'69 Camaro hood

[bigsixman]

The hood was not originally available from Chevrolet with the 255 hp engine combination. The lowest hp motor in an SS where the hood was an option was the 350/300 hp motor. I remember the Lingenfelter 69 Camaro ran that combo in the early 70s with the 255 hp combo, but that car was originally a 69 SS pace car which came with the hood standard. I am not a class racer, but I assumed that NHRA allowed the hood with all the 255 hp cars that have ran the hood for years. The hood was an option later in the year on all SS engines, Z/28s and standard on the COPO cars and pace cars.

[Wisman Racing]

So the hemi cars can cut as much of their cylinder heads they want, but nhra is making their stand on 255hp camaro hoods?

[Richard Grant]

We can run racing seats which don't appear anywhere near stock but not the hood.

[Dyno]

The seats are a safety item and how did the hemi heads get into the discussion?

[Jeff Lee]

When the Stocker Camaro's loose the cowl hood and replace it with a flat hood, i'l predict a performance loss of.....................ZERO!
But there may be a loss due to less hood clearance on an Super Stock Camaro. I'll bet it's minimal. And if it is more than minimal, you'll see a lot of '69 Camaro's jump from SS class to GT/SS class.

[Mike Brogniez]

Hoods, seats, heads.....seat belts...
its the interpretation/application/tolerance/consistency of the rules that causes issues and additional costs to racers that could be avoided.

Cowl hoods were available from dealers back then, not sure parachutes are for stockers today, safety or not
MB

[Richard Grant]

I would guess that anyone not running the 255 combo will argue that there will be not performance loss however as we all know unless you run a combo and do back to back exact conditions your only expressing your opinion. Performance loss or not the cost will be expensive and all the other pieces associated with the cowl hood; air cleaner, cowl seals,paint, cowl hood, etc are just so much junk now.

[Alan Roehrich]

Probably the same reason the 67 L-88 Corvette was removed from the guide. Too much crying from too many whiners.

Yet we have cars in Stock Eliminator that were NEVER produced, never mind having a VIN number and being legal to drive on the street.

NHRA is no longer the organization it once was.

[40Coupe]

What I've noticed in almost all racing classes is that once someone starts dominating a class, people start complaining and get the rules changed.