Rules

General Rules for participants in the Modern Street Hemi Shootout. Read the rules, ignorance is not acceptable (that includes you buddy!).

Bracket Style Racing.

CLASS TYPE

Heads-Up Racing 

CLASS PARAMETERS 

• .400 Pro Tree 
• Pro Ladder 
• 1/8th Mile
• Clocks On

VEHICLES ALLOWED

• Any Gen3 HEMI equipped door car
• Any 2005 or newer domestic door car

ENGINES ALLOWED

• Gen3 HEMI in any vehicle 
• Any domestic power plant in a 2005 or newer domestic door car

2025 MIN WEIGHT LIMITS

• 3100 minimum weight with driver
• + 200 lbs for dual type power adder
• + 100 lbs for billet block
• – 100 lbs for IRS suspension 
• – 200 lbs for nitrous only powered
• -50 lbs for Ultra Street legal cars in Ultra class configuration (other MSHS weight rules do not apply if using this crossover rule)
• N/A cars exempt from weight rules

NOT ALLOWED EQUIPMENT

• No ProMods or Dragsters

NOTES

• • Cars must be capable of 5.40 or better to compete in the class.  If the car does not achieve that ET during quals, proof via previous class performance, time slip or video is acceptable.  Slower than 5.40 cars fit in the 8.50 class perfectly
  • Cars must have an oil retention device
  • Cars must meet NHRA/IHRA safety requirements for ET

  ** Reminder: If a competitor is attending an event to earn class points with an alternate vehicle, they can run in a secondary class.  At the end of the season the appearance points transfer to their primary championship class.  This is to keep cars running in the appropriate class and still allow racers to earn appearance points as designed.

• Drivers will cross over the scales after each pass during qualifying to ensure weight is verified by their competitor AND MSHS STAFF.  **Cars cannot go to the pits after a pass prior to weight verification.  Passing the scales after a pass during elims results in DISQUALIFICATION FROM THAT CLASS**  
• **Forced Induction cars with Nitrous Systems installed will be treated as dual type power adder unless the bottle is removed and nitrous line is disconnected from Nitrous Solenoid.  NO EXCEPTIONS.**  This will be annotated on initial weigh in and enforced each round.  
• **Cars that do not make weight for their configuration during elims are DISQUALIFIED FROM THAT CLASS**  

Heads Up Racing

Class Type

Index

Class Index

7.70

• Dual breakout less than 7.70, closest to 7.70 wins
• Runs below 7.60, automatic disqualification
• No top end braking ahead of finish line for ET adjustment

CLASS PARAMETERS 

• .400 Pro Tree 
• Pro Ladder 
• 1/4 Mile

VEHICLES ALLOWED

• All years of Dodge Drag Pak Challengers, Ford Cobra Jet Mustangs and Chevrolet COPO Camaros (or clones)

ENGINES ALLOWED

• Coyote in Cobra Jets; LS in COPOs and Gen3 Hemi in Drag Paks
• Any cast heads, cast blocks
• Any camshaft, valvetrain, pistons, rods, crank
• Any engine displacement
• No RPM limits

POWER ADDERS ALLOWED

• All must use street style screw superchargers, no other power adders allowed
• Whipple 3.0l or 3.8l in Cobra Jets and Drag Paks
• Magnuson 2.65l or Whipple 3.8l in COPOs
• Any top and bottom pulley

WEIGHT LIMITS

• 3,550 lbs

ALLOWED EQUIPEMENT

• Front suspension with aftermarket bolt ons (ctl arms, brakes, etc.)
• Rear suspension, non adjustable (one hole per attachment point and fixed length bottom links), adjustable top links and multi attachment points allowed only on upper rear axle only.
• Lightweight windows, stock appearing carbon/composite doors, hood, trunk lid
• Any manual or automatic transmission with any clutch or torque converter, any number of speeds, all must be shifted by driver action independent of any control system

NOT ALLOWED EQUIPMENT

• No electric/electronic/pneumatic shifters, delay boxes, throttle stops
• Body changes, spoilers, aero add ons

ALLOWED FUEL

• Any

SPECIAL NOTES

• 9″ wide x 30″ tall slick required

FACTORY SPEC SHOOTOUT

A Big Announcement, Coming in 2025 in the Modern Street Hemi Shootout series. MSHS along with Blackbird Performance are excited to announce a new class, Factory Spec Shootout.

A first for the Modern Street Hemi Shootout series, a new class where factory race cars (or clones) from Dodge, Chevrolet and Ford will all battle in head to head competition. Launching heads and wheels up, running side by side, deep into the 7s in competition, Hemi powered Dodge Drag Pak Challengers will run against the LS powered Chevrolet COPO Camaros and Coyote powered Ford Mustang Cobra Jets until the last one rolling. The intent, give these cars a place to do what they were built to do with a format and rules, that allow them to do it repeatedly, at a much lower cost and with rules that are understandable, enforceable and allow the freedom to run deep into the 7s while getting it done.

The class will be open to all years of Dodge Drag Pak Challengers, Ford Cobra Jet Mustangs and Chevrolet COPO Camaros (or clones) of these factory built race cars. The engine rules will allow the use of the factory equipped engines and superchargers but with a host of allowable modifications along with the option to use any more readily available factory (or accepted) cast block and/or cast heads for the engine platform in the car (G3 Hemi, LS, Coyote). Engines can be built to any engine displacement preferred and there are no RPM limits. Any camshaft and head porting of your choice. Any supercharger drive ratio and any supercharger modifications are allowed along with the option to utilize a Whipple 3.8l supercharger on any of the three engine platforms. You’ll still have to shift and drive with no electronic assists of any kind. Minimum weight for all three will be 3,550 lbs and they will continue to utilize a 9″ wide x 30″ tall slick. All cars will leave heads up on a 7.70 index, get there first and go 7.70 or slower, you win; run between 7.69-7.60, double breakout rules will apply; and any run below 7.60 will result in disqualification.

The AFFORDABILITY of running these cars in HEAD TO HEAD competition will be dramatically improved BUT the wheels up, launching side by side, full body, factory race cars on small tires EXCITEMENT, will not be reduced, rather enhanced. With estimated costs one tenth of the all out, true heads up style racing, the hope of this new class is to get far more than the couple handfuls of the 200 plus Drag Paks, Cobra Jets and COPOs out of the garage and to the track.

All this and it’s $2,000 to win at each and every MSHS event, with the potential of more from added sponsors coming, and with on going discussions of other adjacent series picking up the same rules.

Stay tuned for more details but most importantly take that car cover off that Drag Pak, Cobra Jet or COPO and start getting it ready.

Low 9s and High 8s, all HEMIs.

Class Type

Index

Class Index

9.00

CLASS PARAMETERS 

• .500 Pro Tree 
• Pro Ladder 
• 1/4 Mile

VEHICLES ALLOWED

• Any 2003 and up LX/LC/LD Charger, Magnum, 300, Challenger, Jeep, Dodge/Ram Truck/Durango
• All Drag Pak/Clone vehicles 2008 and up
• Any year Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Jeep, AMC powered by a GEN III Hemi Engine
• Any Other NON-Chrysler manufactured DOOR EQUIPPED* vehicle powered with a GEN III Hemi Engine (change effective 5/1/21)*

Weight limits

None

ALLOWED Equipment

Any

NOT Allowed Equipment

• Aggressive Off-Road Tires (ie. mud tires)
• No delay boxes or throttle stops

Allowed Modifications

Any

Special Notes

• cage required for cars not meeting the new IHRA/NHRA Street Car exceptions

Class Type

Index

Class Index

9.50

CLASS PARAMETERS 

• .500 Pro Tree 
• Pro Ladder 
• 1/4 Mile

VEHICLES ALLOWED

• Any 2003 and up LX/LC/LD Charger, Magnum, 300, Challenger, Jeep, Dodge/Ram Truck/Durango
• All Drag Pak/Clone vehicles 2008 and up
• Any year Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Jeep, AMC powered by a GEN III Hemi Engine
• Any Other NON-Chrysler manufactured DOOR EQUIPPED* vehicle powered with a GEN III Hemi Engine (change effective 5/1/21)*

Weight limits

None

ALLOWED Equipment

Any

NOT Allowed Equipment

• Aggressive Off-Road Tires (ie. mud tires)
• No delay boxes or throttle stops

Allowed Modifications

Any

Special Notes

• cage required for cars not meeting the new IHRA/NHRA Street Car exceptions

Index for everyone

Class Type

Index

Class Index

11.50

CLASS PARAMETERS 

• .500 Pro Tree 
• Pro Ladder 
• 1/4 Mile

VEHICLES ALLOWED

• Any 2003 and up LX/LC/LD Charger, Magnum, 300, Challenger, Jeep, Dodge/Ram Truck/Durango
• All Drag Pak/Clone vehicles 2008 and up
• Any year Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Jeep, AMC powered by a GEN III Hemi Engine
• Any Other NON-Chrysler manufactured DOOR EQUIPPED* vehicle powered with a GEN III Hemi Engine (change effective 5/1/21)*

Weight limits

None

ALLOWED Equipment

Any

NOT Allowed Equipment

• Aggressive Off-Road Tires (ie. mud tires)
• No delay boxes or throttle stops

Allowed Modifications

Any

Class Type

Index

Class Index

12.50

CLASS PARAMETERS 

• .500 Pro Tree 
• Pro Ladder 
• 1/4 Mile

VEHICLES ALLOWED

• Any 2003 and up LX/LC/LD Charger, Magnum, 300, Challenger, Jeep, Dodge/Ram Truck/Durango
• All Drag Pak/Clone vehicles 2008 and up
• Any year Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Jeep, AMC powered by a GEN III Hemi Engine
• Any Other NON-Chrysler manufactured DOOR EQUIPPED* vehicle powered with a GEN III Hemi Engine (change effective 5/1/21)*

Weight limits

None

ALLOWED Equipment

Any

NOT Allowed Equipment

• Aggressive Off-Road Tires (ie. mud tires)
• No delay boxes or throttle stops

Allowed Modifications

Any

Class Type

Index

Class Index

13.50

CLASS PARAMETERS 

• .500 Pro Tree 
• Pro Ladder 
• 1/4 Mile

VEHICLES ALLOWED

• Any 2003 and up LX/LC/LD Charger, Magnum, 300, Challenger, Jeep, Dodge/Ram Truck/Durango
• All Drag Pak/Clone vehicles 2008 and up
• Any year Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Jeep, AMC powered by a GEN III Hemi Engine
• Any Other NON-Chrysler manufactured DOOR EQUIPPED* vehicle powered with a GEN III Hemi Engine (change effective 5/1/21)*

Weight limits

None

ALLOWED Equipment

Any

NOT Allowed Equipment

• Aggressive Off-Road Tires (ie. mud tires)
• No delay boxes or throttle stops

Allowed Modifications

Any

Bracket for beginners

Class Type

Bracket Style Racing on a .500 Pro Tree

Class Index

DIAL-IN which can be modified each round.

VEHICLES ALLOWED

Winners of all 8 index classes plus the winner of Bracket will run in this class at the end of the event

Weight limits

None

ALLOWED Equipment

Any

NOT Allowed Equipment

• Aggressive Off-Road Tires
• No delay boxes or throttle stops

Allowed Modifications

Any

Special Notes

• Class is run on a .500 Pro
• 9 car shootout will be matched up by random chip draw each round 
• Lane choice will also be part of the chip draw
• Bye cannot go to the same driver twice unless all remaining drivers have had a bye
• Bye cars are required to break the beams and will run as the last car each round
• DEEP STAGING WILL BE HONORED BEGINNING IN 2025
• THIS RUNOFF IS A VIRTUAL HOTLAP RACE, IT IS EXPECTED THAT ROUND WINNERS RETURN DIRECTLY TO THE LANES.