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Originally Posted by Bob Mulry
Yak,
You are wasting your time talking to a bunch of Johnny come lately, no name strokes who want to mold Stock Eliminator into their vision.........
Valve springs, cams, rocker arms, transmissions, brakes, pistons, rods, pans, wheelie bars, fuel cells, trunk mounted batteries, any rear end, 2 steps, 3 steps, 4 steps (I lost count), aluminum heads, larger replacement carbs, clutch-less transmissions with slipper clutches and now seats (I know that I missed a lot of rule enhancements)..........
How about that dangerous window glass that should be replaced by Lexan or those dangerous hoods that should be replaced with fiberglass because they are only held in place by a 40 year old hood latch??????????????
When will you guys stop screwing up Stock???????????
You don't like the rules, take a hike and go to another eliminator and change that rather than ruining Stock.......
I am sick and tired of all of the self-serving, know nothing, no name strokes that showed up the day before yesterday ruining Stock.......
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Seats is not changing stock into someone else's vision. It is a legit safety issue, and if you want to play dumb go right ahead. Guess what, you're going to see parachutes on stockers in just a few months here, because they are going in the 8's at 150+. That ought to make your head explode. Bob, stock has evolved alot since my dad set a national record back in 66, with his 65 corvette he drove every day. Some of the changes have been good, some have not. But racers continued to push the envelope, and things were legalized. Some out of safety, some out of necessity, some for no good reason at all. It sounds like by your method of thinking, you'd prefer us all to be driving cars with no roll bars, just a lap belt, and 7" cheater slicks. As much as a lot of wish certain things were different, we are where we are. And where we are is cars capable of running 8's, with very little weight in them, on 9" tires. The first time some checkbook racer who has no experience with such a car drops the anchor not to break out and ends up in his competitors door, its going to be a disaster. I pray we never find out how bad it could be. Changing seats is not a weight issue in my mind, its a safety issue. If people are so concerned about the weight, start weighing rear percentage stockers ( like they used to in SS). I just can't fathom the level of ignorance it takes to honestly WANT to make things more dangerous than they have to be, with no major changes to the cars.
PS your comment about the hoods is ridiculous, although I did see at hood latch fail on a 69 camaro at the Sportsnationals in Belle Rose. I hope the driver had a full face helmet, because there was glass everywhere.