How long has NHRA had driver at 170lbs
 

I looked up average weight for males and females on google. Men were 196lbs and women 168. How long has the 170 been the norm? I wish I was 196 right now. Ed

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If I remember correctly, they first started factoring in driver weight around '78. It has always been 170 lbs. I haven't seen 170 lbs. probably since about the same time period.

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Ed, you could always put Brent behind the wheel. lol

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How long? Obviously since before there were four fast food joints on every street corner.

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On the money

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That was put at 170 when we were all a lot younger

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I haven't been 170lbs since I was 12 years old.

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Lol...

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I beleive the 170 came from the FAA weight per passenger in aircraft calculations - same as the FAA Physical for classes requiring licenses.

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I'm 57 and I haven't hit 170 yet, been 160ish for the last 40 years.

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Yeah, I haven' t been 170 since I was fresh out of Marine Corps bootcamp in nineteen ............

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I was 145 before I started racing. With all the down time between runs and all the food at the tracks I now weigh 180. It seems so hard to get back down.

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I Believe it came out in the 1978 or 79 rule book ta without warning. In the mid
70s I weighed up to 308 lbs on the Hoof. I raced a 64 Plymouth in A/SA and would
have to compete with gentleman Like Bob Thompson in a similiar car
that weighed perhaps 120 Dripping Wet out of the shower (giving up nearly two tenths in performance).
I finally Joined the Gym and in less than a year got down to 164 for the
Next Season. When the Rule book arrived they decided to weigh the cars
with the driver in them much to my Surprise.

Well I am back to the 240's now, but it took 30 some years to gain it back.
However, I probably would of died a long time ago otherwise so I guess
I owe NHRA a vote of Thanks that I am still around!!

I will see everybody at Winter's

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To weight in at less than 170 pounds, I would have have a scale under each foot........

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I weighed 185 when I was a Jr in high school!!!! And I'm not going to tell you how many years ago that was!!!!! Way too many....

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Mack, I keep telling you I've got an instant weight savings for your DragPak....like my "burly" 145 pound carcass in the seat. LOL Last time I mentioned my weight on here Jeff Teuton made an "insensitive" remark...go figure. See you guys at Orlando, too much racing in Feb/March to possibly make Immokalee, I've been building up points all winter just for the NHRA southern swing.