Sunny South Raceway 2024 Mighty Mite Rules SSR Mighty Mite Class Mission: To provide a safe learning environment for novice racers. Participants will learn the fundamentals of racing, such as: Pit area staging, Racetrack entry and exit, Flag communication, Lap counting and Racing Sportsmanship. This division is an instructional, non-point, non-payout awarding class. All drivers who participate in the event will receive a trophy and will be participants in the Sunny South Raceway Year-end Banquet. This class is intended for the fun and learning experience for our children. ​This is a complete Entry Level, instructional class, not intended to be a competitive race class at this time. RULES AND SPECIFICATIONS Participants: Racers must be between 4 years to 8 years of age with no prior kart racing experience, entry level only. Must be minimum age of 4 years on or before date of racing event. Maximum age of 8 years on or before January 1, 2021. Kart specifications: WKA or ARKA approved, Jr. champ or Jr. Sportsman factory-built chassis. No homemade of converted karts permitted Must have nose piece, right and left side panels Fiberglass, plastic, or aluminum seat only. Bolt on head and shoulder restraint permitted Minimum weight with driver: 250 lbs. All bolt on ballast must be painted white with kart number present All ballast must be securely bolted in place, no hose clamp or strap permitted. Minimum bolt size 5/16 and all bolts must be double nutted, and washers used, no exceptions Disc brake on rear axle only No minimum or maximum ride height Must have easy to read number on each side panel and nose piece Minimum number height is 6 inches Caster, camber, toe: Any setting permitted Front and Rear approved bumper required; side panel bars required Maximum Right Rear Tire diameter 34 inches. Tires and Wheels: Maxxis EL tires only No tire prep allowed No compound alteration permitted No cutting, grinding, or truing permitted Right side: Maxxis 11 x 6.00 x 6 mounted on 8.5” wheel Left side: Maxxis 10.5 x 4.50 x 6 mounted on 6” wheel Maximum tire circumference 34" SSR has MAXXIS EL tires and wheels for sale Engine: Factory Box Stock Project engine All Parts and Accessories must be raced as supplied by Box Stock Project unless otherwise noted in the rules. No grinding, polishing, or machining of parts allowed. If any questionable part develops it can/will be compared to a known “as supplied part”. The track has the right to impound any engine, at any time, for any reason, and check that engine for legality, which can include sending the engine back to Box Stock Project for a final evaluation. Carburetor – RUI*ING carburetor must be run as supplied from Box Stock Project. No alterations to throttle stop, throttle shafts or emulsion tube. MUST use the RUI*ING 2-hole emulsion tube. No polishing or reworking the Venturi area, (the carburetor venturi size from BSP is .611) No “blueprinting” of the carburetor allowed. The only alterations that can be made are as follows: Main Jet Size – (.036 MUST go) to (.042 NO GO) LIMITS Low Speed Jet Size - .027 max NO-GO with O-ring must be intact and present. Exhaust Pipe Unaltered – Rapp thin flanged header pipe and RLV small muffler tech’ed per AKRA rules and measurements and raced unaltered as supplied by Box Stock Project. The RLV small muffler must be screwed into the exhaust pipe all the way and tight. Pipe can be wrapped with a heat shield, or not, racers decision. If wrapped it must be securely wrapped or sleeved starting at the beginning of the silencer to mounting flange. No wrapping/sleeving allowed on silencer. You may add an after-market header brace. Any header pipe that is found to be broken or cracked in tech, after the race, must be replaced before the engine will be allowed to compete again. Broken or cracked header found in tech will not be a cause for disqualification, however if your header or muffler is knocked off or falls out for any reason during the race you will be black flagged. Air Filter – must run a stock regular air filter as supplied. RED in color or any #175 style angled filter allowed. No performance gain air filters allowed. No alterations to the filter. You MAY use a filter sock on the air filter, racers decision. NO RC2 filters allowed. No tape on outside of engine – for the purposes of air flow changes to the engine itself. Chain guard, throttle linkage and top plate are non-tech items if not a performance gain if changed from as supplied stock parts. TIMING – will be no more than 32 degrees before TDC. Engine MUST have a offset key of 10 degrees installed having a maximum step of .075” +/- .002, No alterations to the shaft, key, keyway or flywheel allowed. SPARK PLUGS – KD-F7TC and Autolite 3910x are the only spark plugs allowed with NO modifications allowed. If a part fails size of ‘NO/GO GAGE’ will result in DQ and in loss of Points that Event (Heat and Feature races). Any altered engine will have seals cut by Sunny South Raceway official or Box Stock Project official and will no longer be allowed to run as a “sealed” motor at any track. The following restrictor plate will be used per class rules. Gasket required on both sides of plate for all classes. MIGHTY MITES Arc RED plate 0.375 Race fuel to be by Sunny South Raceway designated gas station Sunny South reserves the right to make amendments to these rules ​ Clutch and drive train: Stock North American 12 tooth only. Drum clutch only Number 35 chain Axle sprocket: 70 tooth only, no skip tooth sprocket Safety: 5-point harness, 2” minimum width belts One- or two-piece fire retardant suit required with minimum SFI 1 rating Gloves required, minimum SFI 3.3/1 rating Full face helmet required, minimum SFI 24.1/2005 rating Racing shoes, minimum SFI 3.3a/5 rating Push button kill switch within driver reach Head and neck restraint required Arm restraint mandatory Engine mounted chain guard required All belts and safety gear to be current date per Manufacturer