YOU MUST CONTACT COLE DIRECTLY TO ENTER YOUR TRUCK IN THE STREET TRUCK CHALLENGE. CALL OR TEXT 260-414-0082 OR EMAIL [email protected]
This competition will be geared towards street driven trucks. This is our first year so it’s going to be a learning process for all of us. We will try to be lenient to a certain extent. Our main goal here is to put on a great show and have fun! Entry fee will be $200. We are taking 10 entries for the diesel class. These entries will be first come first serve. Once the 10 spots are filled and paid for there will be no additional entries and no waiting list. If a competitor drops out at anytime, no refund will be given and we will not fill that spot. Competing order for all 3 events will be determined by random draw. The points leader after the 3 events will be the overall champion. The winner will take home $2,000 cash and will be entered free of charge into the 2026 STC challenge to defend his/her title. The STC staff will have the final say on any discrepancies.
Placing System Point Scale
1st – 10 points
2nd – 8 points
3rd – 6 points
4th – 4 points
5th – 2 points
6th-10th – 0 points
SLED PULL RULES
If you are entered in the STC, you will NOT be able to sled pull in any other class. You will only be allowed to compete in the STC class.
9000lb Street Truck Challenge Diesel Rules
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON IF YOUR TRUCK IS STREET, THEN IT PROBABLY ISN’T.
Chassis & Suspension
1. OEM 1 ton or less chassis required. No tube chassis or back halve conversions.
2. Factory wheelbase must be retained, Cab and chassis trucks must be no more than 172” wheelbase from center of axle to center of axle. 3. Engine must remain in original location
3. Factory front suspension must be retained. Must retain factory OEM type steering gear. Non OEM power assist is prohibited.
4. OEM style rear suspension is mandatory. Suspension must have 1in of travel.
5. Air Bags are allowed 10psi max
6. Limiting straps are allowed.
7. Traction bars are allowed front and rear but must bolt to the housings. Only bracketry to bolt them on with may be welded. You are allowed 1 straight bar per side with a maximum of 2 links or points of contact on the axle housing and/or frame going from the centerline of the rear axle forward. Traction bars must have a center strap or chain looped around them to prevent them from sticking in the dirt in case of bending.
8. No rear frame trusses permitted. Bracing may only have 2 points of contact.
9. Must pull off of a Reese style hitch with no part of the hitch extending forward of the centerline of the rear axle. No part of the hitch can connect to the rear axle. No part of the hitch may be above the top of the frame rails. Hitch must be parallel to the ground and stationary in all directions. Hook point to be no farther forward than 44” back from the centerline of the rear axle.
10. Hitch height is 24” max
11. Rear bumpers may be notched or removed. Sled stops permitted
12. Batteries may not be mounted in the cab. Batteries are to be no further forward than the factory core support.
13. 9000# max weight limit
Driveline
1. OEM 1 ton or less transmissions and transfer cases required. No Bruno, Lencos or reversers. No drop boxes. Aftermarket internals in stock housings is allowed.
2. SFI approved transmission blankets are recommended
3. SFI approved blow proof bellhousings are highly recommended for manual transmission trucks. If not running a blow proof bellhousing, the bellhousing must be covered with an SFI approved transmission blanket.
4. OEM 1 ton or less axles required front and rear. Aftermarket internals in stock housings are permitted.
5. Must have working 4 wheel brakes. 6. DOT tires only. No cutting or sharpening. No chains or studs allowed. Dual wheels allowed on a factory dually truck.
Body
1. Body must be OEM truck body including OEM bed floor. Body must retain full sheet metal as well as OEM firewall and OEM floor boards. Flat beds permitted, must be a production style. No fabricated lightweight pulling beds allowed.
2. All OEM glass windows must be retained. No Lexan permitted. All windows must retain factory operation.
3. Complete interior including dash board and door panels mandatory. Aftermarket seats permitted but must be matching.
4. Factory headlight and tail light assemblies must be in place and operational. The only exception is the right front headlight may be removed for air inlet to the engine. 6. Radiator must be in stock location and at least stock capacity.
5.Fuel tank must be mounted in stock location
Engine
1. Engine is limited to a stock appearing OEM make specific compression engine available from the factory in a one ton or less truck.
2. Electric water pumps and electric fans permitted. Factory accessory drive system must be retained.
3. No individual runner intakes (Ex: ZZ Customs)
4. No deck plates
5. No pressurized injectables allowed what so ever. This includes nitrous oxide, propane, water injection or anything of the sort. All components must be removed.
6. Engines turning more than 4500 rpm must have an SFI approved harmonic balancer.
7. Fuel injection pump is cylinder count specific (6 cylinder pump on a 6 cylinder engine). P Pumps allowed are the P3000 and P7100. No sigma or 12 cylinder allowed. No AG governors.
8. Fuel must be commercially available #1, #2 diesel or soy/biodiesel.
Factory style or aftermarket air to air intercoolers only mounted in stock location. Water to air intercoolers are prohibited. Absolutely no use of ice or water to cool the intake charge. Ford 6.7L are able to utilize the factory air to water set up as long as it remains OEM. Nothing aftermarket. No spraying intercoolers with pump sprayers or anything of the like on the track or while you are first or second staged to go on the track. This causes too many people in places they do not need to be.
Turbo and Exhaust
1. Any Single turbo unless factory equipped with a twin set up (must be factory appearing twin turbo set up). Competitor will have 10 seconds to spool the turbo when drag racing or sled pulling. Sled pulling you will get two attempts the second time you must go, or you will be scored a distance where you sit. Drag racing if you are not staged by the end of your 10 seconds the tree will be manually tripped.
2. Exhaust must be in place.
3. Stacks in the bed permitted. Hood stacks are allowed.
4. Two 3/8” diameter bolts installed in the downpipe in a cross pattern are highly recommended if the factory muffler has been removed.
Safety & Protests
1. Helmet recommended.
2. Seatbelts must be worn
3. Before and during the individual’s pull there will be NO alcoholic beverages consumed by the driver. After, when of legal age and maturity have at it. If for those that have a pit crew, family, etc, someone comes up to complain or question a rule or decision and they have either been witnessed drinking, or the smell of alcohol is present on the individual, they will have no say on anything pertaining to any issue present. If they continue to argue they will be asked to leave the property. 2. Protesting- To protest, a $500 dollar cash only fee will be collected and held by the event coordinator. Protesting must be made by a participant of the class. An event official must be notified within 15 minutes of the end of the class if there is a protest. Both the protested vehicle and the vehicle of the individual that protested must show up to the tech area. Protests are per person and vehicle. If multiple participants want to protest, each will provide 500.00 and all vehicles will show up for tech. (No pooling of money for only one other vehicle to be sent through tech with protested vehicle.) Both vehicles must be at the tech area within 30 minutes of being protested. Event officials visually seeing modifications being done to the vehicle after a protest has been called will result in an automatic forfeiture of any prize money and disqualification. If it is found that the vehicle being protested is illegal in the class, that individual will forfeit all winnings and will be disqualified. The one protesting will get the fee back. If found legal the protested competitor will receive $450 and the event will collect the remaining $50. If it is found that the individual that protested has a vehicle that is illegal for the class along with the protested vehicle the event will collect all $500. To reiterate, those found to be illegal in the class will forfeit all winnings and will be disqualified.
4. All class winners will be subject to re-tech by the tech official immediately after class completion.
5. Tech official has final say along with event coordinator.
6. Valid driver’s license required for ALL classes.
7. Vehicle registration and proof of insurance required for both classes
seat belts required in all classes.
8. No passengers allowed in vehicle while pulling.
9. Additions and or corrections possible.
10. Weight class reference is for pulling only. Weight can be removed for all other events.
DYNO PULL RULES
Matt Story, owner of Blessed Performance will be operating the dyno. He will direct you on everything to do for the dyno pull. Each competitor will be given 3 consecutive pulls. Competitors will be given a 5 minute tuning and modification time between pulls. Highest HP out of the 3 dyno pulls will be the recorded number for the competition. Highest HP to Lowest HP is how you will be placed 1 thru 10 for the dyno competition.
DIRT DRAG RULES
Tom Black will be in charge of the dirt drag competition. Competitors are allowed to run as many times as they would like in the fun dirt drags from noon-3:30. The STC competition runs will start around 4:30. Each competitor will get one test run. After that you will get 2 runs. The fastest time of the 2 will be the run submitted for the place and point scale. The competition will be scored fastest time to slowest time for each competitor 1-10. If for some reason there is a light malfunction or the run time does not record, that competitor will be given a rerun once approved by Tom Black.
Carry in coolers are allowed. Alcohol is allowed, but no glass of any kind. General admission passes will get you anywhere on the grounds other than the pits. A separate $10 pit pass must be purchased and waiver signed at the events sign up table. Use common sense! We are here to have a good time, but anyone caught doing burnouts, donuts, or any other form of reckless driving on the grounds will be told to leave immediately. No pit bikes or mini bikes are allowed due to insurance and liability regulations. Revving engines is 100% ok! Quiet time on the grounds will be from 12:00am to 6:00am.
Waiver & Release Liability
By reference of the Cole Motors Freedom Truck Meet. By use of this ticket and attendance at the Van Wert County Fair, Holder (on behalf of Holder and any minor accompanying Holder) acknowledge and assumes all risks and dangers incidental to the Van Wert County Fair as it relates to contracting COVID-19. Holder agrees that none of the Van Wert County Fair, Fair Board members, Junior Fair Board members, the participating exhibitors, and any other Van Wert County Fair owners, partners, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, customers, purchasers, independent contractors, licenses, sponsors, vendors, volunteers, successors and assigns, or the Van Wert County Agricultural Society (the “Release Parties”), shall be responsible or liable or liable for the Holder or result of such risks or dangers. BY ATTENDING THE VAN WERT COUNTY FAIR, HOLDER (ON BEHALF OF HOLDER AND ANY MINOR ACCOMPANYING HOLDER) IS DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN A FULL RELEASE OF LIABILITY TO THE RELEASED PARTIES. IF HOLDER DOES NOT WISH TO OR IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO GRANT ALL THE RIGHTS, RELEASES AND WAIVERS SET FOURTH IN THIS TICKET ON BEHALF OF ANY ACCOMPANIED MINOR(S) OUT OF THE FAIRGROUNDS.
Open and vehicles allowed for fun runs or grudge matches.
Brush style pull with multiple classes including Dailey Driver class. Call or text Greg Arn for details and questions: 260-223-3188