1) Thunder Mountain Raceways list of rules and regulations for the TMR Door Slammer Class 2009 season, Cars will be equipped with
a) Two operating doors
b) Front and rear suspension
c) Left hand steering
d) Roof
e) Cars must be capable of running a minimum of  6.49 sec  in the eighth mile at Thunder Mountain Raceway

2) Safety
A) NHRA safety regulations are in effect.
B) Chassis certification is required.
C) All drivers must present a valid NHRA or the Thunder Mountain Raceway approved license.

3) Rules:
a) NHRA advanced ET and ET Bracket rules ( Section 1A and 1B ) are in effect except as follows:
b) No throttle control devises permitted
c) Data recorders allowed
c) Electric or air shifters allowed

RE: Throttle control devises are not permitted to be used and must be disconnected and completely disabled before they will pass tech inspection. Throttle control must be manually operated by drivers foot; electronics, pneumatics, hydraulics, or any other devise may in no way effect the throttle operation. Starting Line Control devises are allowed to be used on any supercharged or blown applications, but must Not be able to be activated once the race vehicle leaves the starting line. These rules will be monitored randomly by fellow racers and class officials.

4) Entry Fee:
The entrance fees will be the same as other TMR race fees ie: Super Pro, Top Comp etc. Entry fees must be paid before qualifying begins.

5) Qualifying procedures: Weather permitting
a) 3 Qualifying passes on Saturday and 1 Qualifier on Sunday morning following Top Comp Qualifying
b) Qualifying positions will be determined from the best ET of 4 runs (weather permitting)
c) All cars qualifying with an 6:49 or quicker will be on the ladder for 1st round
d) Qualified competitors not able to make first round will be on the ladder and receive qualifying and first round looser points
f) Any Door slammer competitor may enter their car in more than one class on race day

6) Ladder:
a) The qualified field will be paired up randomly between 1-4, 5-8, 9-12 etc.
b) When there is an odd number of cars the bye will go to #1 Qualifier

7) Starting line procedures:
a) No deep staging allowed
b) Four-tenths "pro" tree
c) When staging, both contestants must have their pre-stage lights activated before either car advances into the stage beams (courtesy stage)
d) During eliminations, after pre-stage light is activated, all movement will be forward unless directed by the starter
e) Once contestants are in the staging area, all decisions by starter are final.
f) Once a driver has been motioned into the burnout box they have up to three minutes to proceed before their competitor will be issued a single run

8) Eliminations:
a) Dial up (slower) only two tenths from the best qualifying pass
b) Dial down (faster) as much as desired from best qualifying pass
c) Dial Ins must be on the car or board before entering burn out box
d) Lane choice goes to the fastest car
e) Competitors must finish the race in the car they started in

9) Protests and complaints
Grievances during any event shall be directed to the event coordinator, under no circumstances shall protests or complaints be made to track personnel. (staff, officials, or management of Thunder Mountain Raceway)

10) Sponsors:
Agreements that either the Door Slammer class or TMR have negotiated with sponsors shall be respected by all members at all times.

11) Points
Racers do have to be a member of the O.A.S.C. to accumulate points in the TMR points race. 

12) Rainout
In the event of a rain out where qualifying has started, only the entries from the
original event are eligible to continue at the rain date. The Rained out event will be made up at the next scheduled event. Those entries will have one qualifier on Saturday and then start with eliminations. ET from the qualifier and eliminations on Saturday will count towards Sundays Qualifying Once someone is eliminated they can continue qualifying for Sunday with the other entries.

13) Cancelled Event:
In the event that we get rained out without starting to qualify, everyone that
showed for the rained out event will receive 10 points. Due to the full race schedule there will be no rain dates made for events that do not get started. The event sponsors money will be refunded or carried forward to year end as per the sponsor.

Door Slammer Points System

Door Slammer Class Qualifying Points System