This is my Drag Week 2015 class and Im excited: ULTIMATE IRON CATEGORY Ultimate Iron is for Drag Week’s original tube-chassis cars with a steel, vintage American production body with unaltered appearance and minimal chassis restrictions. BODY •The body must be a stock, steel, American-made, American-brand, OE production vehicle with at least 5,000 having been sold to the public in the United States between model years 1938 and 1977. Newer cars within the same body family as a 1977 model (example: Camaros and Firebirds through 1981) may request an exemption by emailing DragWeek@HotRod for approval prior to the event. •The following are the only non-OE-production exterior body panels that may be made of non-metal materials: 1) bumpers, 2) hoods, 3) deck lids, 4) rear hatches. •Hood scoops, rear wings, and front air dams of any material are allowed. •Any composite windows must appear stock and use stock moldings. No window supports visible from outside the car. •An OE production grille, or an exact replica, for the body’s year, make, and model must be used and cannot be blocked from the front. •Stock, reproduction, or replica front and rear bumpers are required. Rear bumpers are not required on pickups. •The body may not be altered from the stock shape. No chopping, no sectioning, no narrowing, no pinching, no stretching, no sloping of the nose, no relocating the front wheel openings, no quarter-panel moving or reshaping, no wheel tubs protruding outside the stock exterior body lines. Stretched rear wheel openings are allowed. •The exterior appearance of the cowl and windshield may not be modified for engine or induction clearance. CHASSIS •Conversions from front-wheel-drive to rear-wheel-drive are not allowed MINIMUM WEIGHT •Race weight with no cargo must be no less than 3,000 pounds with driver. CLASSES WITHIN THE ULTIMATE IRON CATEGORY •Ultimate Iron: One class includes engines of all displacements and with or without power-adders.
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