Barrel Racing

• As a participating team, you and a partner will have the opportunity to PUSH or PULL your barrel racecar through our chicane course.
• You will get to compete head to head throughout the day in time trials and one-on-one races to see who runs away the grand prize!
• You will be competing for prizes, tickets to the Festival and the chance to be hailed as the Barrel Racing Champion.
• Your barrel race car can be made of any standard wooden barrel, including half barrels from the garden store.
• Your barrel race car must maintain the “integrity” of a barrel, meaning some of the shape.
• Your barrel race car needs some form of break.
• Your team name and barrel can be named after your business or organization.
• Minors must have parent’s signature on application.

• Barrel race cars to be delivered to race site between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
• ALL VEHICLES MUST BE INSPRECTED PRIOR TO RACE.
• TEAMS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND PRE-RACE SAFETY INSPECTION AND TESTING.
• A PERFORMANCE TEST OF STEERING, STOPPING AND TOWING WILL BE CONDUCTED 1 HOUR PRIOR TO THIS RACE.
• All race cars can choose their own race car number or accept one assigned to you. Number does not mean your order of racing.
• All team members must sign a liability form prior to racing. (Failure to do so will result in immediate disqualification.)
• UNSAFE VEHICLES WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AT DISCRETION OF RACE OFFICIALS.
• To help with traffic flow, pop-up tents or similar are restricted from the pit areas.

• Team members must be 18 years or older or have the signature of a parent or guardian.
• ALL BARREL RACE CARS must maintain the integrity of the barrel shape. Barrels cannot be disassembled, and wood used to make a race car that does not contain the BARREL SHAPE.
• Barrel embellishments such as wings and tails, or fender flares, cannot exceed 24″ on any side of the barrel.
• VEHICLES MUST BE CONSTRUCTED IN A SAFE, WORKMAN-LIKE MANNER AND MUST BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE RIGORS OF MULTIPLE RACE HEATS.
• Each vehicle must have a minimum of two wheels in contact with the track at all times during the race.
• Each vehicle must have functional brakes (hand brake, foot pedal brake) that remains functional throughout the event. Failure to comply will result in immediate disqualification.
• No dragging of feet “Fred Flintstone” style brakes.
• No boat anchors.
• No brakes that require contact with the road.
• Each vehicle must be HUMAN POWERED… with a driver and a pusher or puller. MAXIMUM 2 PEOPLE PER TEAM.
• No additional propulsion is permitted. This includes moveable weights, batteries, wind, solar, giant rubber bands, rocket engines and anything else that the judges determine to be an unfair advantage.
• Each vehicle MUST HAVE STEERING that is functional to the “driver.”
• Barrel must be all ballast.
• Driver must be adequately secured in place.
  No automobile frames and axles will be permitted.
• “Head First” driver/passenger positions will not be allowed due to a higher risk of injury.
• Each driver is required to wear a helmet that is secured to his or her head by a strap.
• At a minimum, helmets must meet bicycle helmet standards. (Full-face helmets are recommended.)
• Each driver and pusher must wear closed-toed shoes. (Other protective gear is also recommended.)
• NO registered racer is to consume alcohol until they have been eliminated from the event.
• NO cell phone use by pusher or driver during a race.
• The winner of a heat will be determined by the first barrel race car to cross the finish line by its FRONT WHEELS.
• Race officials have the right to disqualify anyone at any time.
• RULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE RACE COMMITTEE.
• Race cars will be separated between 2-wheel (chariot style or bicycle style) and 2+ wheels styles (3-4).

• As a participating team, you and a partner will have the opportunity to PUSH or PULL your barrel racecar through our chicane course.
• You will get to compete head to head throughout the day in time trials and one-on-one races to see who runs away the grand prize!
• You will be competing for prizes, tickets to the Festival and the chance to be hailed as the Barrel Racing Champion.
• The cost to build each vehicle may not exceed $500.
• You KEEP your Barrel Race Car for future races and to brag of your great race adventure.
• Race car participants will be invited to opening night to show off their vehicles.

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