[69Cobra]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

Any chance your opinion is due to you having aftermarket seats in your car already for running brackets??

Yeah... because there's a reason I took the bench out of the car to begin with and it wasn't because of weight. When you're on a bad track or a late round with dew setting in and the car is breaking the tires loose in high gear at the 1000' mark that bench seat does not scream "I'm hear for you man". I've been around Div 3 Stock/Super Stock racing my whole life and I've always wanted to put the car back in class racing where it belongs. But I dreaded having to put that seat back in the car hence why I just paid $450 for broken framed junked out factory buckets that I was going to pay who knows how much money to get fixed back up. Don't get me wrong the factory seats look cool as hell while you're walking through the staging lanes but they are not safe in a crash and that's just the way it is. I'm getting ready to head home for R&R in about 4 weeks. I'll be home for Christmas and New Years and while I'm home I'm sending the car to the chassis shop to have a 10 point cage installed. I've got to look at this as I'm building it for my kids to race. My oldest is 8 and he's already wanting a jr. dragster... yes its in his blood too. Just ask my wife she's real happy about it let me tell ya LOL. I can't see letting my boy drive this car in 8 years running mid to low 10's with 600+ hp at 3800# with a 6 point bar with a swing out, factory bench seat and feel good about it when he leaves the starting line. In a hard front end crash with a 6 point bar that the only part of the cage or bar thats in front of you is a swing out bar. That swing out isn't going to do anything in a crash but break and that bench isn't going to help keep you safe either. I like the new seat rule for SAFETY!!! Is there a weight benefit with the aftermarket seats yes there is but that is NOT the reason I will run the Kirkey's in our car and the good news is if you don't want to change you don't have too.