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Originally Posted by Jeff Lee
And when did NHRA mandate the seat be from the same make / model / year anyways? Previously it was mandated the seat was from the OEM but did not mandate the same year / model.
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The wording was added to the 2011 rulebook.
For many years the rule was clear enough and everyone understood that the correct seats must be used in each stocker. Then a few weight conscious stock racers around the country began pushing the rule by using a 4dr bench seat in a 2dr stocker because "it was an OEM seat of the same manufacturer as the car." One stock racer even went as far as to have a dark stripe sewn in the middle of the solid upright part of the 4dr seat making it appear at a glance that it was a seat from a 2dr car that could fold forward allowing access to the rear seat area.
Another typical case of pushing a rule too far.
Travis Miller
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