[james schaechter]

It appears that NHRA does not believe this to be a safety issue for stockers. Maybe there have not been any crashes attributed to this issue, therefore why allow thechange from their perspective.
Since they allowed it in Superstock, it would be interesting to hear the logic behind why they allow it in SS now and not in Stock. If they allow it in SS due to the higher speeds that they go, then what was the tipping point on mph?
Could they not also allow certain quasi safety items in higher class cars to protect them the same way? For example, not on a P/SA car, but a D car or higher .
Our 66 Nova has good stuff in the front end from global west, but we do not have the strut rod heim end deal. I would like to have it, but it was shot down a few years back. I can tell you that we have run our car in high wheelstand mode and we have run as fast as 124 mph in it. Now, it is a pretty light car and we don't bury the brakes at the stripe, but there have not been issues for high speed handling. I think if you have a car with this setup and NHRA won't allow us to upgrade, buy new replacement rubber up there. 40 year old stuff may not be good enough.
Now, I am not defending NHRA's position here, because it is clear they were not in agreement internally on this issue with SuperStock at least, but this issue might not be a deal breaker on safety.

There is a problem with some of the folks on the committees that are truly trying to manage the process of what to allow and what not to allow. Some of them have not sat behind the wheel of a racecar for decades! They are making decisions based upon what they hear, see and what they might have experienced 30 years ago.
We clearly have some very fast stockers out there now. Many are as fast or faster than SuperStockers!
I think that there needs to be more input sought by the SRAC members. It appears that the SRAC member input is undervalued.