Fat arse stock car drivers

[442OLDS]

Originally Posted by drooze

Ok, after tipping the scales at 255 this morning, and all the holiday food being brought by family to the shop to make sure Im eating.....Ive put on about 10 lbs.....at 210 I look like a skeleton, at 230 I look and feel "right" so I can loose a few it only takes about a week for me to loose, but I can never get under 210 at 6'1" and my frame, its just not healthy.

What was the reasoning, and Im sure there was someone on the 170 driver weight ? I know 2 people that weigh that 2 that arent women. My uncle and hes about 150 and like 5'2 and another uncle whos "short" (in MY family) at about 5'8 hes probably 170ish.

Right now the average weight of a male in the U.S. is 191 lbs......ok....why isnt it set somewhere closer to the average ? Does anyone know when the 170lb weight was enacted ? The average height has also soared in the last 15 years as well. and with height comes weight....then again there are people like me who are a)a bit overweight hence the fat arse , me.....and the fact Ive got a big frame. (and yes mouth)

So what are the options, most times its a non-issue as well have a driver for Nats and most regionals, but I would like to run regionals as well and "grade up" and maybe, just maybe run a national later in the year after we have a)won or b)decided its hopeless and go back to just screwing around.

Soooooo other than disguising a lead brick as an economy sized box of tampax or childrens diapers and hooked to a cable release so I can drop it on the way to the water box......(ne self respecting man would run out to grab either one of those) Well......a little curious...

Whats the petition process like in terms of being painful to just submit something I see as reasonable....its a CAR not a horse I shouldnt have to hire a "Jockey" sized person to drive it.

Interesting topic of discussion that wasn't really an issue until the rule was changed that allowed you to run your natural class,or move down AND up.

There is no question that being a "lightweight" driver is definately an advantage when moving UP in class.

But like you said,we are racing cars,not horses.

And by the way,I am a fatter arse than you.

[gmonde]

i as well have a size issue i am 6'6" 224lbs and was close to the 270 range at on time the one advantage of being tall is locating the seat as far back as far my feet will reach,the weght transfer has an advantage,plus the car is a heavy unit to boot and plus the index change will make things interesting for next year gmonde

[Tom Moock]

Drooze, 170 pounds driver weight is better than it was in 70`s, they didn't weight the driver in the car and when you weight over 300 pounds, I raced a 66 Nova 220 hp.and It was a big disadvantage to race a car with a150 pound driver. Tom

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Agreed. so you went from 300 heavier, to 130 heavier....even if they bump the weight to say 190 youre in 20 better at 110...

Ding Ding Ding....in this lane weighing......lol I can just see that well get the Boxing "Lets Get Ready to Rumble guy" to announce drivers...

The weight of the driver in Drag Racing should have NO bearing , absolutley 0 on the performance of the package.

Then again at 6'1 220 (when I was riding) and those were GP125 and Formula 250 bikes....the old man said I looked "Like a monkey f***ing a football" but I really like the smaller bikes....lol..cant tell you how many races I slipped place because of weight next to the small guys, they would take my bike, and can run seconds faster.....same setup all weight.

But , I dont have a magic answer....the only thing I could see is "upping" it to the Average, average is fair right ?

Guess the Maxipad box it is......

Originally Posted by Tom Moock

Drooze, 170 pounds driver weight is better than it was in 70`s, they didn't weight the driver in the car and when you weight over 300 pounds, I raced a 66 Nova 220 hp.and It was a big disadvantage to race a car with a150 pound driver. Tom

[Billy Nees]

I weighed 170 lbs when I was a senior in high school and I'm probably 5 lbs more than that now almost 40 years later (although not proportioned quite the same). I've got no problem with the 170 lb deal.

[Tom keedle]

i say move the weight up ot 200, the fat guys will have to lose weight (i'm in that catagory) and the skinny guys have to eat something....
or run a 50lb license plate up front...

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

....never thought of ME as ballast but youre right, ive got loong legs and arms.

6'6 224 lbs ?!?!

Youve also got the advantage of being invisible when you turn sideways

Originally Posted by gmonde

i as well have a size issue i am 6'6" 224lbs and was close to the 270 range at on time the one advantage of being tall is locating the seat as far back as far my feet will reach,the weght transfer has an advantage,plus the car is a heavy unit to boot and plus the index change will make things interesting for next year gmonde

[gmonde]

Originally Posted by drooze

....never thought of ME as ballast but youre right, ive got loong legs and arms.

6'6 224 lbs ?!?!

Youve also got the advantage of being invisible when you turn sideways

not after chuming 8 budwiesers and 2 or 3 cheese burgers you can see me from a mile away gmonde

[Casper68]

LEAVE IT ALONE !!! I've drank CoorsLight all these years to keep my weight under the rule book advise/standard....don't reward all of the Bud guys that didn't suffer !!

Merry Christmas ya'll ......and go easy on the ham !

[Mike McCandless]

If you're 6'1 and look like a skelton at 210, it's because you have no muscle. You could easily drop down to 180 without issue and look "normal". Would it take work, of course.