Announcement January 24, 2023

More off season house cleaning.......

Since it's inception, the focus of FAST has been on maximizing factory parts on factory tires on factory appearing cars.

And man has it been fun!

Along the way, we have made some concessions to the availability of parts with an eye on keeping the class as the leader in stock appearing drag racing.

We had to make allowanced for safety equipment.

We allowed aftermarket blocks.

We put in a cubic inch limit.

And we have approved aftermarket heads.

Most of all, we have not kept our rules page up to date with these changes.

And that has caused and continues to cause issues.

So, going forward we are committed to making sure our rules pages are kept up to date.

We have approved heads at the request of racers after consideration and unanimous approval by the FAST Board of Directors.

The heads include GM Performance heads for big block Chevy, Darts heads for small block Chevy, Mopar Performance heads for Hemi, and recently the

LA-X Performance heads for the small block Mopar.  A complete list will be made available on our rules page soon.

When approving any non-factory part, it is up to the FAST board to decide if the part is a reasonable substitute for the factory part, or a safety item.

As we go through this process, we are asking our racers to submit any additional cylinder heads for review to us by email info@fastdrags.com

We are an organization that exists to bring stock appearing racing to world class tracks and offer world class prep.

We have on hell of a 2023 season in store

for our racers and fans!

F.A.S.T. racing is for 1955 to 1979 muscle cars built in United States and Canadian assembly plants.

Factory lightweight cars built for sanctioned drag racing and dealership built/modified cars are not eligible to participate.

Cars must have been originally equipped with a V8 engine, minimum of four-barrel carburetion, dual exhaust, and other factory installed equipment that promotes a high performance image. 

Sept 2023 clarification: 4 door cars, station wagons, and trucks are not permitted in FAST.

NOTE: Throughout this rules document, all references to “correct*” acknowledge that it is “proper for the year, make, model and horsepower claimed, for both the car and engine claimed.

The car year, make, model, body style and engine combination must all have been produced and available to the general public in the year claimed, in an actual car.” 

Most parts of the car will fall into one of four categories: 

1) Correct* OEM parts. These parts must be proper for the year, make, model, and horsepower claimed, and they must be Original Equipment Manufactured (OEM) parts.

Examples: Intake manifold and cylinder heads. 

2) Correct* parts. These parts are the same as Correct* OEM parts, except they do not need to be OEM manufactured.

Reproduction parts, that duplicate the Correct* Original parts in appearance, form, function and material and are primarily designed as “restoration” parts are allowed,

as long as they comply with all other applicable rules. Examples: wheels, upholstery, emblems, replacement sheet metal, etc. 

3) Spec parts. Parts that meet a specification defined in the rules, but are not necessarily Correct* or stock appearing. Examples: tires, exhaust system.

Note: Every effort should be made to achieve a stock “look” with these parts. For example; your car did not come from the factory with a 2-1/2” mandrel bent exhaust system.

 But it is specified in the rules that you may run one.

Do not have it powder coated pink or highly polished stainless. Rather, try to keep the finish somewhat consistent with what the original correct* exhaust system would have been. 

4) Correct Appearing. Everything not specified otherwise must be correct appearing. “Correct appearing” and “appearing correct” means: upon a cursory visual inspection by someone reasonably familiar with the year, make and model claimed, it looks like a correct* part. 

ANYONE USING NITROUS OXIDE WILL BE BANNED FROM PARTICIPATING FOR LIFE!

1.00 Body

1.01 The correct* original appearance must be retained.

1.02 No custom or fiberglass replacement panels are allowed. 

Car frame and body, including bumpers, must be made from correct* original material.

Repro parts are OK if made from correct* original material, ie: repro fiberglass hood on 440 six-pack. 

1.03 No "custom" paint colors, designs, or lettering is allowed. 

Paint color must appear stock. Graphics (for advertising or creative purposes) will not be allowed anywhere on the vehicles. Only correct* graphics will be allowed.

Example: Dodge Scat Pack bumble bees ,Hurst Olds, Yenko graphics, etc. Exception: F.A.S.T. sticker as provided by and placed as directed by F.A.S.T. Directors.

1.04 Front and rear car height must appear correct.

1.05 Bumpers, fenders and under hood must retain all correct* bracing and reinforcements.

1.06 Correct* inner fender panels, front and rear, must be retained.

1.07 Factory hood scoops, ram air, fresh air induction must appear correct. 

1.08 Interior seating, trim, and materials must appear correct.

1.09 Aftermarket tachs and gauges are allowed if mounted on the steering column or under the dash.

1.10 Correct* glass only. All windows must be functional and closed during all runs.

1.11 Hood must be fully closed during all runs. 

1.12 Wheel base must be correct*, within +/- 1" of original factory spec.

1.13 The outside car body must maintain correct* original dimensions. 

2.00 ENGINE

2.01 Engine block must appear to be a correct* original block and must be of the same engine family and exterior size.

The block must be made from the same material as the correct* original block. Approved aftermarket replacement blocks are allowed (see list below). 

If you want to use an aftermarket block that is not already preapproved it is up to the individual to submit all the necessary information to the FASTRACES LLC so the block in question can be properly investigated.

 (part numbers, casting numbers, web site links, company names, phone numbers, etc)

Raised decked and raised cam blocks will not be approved. There will be a 560 cubic inch limit on all engines except the Ford 429/460 based power plants which will be allowed 620 cubes. 

If you think you can get more than the allotted cubic inches out of a stock production block you will have to contact the FAST Board of Director and have your combination approved prior to racing. 

2.01a -Approved Aftermarket Replacement Block List:

End Of Approved List. 

2.02 Dealer installed engines and dealer performed modifications are not allowed.

2.03 Cylinder Heads and Intake Manifold MUST be correct* OEM casting, have correct* original casting numbers and be of correct* original material.

This may very well be the most important and teched F.A.S.T. rule.

Note: Any cylinder head or intake manifold that is not the correct* casting number, must be approved and published on the F.A.S.T. website.

Casting date codes are not looked at and are not part of the tech process.

2.04 Internal engine modifications OK. 

2.05 The entire engine compartment and engine assembly, including accessories, must appear correct, except for items specifically defined otherwise in these rules.

Appearance of the engine will be inspected with the air filter housing off and on. Removal of pollution control air pump is allowed. Engine torque strap OK.

Engine color should appear stock.

2.06 No Nitrous Oxide allowed.

2.07 Lightweight mini starters OK. If painted to appear as stock as possible.

2.08 Aftermarket harmonic balancers are OK, if painted to appear as stock as possible.

2.09 Maximum of 2 OEM type intake manifold gaskets allowed between manifold and cylinder head.

3.00 FUEL SYSTEM AND CARBURETOR

3.01 The carburetor must appear externally correct*.

Internal modifications are OK. Carburetor housing must be the correct* housing for your application. The stamped part number need not be correct*.

For example any 750 Q-jet can replace any 750 Q-jet as long as it externally appears correct*, but an 800 Q-jet cannot replace a 750 Q-jet, even if it does appear externally correct.

3.02 Carb choke flap and assembly is optional. 

3.03 Choke horn removal is not allowed.

3.04 Carb spacers are not allowed

3.05 Maximum of 2 OEM type gaskets allowed under carb.

3.06 The air filter housing assembly must appear correct.

All qualifying and race runs must be done with the correct appearing air filter housing and an air filter in place. Correctly sized aftermarket air filters are OK.

3.07 The correct* mechanical fuel pump must be retained.

3.08 Electric fuel pumps are allowed if mounted in a location out of view.

Fuel regulators and fuel pressure gauges are OK, if mounted in a location out of view.

3.09 Correct* fuel lines are required from engine mounted mechanical fuel pump to carburetor.

3.10 Fuel lines from tank to mechanical pump may be upgraded.

3.11 Gasoline as outlined here is the only acceptable fuel for use in F.A.S.T.. 

The F.A.S.T. tech inspector reserves the right to check gasoline at any time during competition. Gasoline is defined as a mixture of hydrocarbons only.

The average dielectric constant (D.C.) for the hydrocarbons that compromises gasoline is 2.025. This is defined as a reading of "0" on the fuel-check meter.

3.12 Nitrous Oxide is NOT allowed. ANYONE USING NITROUS OXIDE WILL BE BANNED FROM PARTICIPATING FOR LIFE!

3.13 Propylene Oxide, Nitro-methane, alcohol and nitro-propane are NOT allowed.

4.00 EXHAUST

4.01 Cast iron exhaust manifolds are mandatory and must be correct*, have correct* casting numbers and be of correct* material.

 Under no circumstances will headers be allowed, including those cars that had headers delivered in the trunk. 

Internal modifications are OK. Correct* appearing exhaust manifold paint or coatings are OK. Casting date codes are not looked at and are not part of the tech process.

4.02 Even if equipped from the factory with cut-outs, all runs must be made with closed exhaust running through the mufflers.

4.03 Exhaust systems may be upgraded to a maximum of 2.5" diameter head and tail pipes.

Exception: Certain Max Wedge cars left the factory with 3" inch head pipes, these cars can retain these head pipes up to, but not past, the transmission tail-shaft.

Even if equipped from the factory with cut-outs, all runs must be made with closed exhaust running through the mufflers.

4.04 Mufflers must be stock looking in design.

No welded mufflers allowed. Maximum muffler inlet and outlet is 2.5”.

4.05 Exhaust pipes must exit in the correct* original location.

4.06 Excessive exhaust leaks are not allowed.

4.07 "X" and "H" pipes are allowed. The “X” pipe assembly can not exceed 24” in length.

4.08 Maximum of 2 OEM type exhaust manifold gaskets allowed between manifold and cylinder head.

4.09 Delay, Stutter, or Two Step launch control devices violate that the 'stock sounding' exhaust rule and are prohibited. Fluttering OK, Shooting ducks Not.

5.00 VALVE COVERS 

5.01 Valve covers must appear correct. 

5.02 Valve cover spacers are not allowed.

5.03 Maximum of 2 OEM type gaskets under each valve cover allowed.

6.00 CAMSHAFT

6.01 Camshaft must produce a correct* stock sound at idle. We all know what a STOCK cam sounds like!

Factory cam specs will be taken into consideration when determining the correct* idle sound. 

Example: An Olds W30 or a Mopar Max Wedge car had large cams from the factory. They will not be expected to idle as smoothly as a 1973 400.

 Camshaft lopiness and smoothness will be teched with the engine operating at idle RPM and from the exhaust outlets.

Upgrade to solid flat tappet or roller cam OK. Mechanical sounds from the valve train are not a tech item.

Note: The camshaft rule is under investigation, so that it may be better enforced.

Currently there are no changes but the F.A.S.T. Board will be conducting various tests during the racing year to determine the best way to tech for this.

During 2010 there will be testing of cars done at the track (during normal F.A.S.T. tech) to document engine vacuum, idle rpm, db sound levels, etc..

These test results will be used to better clarify, test and enforce the spirit of the F.A.S.T. camshaft rule.

7.00 PULLEYS

7.01 All pulleys must be correct*. Aluminum pulleys are not legal.

7.02 Belts running the water pump and alternator must be retained at all times. 

8.00 IGNITION SYSTEM

8.01 The distributor, distributor cap and coil must appear correct,

Distributor housing does not need to have original part number stamped in body.

8.02 Coil must be retained in the correct* location.

8.03 Aftermarket ignition boxes allowed, if mounted out of sight.

8.04 Spark plug wires and boots must be black, (or of the correct* original color if the correct* original color is not black) 8mm maximum diameter, and have NO aftermarket lettering on them.

Aftermarket spark plug wires are OK if they conform to the above rules.

9.00 COOLING SYSTEM

9.01 The radiator, fan and radiator shroud must appear correct.

Replacement radiator caps are OK. No electric fans.

9.02 Overflow cans of at least 20 oz. are required.

Aftermarket overflow cans OK, if car originally did not have one. If an aftermarket overflow can is used, racers are encouraged to hide the overflow can as best they can with paint and placement.

10.00 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

10.01 The battery must be retained in the correct* location, be functional and securely fastened down with original style hold down.

Original looking batteries are encouraged but not required, Replacement batteries are OK.

10.02 The charging system must be fully operational at all times.

10.03 Under hood wiring should appear correct.

11.00 DRIVETRAIN

11.01 Vehicles that only came with 4-speeds may convert to automatics and vice/versa.

This must be done in a matter that reflects how the factory would have done it, OEM correct* shifters, linkage, consoles if equipped,

and hardware MUST be used and the conversion must look 100% correct to the FASTRACES LLC.

11.02 The transmission must be of the same manufacturer as the car.

For example: an Olds with a TH400 could change to a TH350 or Powerglide, and a Chevy with a Saginaw could change to a Muncie or other GM 4 speed trans.

Transmission casting numbers are not a tech issue. Internal modifications are OK.

11.03 OEM appearing aftermarket cases are OK.

11.10 Automatic Transmission:

11.11 Any torque converter is OK.

11.12 Aftermarket shifters are not allowed.

11.13 Maximum 3 forward gears.

11.20 Manual Transmission:

11.21 Any clutch/pressure plate assembly is OK. Scatter shields are OK.

11.22 3 speeds may be upgraded to a 4 speed.

11.23 Shifter must be stock appearing.

11.24 Maximum 4 forward gears.

11.30 Drive Shaft:

11.31 Aftermarket drive shaft is OK. Maximum 3.5” diameter.

Aftermarket drive shafts should be painted, to appear as stock as possible.

12.00 REAR AXLES

12.01 The rear axle housing must be of the same manufacturer as the car. OEM appearing aftermarket housings are OK.

Internal modifications are OK. Any gear ratio allowed. Aftermarket axles are OK.

Upgrade to posi-unit or spool is OK. 

13.00 SUSPENSION

13.10 Rear Suspension:

13.11 Traction devices are limited to hop stop bars for upper control arms on coil spring cars.

13.12 Upper and lower control arms on coil spring cars must be correct*.

13.13 Pinion snubbers and clamping of leaf springs are allowed on leaf spring cars.

13.14 No slapper bars or ladder bars of any kind are allowed, unless originally equipped from the factory.

Factory documentation will be required to prove authenticity for any cars with bolt on traction devices.

No dealer installed traction devices allowed.

13.15 Aftermarket bushings OK.

Must be the correct* original color.

13.16 Shocks and springs must appear correct.

Aftermarket adjustable shocks are OK if painted to appear correct.

13.17 Air bags are not allowed.

13.20 Front Suspension:

13.21 The front sway bar is optional.

13.22 Aftermarket shocks, bushings and springs are OK, but must be painted to appear correct. No other aftermarket front suspension parts are allowed.

14.00 TIRES AND WHEELS AND BRAKES

14.01 Wheels must be correct*, including correct* diameter, width and material.

Note: Width may be upgraded to a maximum of 6”, if the correct* wheel is narrower than that. Reproduction wheels OK.

14.02 All 4 wheels and tires must be same size.

Exception: Mopar TA Challenger came from factory with G-60’s on rear and F-60’s on front.

14.03 Original equipment reproduction bias-ply tires only. No soft compound tires of any kind are allowed.

Retread tires are not allowed. Any car is allowed to upgrade to a maximum size tire of G-70 of the correct* wheel diameter.

All cars that were originally available with a 60 series tire can upgrade to a maximum size of G-60 tire of the correct* wheel diameter.

Exception: First time F.A.S.T. participants are allowed to run normal ’non-sticky’ street radials for their first F.A.S.T. race.

14.04 Aftermarket or OEM brake upgrades are allowed for safety concerns. Every effort should be made to achieve a stock appearance.

14.05 Line locks are allowed if hidden.

15.00 TRACK TECH

15.01 All track safety rules apply and you must pass track tech.

When required by track safety rules, roll bars and aftermarket seat belts will not be cause for disqualification under the 'stock appearing' requirement in the F.A.S.T. rules.

We require that everyone racing in the F.A.S.T. class maintain a stock image and appearance as best they can.

 Every effort should be made to integrate required safety equipment with a correct appearance.

 Careful shaping and placement of the roll bar tubes to hide them as best as possible and painting of the roll bar is one way to try and blend in the roll bar with the interior.

16.00 UNDER BODY

16.01 Underside of vehicle needs to appear correct when viewed from ground level, 3 feet outside perimeter of the car.

Exceptions to this are any components specifically identified and mentioned in the rules.

17.00 ET SPECIFIC TECH

17.01 11.50 - Any car that runs 11.50 or quicker any time during the event will be subject to a mandatory cylinder head casting # and material check via valve cover removal.

17.02 10.70 - Any car that runs 10.70 or quicker any time during the event will be subject to stricter tech inspection, requiring removal of carburetor/s, valve cover and distributor.

17.03 10.30 - Any car that runs 10.30 or quicker any time during the event will be subject to a heavy tech including P&G.

18.00 ET RECORD PROCESS

ET Records may be set at any Official FAST event. Pre-race track rentals or test and tunes will not be included unless the test and tune is our scheduled qualifying.

Due to differences in track timing systems, FAST will only recognize and ET to the third digit beyond the decimal point, regardless of how many digits are reported.

We will ignore and digits beyond three: 10.8657 = 10.865  10.862 = 10.865.

F.A.S.T. Board of Directors:

Dave Dudek

Terry Pennington

Donny Brass