1. Racers will treat all officials of MAD, with respect (all people who work at the facility). The ruling of an official can only be challenged by Track Management. We will be available to communicate with you at all times during a race, if there is a problem come and find us. Do not engage in a confrontation with MAD track officials, and or safety personnel, this could disqualify you automatically from an event, and possibly the facility for an undetermined amount of time!

2. The only people allowed to operate a pit vehicle at all at MAD are people with a valid driver’s license. The speed limit in the pit area is 8 mph for all vehicles in pits. Skateboards are not allowed. Any MAD official has the right to confiscate the keys from anyone operating pit vehicle on MAD property at anytime for the following reasons: A. you are suspected of being under-age or do not have a driver’s license. B. You are operating the vehicle and are assumed or suspected of being impaired or under the influence. C. You are disobeying the 8mph speed limit, and or being reckless in nature. (Pit Vehicles are defined as bicycles, tricycles, 4 wheelers, three wheelers, golf carts, pit-bicycles, and or any small motorized vehicle).

3. Any exhibition of speed in the pit area is not allowed. (No Burnouts anytime, racing in any manner, wheelies, dangerous stunts, and when warming up, if your vehicle is running it should be on stands, or have a driver in it, or on it all times. Vehicles should not be left running unattended at anytime.

4. Crosstalk will remain on during eliminations in our classes that allow electronics.

5. Dial ins, are to be displayed in such a way as they are visible to the tower, (computer operator) at all times. You cannot change your dial in once you cross the line at the front of your staging lane. Juniors cannot change their dial in once they are in the water-box. Dial in accuracy is the responsibility of the driver, drivers should check to make sure their dial in is correct prior to staging; this can be done by viewing the scoreboards prior to staging. (Motorcycles are required to display dial in and number as well). (Your dial in is not a secret). Your opponent should be able to see your dial in as well, especially in classes that use delay boxes/ these are legal in Superpro, and Top Eliminator!

6. Time Limits, racers have three minutes to enter the water-box once their opponent has done the same. Once a racer has been directed to enter the chute and leave the staging lanes by the staging director, he has two minutes to do so,(racers at the start of a class will be given extra time to get ready if sitting at front of chute when a new class is started. Once your opponent has pre-staged you have 30 seconds to do the same, (racers should only start burnouts when told to by starter, or water-box crew! Electronics classes and cars without front brakes are the only cars that can burn out across the starting line. Once your opponent has staged you have 6 seconds to do the same, the timing system will automatically time you out, and red-light you, in competition if this time limit is violated. Deep staging, and or over-staging will get you disqualified during competition in all classes but Junior Dragster. Over staging is defined as going in too far and turning off the pre-stage light while your opponent is staged or pre-staged. Courtesy staging is recommended, If a driver fails to courtesy stage (lights the pre-stage and stage beams without his opponent) he might be pulled back by the starter or he can back-up on his own. When this happens the opposing driver will be given extra time to get staged, when it is caught by official. If a driver does this twice in the same race, and his opponent is within 1 foot of the Pre stage beams the driver will be disqualified. In competition in the classes were deep staging is not allowed, once the tree is active if your car rolls backwards out of the stage light, you will be red lighted. If you are in Deep when the tree is activated, (by the starter or computer) you will be red lighted, automatically by the timing system immediately.

7. Re Runs, in the rare occasion of a re-run drivers must re-run with same dial ins and lanes that they originally competed in. In the event of re-run racers will be allowed to cool cars down 10 to 12 minutes. Re-runs will be initiated by track officials only.

8. Centerline. It is not acceptable in any class at any time to cross or touch the centerline of the drag strip, during competition even if you are on a solo or bye run. (You will be disqualified!)

9. Unsafe Acts. Excessive braking, to scrub off et is not acceptable, if an official sees you and thinks that you are riding the brakes too hard in competition, (or time trials) you will be disqualified, your opponent who lost the race will not be put back in unless done so by an official on the basis that the (unsafe act) somehow effected your ability to compete. If you have damaged your car in competition it is up to the official to let you compete even if you have won the round. If your car is found to be defective during competition you can be disqualified, this however does not give your competition the right to get back into the race.

10. Tail lights. All race vehicles are required to have a tail light on when facility lights are turned on.

11. Enforcement of the rules is up to the officials, after a race is run it is not acceptable for a racer to protest race, if you have a problem with what is going on please get starters attention prior to staging or pre-staging. It is not acceptable for a car or bike running in a No-Electronics class to have a delay-box or any electronic devise deemed un-acceptable to MAD officials. The only times we should ever hear a two step rev-limiter is: on the starting line, (class determines activation). Within 300 feet of the finish line, (top end rev limiter). Down track stuttering is not allowed, unless by accident, and it should not be accidentally happening every round, if it does you could possibly be disqualified if the offence is witness by a MAD official.

12. Technical Inspection. All cars need to be tech inspected daily, cars with ETI inspection still need to visit tech each race day. Racers should check brakes every race day, it is acceptable for officials to sit in your car and check brakes. Track Manager, can sign tech card when technical inspection directs racer to seek management approval prior to getting to compete in a race.

13. BYE RUNS, First round bye runs are random, after that it will be the best winning reaction time. Competition Bye runs are not considered to be bye runs.

14 Run Order, at all points events we will try to keep the same run order all year, this might have to be altered from time to time because of car count, oil downs, and special classes and races etc.

1. Top Eliminator, 2.Junior Dragster, 3. All Pro, 4. Super Pro, 5 Sportsman, 6. Time Onlys

15 Gate Times, Start Times, and Eliminations. We will try to observe our new schedule and stay consistent on our gate and start times this season. Please note on the schedule weather you are attending a Sunday daytime event or a Saturday evening event.

Junior Dragster, this class is open for children 8 to 17. This is the only class that children under the age of sixteen can compete in. The purse and entry, is posted. The purse is guaranteed for all points races! And the parents can refer to the Junior Drag racing rule book for specific safety guidelines in this class (with exception to age and ET requirements). Please make sure all kids without a State driver’s license do not operate any kind of pit vehicle at MAD including non-motorized vehicles.

Sportsman, At MAD we are known for our Sportsman racers. The fastest you can dial is 11.00, (12.00 for cars with full aftermarket wheel tubs and or “back halved cars“) and this is where the real competition starts for a bracket racer, this is a ¼ mile class. It is run on a .5 full tree and deep staging is not allowed. A majority of our high school racers also compete in Sportsman as well. PS No Dragsters, tube frame cars, no center-steer cars, and no aftermarket electric or air activated shifters. Two steps and line locks are allowed on stick shift, (manual transmission) cars. Having a delay box in the car during competition is unacceptable.

All Pro! This is a new to Mid America Dragway class for our 50^th year! In an attempt to pay higher purses on a regular basis we will combine footbrake and Pro, (tranny brake no box classes) this season. The win and runner up will be almost identical. This way no racer should feel slighted! We will run footbrake cars separate from tranny brake cars until the final. Racers are not allowed to compete on both sides of the class! In footbrake there is no rear engine dragsters allowed, no two steps on starting line,(except stick cars), and air and electrically activated shifters are permitted. On the tranny brake side No Box! Bring it! Both sides will be contested on the ¼ mile! If there is ever a case when one class has fewer than 8 cars the classes will be combined at the start. In the event a footbrake car wins the final they will receive a free entry to the next race. If that footbraker already has a gold card they will receive a $50 dollar bonus. As far as points are concerned the final is not worth any points in this class so the year end points winner will have had to raced and won more rounds than his or her opponents. Footbrakers are allowed to run on the tranny brake side but the tranny brake cars cannot run in footbrake, (remember no competitor can run in both!). This gives the footbrakers a chance to step up try to dominate on a day when a lot of tranny brake cars do not show. No deep staging is allowed!

Super Pro! Mid-America Dragway Style! This is a 1/8 mile class, this way door cars can be more competitive on a regular basis. Dial ins must be in plain sight, and cross-talk will be used at all times in electronic classes at MAD. There will be two rounds of buy-backs unless specified, and check out our new payouts!

Top Eliminator, this is where the racers let it all hang out. The fastest door car and the fastest dragster get a free entry in this class. This class is contested on the 1/8^th mile and it is not uncommon for Top Sportsman cars and Blown Alcohol Dragsters to compete in this class. New for this year, if there is an odd number of cars first round the fastest door car gets the bye run in round one of eliminations. This is a 100% payout class and it is not uncommon for a sponsor to add money to the purse. Because of the performance nature of this class there is only one round of buy-backs and that money is added to the purse! Entry is $50.00 buy-backs are $20.00! Class payouts will be announced after the first round buy back. 8 cars or less we pay win and r/u. 9 to 16 cars we pay to semi or semi’s. And if we have more than 24 cars track will add another $100 at 32 the payout is $1000.00 to win, $500 r/u, $250 semi’s and $100.00 quarters!

In Summary: We want you to enjoy your racing experience, have fun, in a non threatening, but competitive environment. Our goal is to make every racer feel as if they have been treated fairly. A goal of the track is to get back to being NHRA sanctioned for 2012, so the great racers at MAD can get back to their position as a consistent top five team finisher at the finals. There are many former division bracket racing champions that race at MAD on a regular basis. Our ET Finals will be at the grass-root race in OKC the first weekend in November, we also plan on bringing a team to the CDRA finals at the KAN as well. The Mafia will rule supreme in 2011! This is Mad’s 50^th year! The point’s series winner’s jackets will reflect this and a very special race will be held to celebrate this! If you have old pictures and memorabilia we still have lots of room left to display in victory hall!

        Sincerely: the entire Woods Family, and all the great people who make a race at this facility possible!