Fat arse stock car drivers

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

That explains it then......

I have been confused about the driver weight.

The rule reads "

Class
and classification weight are determined without driver weight.
Once classification weight is calculated, 170 pounds is added for

driver to arrive at total weight. All cars are weighed with driver.
"
Classification weight and total weight seems to be my brain fart.

No wonder I thought it was so slanted....I was wrong.....I just didnt see how it was possible to slope it in such a manner.

I read it as , then 170 is added for driver weight....and that was the hiccup, my understanding and apparently incorrect was that that was an average weight added for the driver, and that number to me seemed off.

But its not that, its used as an addition to the classification weight for a "total weight" ..... I got it...

Thanks a ton, this whole thread was a waste of bytes for everyone but me

Feel free to smack in the head at will....

Originally Posted by Mike Carr

Drooze, using this example, if you and I both have an '09 Drag Pack Challenger. Miniumum weight for A/SA is 3,290, with driver (8 x 390 + 170). I weight approximately 260. So, my car, without me, would weigh 3,030. Lets say you weigh 160. Your car, without driver, can weigh 3,130. We still both meet the minumum A/SA weight for a DP of 3,290 pounds. Your car, by itself, would be lighter than mine, by itself, by a hundred pounds.

That's why George Bryce and Angelle whatever-her-last-name-was-at-the-time were so successful in Pro Stock Bike. Minimum weight, with rider, was 600 pounds. Since she was so light, they had to add ballast to meet the 600, and could add the ballast where and how they wanted, to make the bike work the best.