not restructure starting positions in that heat race, but will move up either the inside or outside rows to compensate for that scratch. Passing points shall be earned by the original starting positions assigned by the MLRA race director.
11. Such a “scratch”, as set forth under above item #10, will receive the last finishing position in that heat race and will receive the passing points assigned to that position. Should two or more entrants “scratch”, under conditions set forth by above item #10, finish positions shall be determined in the order that each entrant “scratched”. Such an entrant of entrants will not be eligible for any other heat race.
12. In the event an entrant wishes to bring in a second car the entrant must pay a second entry and qualify through the last chance race.
13. The total amount of passing points accumulated by each entrant shall determine the starting position earned for the feature race of the last chance race for each entrant.

Program

1. MLRA shows will consist of qualifying heats and an “A” Feature. If sixteen (16) or more cars are available for the program the “B” feature will consist of fifteen (15) laps, or two features will be run.
2. Drivers will time trial or draw for positions and qualify through heat races for feature events using the passing points system.

General Rules

1. Membership to the MLRA will be $150.00. Entrants must be members to be eligible for contingency awards.
2. Fire resistant uniforms and gloves required of all late model drivers
3. Fire resistant underwear and socks recommended, but not required.
4. Approved racing helmets and firestuits of a flame-retardant material are mandatory. Helmets must have a “Snell” rating of at least SA95 or SA2000.
5. All cars must be equipped with approved safety belts. Shoulder harnesses are mandatory. All belts must be securely fastened to the frame and roll cage. Head and neck restraints highly recommended.
6. All cars must be equipped with an approved window net.
7. In case of rain during a race the flagman will show a white flag then one lap later the checkered flag. The flagman will decide when it is raining hard enough to end the race.
8 . No race will end on a red flag. Only the checkered flag means the race is over.
9 . If for any reason a race is run one lap short or long the race is officially over when the checkered flag falls.
10 . O’Reilly and/or any other contingency decals must be displayed on car side panels.

Flag Rules

1. Green Flag: Start of race. All starts shall be slow with pole car setting the pace. Any car attempting to “jump the start” will cause a no start. Any car causing a no start two times in the same race may be black-flagged.
2. Yellow Flag: Stalled car or debris on the track. Slow down immediately to a cautious pace on all yellow flags. Remain in single file until restart of race.
3. Red Flag: Severe collision, track blocked. Stop immediately, then proceed to the start/finish line and stop for re-lineup. Last lap will not be counted when a red flag is thrown. Re-lineup will be determined by the last completed lap under the green flag. If race is red flagged in the first lap cars will be realigned in the original starting positions. This is signified by the flagman holding two flags in an upright position side by side.
4. White Flag: Las lap before checkered flag. Once the white flag has been thrown there will not be any yellow flags thrown, but there could be a red.
5. Checkered Flag: End of race.
6. Black Flag: Leave track. No laps will be counted for a black flagged car. Failure to leave the track after being black-flagged may cause car to be banned from further racing.

Leaving the track

1. Yellow/Red Flag: If you go to the pits you automatically go tail back. If you stop on a yellow flag you go tail back.

Conduct

1. Any participant who fights in the pits, track or race premises are subject to a fine and/or suspension. Repeat offenses will result in permanent suspension from MLRA competition. MLRA officials will determine penalties.
2. MLRA and/or track owner has the right to refuse entry to any car and/or driver.

Chassis and Body

1. All cars must have fuel cells, 32 gallon maximum, completely enclosed. All fuels cells must be completely visible. All cells to have a minimum of two 2” x 1/8” steel straps surrounding them.
2. Minimum 1 ½” OD tubing braced hoop behind cell. This hoop must be in place at all times.
3. Fuels cells cannot be lower than the bottom of the rear end.
4. Fuel cells must be ATL or equivalent. Racing gas or racing methanol only! No oxygenated fuel or methanol additives.
5. Fire extinguisher system recommended but not required. Fire extinguisher, mounted within reach of driver, mandatory.
6. A 1 ½” x 1/8” steel drive shaft hoop mandatory.
7. All round tube chassis must be a minimum of 1 ¾” outside diameter tubing with a minimum wall thickness of .083”.
8. Body must conform to attached late model drawings.
9. All cars must have a tow hook, for towing purposes only, with cable or chain preferred. Tow hook cannot extend in front of car nor have battering ram capabilities.
10. All roofs must be 41” from the front to the back minimum and 48” wide side-to-side minimum. Rounded and tapered stop appearing roofs only! Not partial roof. No flat roofs. No tilted roofs. Roofs can be no more than 45” from front to back maximum and 54” from side to side maximum. No dished out roofs. No wings attached to roof or side post. No built in fiberglass air dams. Must be stock appearing.
11. All roof post must meet outside of the car. Must be a full roof. Both roof supports must be the same size, shape, and material.
12. Slide vents on roof front post can extend back no further than 16” on bottom then straight up to roof for an “L” configuration. Side vents must meet outside of car. Front roof supports must be flat and of uniform width from top to bottom. Supports to be 2” minimum with a maximum 1” break at top and bottom.
13. Rear roof supports must meet outside of car on a flat straight line and must be stock appearing. Minimum width on bottom of 18” with minimum width on top of 8”. Maximum width on bottom is 24” with maximum width on top 12”. Generic rear roof post must be 32” or greater from rear of trunk. Stock appearing rear sail post must be preapproved by MLRA and be OEM size, same make and model as nosepiece. All cars must have type of car displayed on body.
14. All structural tubing must remain inside body.
15. All added weights must be white or silver and have the driver’s number painted on them. Any car that loses their weight will forfeit their winnings to any competitor that was taken out of the race by it.
16. All added weights will be securely mounted to the car with minimum of 2 – ½” bolts through each 50 lbs. of added weight. No weights on rear bumper or outside of car.
17. Interior of car must be 12” below roll cage minimum and all areas of roof from front window to behind driver’s seat. No area of the interior of cockpit can be less than 12” below the roof and roll cage for safe, easy exiting of car from either side. Interior may be dropped a maximum of 3". Windows must have 12” clearance straight up and down and 15” at angle to door. No support bars blocking right exit from cockpit allowed.
18. No wings of any kind allowed in cockpit.
19. No rear wing under trunk. Fuel cell must be completely visible.
20. No tunnels or wings inside car. No spoilers underneath car for special ground hugging effects. Right inner mud shield must end at tail section of transmission.
21. Rear quarter panels cannot be higher than any portion of the trunk. NO TOLERANCE. Trunk cannot be longer than quarter panels. Trunk must be level for 32” from rear of quarter panels and spoiler.
22. No side fins of any kind the entire length of car. Interior of car may be dropped.
23. Tire clearance from body must be at least 2”. No wheel skirts.
24. 8” maximum spoiler height. Total material measured from trunk to tip of material. 72” wide maximum. Spoilers must be made of a transparent material, such as lexan, and of adequate strength.
25. Side spoiler supports must not exceed MLRA inspector’s template. No longer than 18” on bottom. The entire support must be on trunk. Rear of support can angle upward for a maximum of 8”. Bottom of front of supports can only come up less than 1 ½” before going at an angle to the top (similar to attached drawing). Maximum total length of top support – 22 ½”. Rear of support can have a strength bend of less than 1” at a slight angle.
26. Minimum height to top of roof – 45”.
27. Maximum height to top of trunk – 36”.
28. Maximum height to top of spoiler – 44”.
29. Maximum height to top of hood or front – 36”. Must be level and flat from side to side. Fenders cannot gain height from rear to front.
30. Nose 72” cockpit top and bottom bars 76”. Middle cockpit bar can be 78” maximum for appearance only. Rear of car 72” top and 76” bottom. Middle of rear can extend to 76” maximum.
31. Stock nose must be of molded type mater (2 piece). Nose must be fastened together in center – no spacers to gain width. Must be mounted not to alter original shape. Maximum 46” from center of hub to furthest point extruding forward. Cannot slope back more than 6” from bottom. Front fender flares must be made of plastic and cannot alter original shape of nosepiece. No wider than 88” at any point with no pressure on template.
32. Hub to front of slope nose 46”. Hub to front of stock nose 46” maximum.
33. Maximum width from outside of front tire to outside of front tire 88” maximum. Maximum width of rear tires 86”. No more than 8” of any tire may be outside of body.
34. Minimum weight – 2,300 lbs with driver after race.
35. 1/8” aluminum or 16 ga. Steel shield between roll cage and driver’s door, for driver protection, recommended.
36. 1/8” aluminum or 14 ga. Steel shield floorboard, for driver protection from drive shaft, along with 16 ga. Steel plate affixed to outside cockpit from 2” in from of the end of transmission to back of cockpit.
37. Rear offsets are illegal. Rear of car cannot extend wider than rear tire.
38. No mirrors, radios, or signaling devices.
39. No adjustable shocks, hydraulic, or pneumatic weight jacks, trackers or similar adjustable components of any kind inside of cockpit of car. No taping over. Must be removed from car.
40. Use a screen in front of the driver, acceptable to O'Reilly MLRA Series Officials, mandatory. All cars required to use a minimum of three (3) solid vertical bars in conjunction with the screen (minimum 1/4 inch in diameter).
41. Vent window bar in the drivers door mandatory. The bar should be a minimum of 1-½ inches in diameter and must be mounted to the left front upright bar and to the top door bar. The vent window bar can be mounted no further than 6 inches from the top halo bar and must be acceptable to O'Reilly MLRA Series Officials.

Engines

1. Maximum 6” setback from center of ball joint to front spark plug hole. NO TOLERANCE!
2. 4-barrel carburetor. No fuel injection. No electric fuel pumps.
3. No nitrous oxide, nitro methane, or propylene oxide.
4. All engines limited to one (1) spark plug and two (2) valves per cylinder. Single ignition systems only.
5. No programmable ignition systems.
6. All heads must be of a standard configuration with 1, 2, 1. Not evenly spaced.
7. All headers must be pointed away from ground – horizontal. Preferably outside car. All MLRA cars required to have mufflers (100 dba @ 100’ required).

Tires and Wheels

Transmissions

Points

MLRA Championship Point Structure

B Feature
All positions that do not transfer 16 points

Appearance Points
Anyone who signs in and pays an entry fee but does not run an A or B Feature 10 Points

Bonus Points
A driver will be awarded bonus points each night for the number of events that you have attended. 1 point for 1 night, 2 points for 2 nights, 15 points for 15 nights.

Drivers must participate in a minimum of 75% of all MLRA races to be eligible for contingency and point fund awards.