A case for aftermarket seats in stock

[Ken Miele]

Greg I agree and Chad I also agree, Kirkey would be my choice. Like you Chad, I'm going pretty fast mph and would like to know my seat will not come apart if I get in a bad wreck.

Like Chad said, when it comes to safety there is very little left on our cars that are stock. I think NHRA needs to give us the option if we want a little more safety, not make mandatory, just an option.

[Alan Warman]

I would go for after market seats for safety. Hell half the cars don't have the right seat in them anyway. Year's a go I was the local tech inspector at our track. One of the car's that used to show up was built buy the rule book. Bolted down seat tracks,back of the seat bolted to the roll bar it was a nice car. Well one another car got out of shape one day and clipped the this car. Well it barrel rolled right down the center of the track. When I got to the car it was on laying on the passenger side door. I climbed up and opened the driver side door and to my surprise no driver. I 'm thinking wtf and then I hear some one telling me I'm in the back. Well the seat had come apart while it was rolling down the track. The funny thing was the 5-way was still latched together. The bad thing was it hurt the guy pretty bad. Well the next year the guy had a new car with aftermarket seats in it. I asked him why he didn't put them in his old car, his reply was I wanted it to look stock.

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Alan Warman

I would go for after market seats for safety. Hell half the cars don't have the right seat in them anyway. Year's a go I was the local tech inspector at our track. One of the car's that used to show up was built buy the rule book. Bolted down seat tracks,back of the seat bolted to the roll bar it was a nice car. Well one another car got out of shape one day and clipped the this car. Well it barrel rolled right down the center of the track. When I got to the car it was on laying on the passenger side door. I climbed up and opened the driver side door and to my surprise no driver. I 'm thinking wtf and then I hear some one telling me I'm in the back. Well the seat had come apart while it was rolling down the track. The funny thing was the 5-way was still latched together. The bad thing was it hurt the guy pretty bad. Well the next year the guy had a new car with aftermarket seats in it. I asked him why he didn't put them in his old car, his reply was I wanted it to look stock.

Although anticdotal evidence, that's been my point for 4 years. Late model seats aren't designed for the speeds and forces involved with a crash on a race track, much less 40 yr old seats that came from who knows where and went through who knows what before they got new cushions and covers and wound up in someone's racecar

[Woodro Josey]

I know that my opinion dosen't count for much anymore, but Greg will remember 2 years ago we tried to get NHRA to allow aftermarket seats and they slapped us on the wrist and said no way, forget that. Well i am still saying, Stock needs those seats, we are where SuperStock was when they allowed them to be used. I agree, don't make it Manditory but if a racer wants them, so be it. Thats my 2 cents!

[Alan Roehrich]

Woodro, your opinion might not mean much to NHRA, but it carries as much weight with the racers as anyone's opinion does.

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Woodro, your opinion might not mean much to NHRA, but it carries as much weight with the racers as anyone's opinion does.

X10...... Woodro is THE MAN! Jim

[Woodro Josey]

Thanks Guys,,,,,,,Anybody got any word on our div 2 leader not trying to change the subject here!

[Dick Butler]

Performance and risks demand it. My old time tickets from my "stocker" showed 14.24 on down.My best 13.98 with belts and no bar. Today 9s to low 10 for stockers, and everything else is approached for safety but the seats. Fuel Cells, cages Belts, Helmets but if the seat moves, game over. I know this is another progression of Stock but a major safety one is possible.