In staying with the original concept of F.A.S.T., which is for our hobby to be fun, for personal satisfaction and camaraderie without financial gain, these hill climbs are also designed to be fun, sporting events, in the tradition of hill climbs that were popular in the early days of the automobile. They are for our street driven, vintage 4-bangers, for cars that were, or could have been built prior to WWII, therefore dragster style cars, rear-engined cars, multi-tube frames, narrowed axles, etc. are NOT ALLOWED. If it doesn't say you can do it in the rules, YOU CAN'T! If you have any questions call the F.A.S.T. office or someone involved in the hill climbs before building a car or bringing one to a hill climb and find you can't run it. Some of these climbs are close to residential neighborhoods; you may be required to have a muffler on your car.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS & SAFETY:

SEAT BELTS: All open cars (roadsters, etc.), and all cars except stock classes S-2, S-3 and T-1 shall be equipped with securely mounted seat belts that are approved by a recognized organization such as DOT or SFI.

HELMETS: Drivers of all open cars shall wear helmets approved by DOT or Snell. Helmets are highly recommended in all cars.

COMPONENTS: All major components shall be American automotive production items; frames (no multi-tube frames), front axle, rear end, transmission, steering gears, springs and brakes. The exception to this rule is quick change rear ends in some classes, no other race car equipment will be allowed.

THROTTLE LINKAGE: Cars with other than a stock carburetor and linkage must have the linkage designed to operate freely with no binding or sticking. Two throttle return springs are required on non-stock systems, one of which shall be directly on the carb.

WHEELS: * Any metal wheel is permitted, stock or aftermarket, as long as it is in a safe condition.

TIRES: Only Street type tires with DOT markings will be allowed. Maximum width of the tread shall be 7½". Slicks, cheater slicks, or tires with special rubber compounds are NOT ALLOWED.

BRAKES: * All cars must have 4 wheel brakes in good operating order.

SUSPENSION: * Each wheel must be fully sprung and damped with a shock absorber.

FUEL: Gasoline only, no exotic fuels or nitrous oxide will be allowed. Injectors and/or electronic management systems are not allowed.

SUPERCHARGERS OR TURBOCHARGERS: are not allowed.

SAFETY ITEMS: It is recommended that all cars carry fire extinguishers. It is further strongly recommended that cars in Modified, Speedster and Historic classes have adequate roll bars, clutch scatter-shields, seat belts with shoulder harness, and safety hubs on early Ford style rear ends. Cars with open drive lines shall be equipped with a 360 degree metal sling (1/4" X 1" min.) attached securely and mounted in the front 25% of the shaft to prevent dropping or whipping in the event of the shaft or u-joint breakage. Split rear wishbones require a similar retaining sling.