[Stewart Way]

David
You say that "Anything that is a repeat rule is rewritten in the Super Stock section". That is not true. In Stock is says that the leading and trailing edge of wheel opening can be trimmed. It is not rewritten in SS section. There are several rules that carry over fron S to SS that are not rewritten in SS and there are several rules from S that are rewritten in SS word for word. Also some that are changed. This is where the confision may come from. There is no carb section in SS but that doesnt mean we have no rules. It means we follow the S rules. There are others but the point is if not CHANGED for SS it is as written in S. My examples came from the 2012 rulebook but I think 2013 is the same. The problem is that there is no set pattern to what NHRA rewrites in the SS section and what they don't. The Cyl Head section is the perfect example. They rewrite part but not all of the section. But anything that is allowed in SS and not in S is written out. Nowhere does it say in the SS section that you can cut into the VC bolt holes so since there is no change to the S section rule on that, as Peter pointed out, the S rule applies.
The fact that NHRA Tech has allowed it to get where it has does not change the rule book and the intent, only what is enforced.