<VV> Seats - Autocross Classification

[Robert Marlow]

Perhaps because Bryan and I have both autocrossed in Greenbriers, it is 
why both he and I see an aftermarket seat, legal in stock classes under 
the rules, as affording a potential performance benefit.  Both he and I 
have undertaken the task of trying to stay in place behind the wheel on 
a stock FC bench seat.  Think a seat belt is sufficient?  Not hardly.

I am by no means suggesting that a rules revision is necessary.  But 
almost any aftermarket seat, when installed in an FC in place of the 
stock bench (or, as they say in the south, bay-inch) could truly help 
the driver stay in place.

Two slightly related stories:

I once raced a roundy-round stock car in a pure stock class.  The car 
that I borrowed for this one-time exercise was a retired NYC taxicab, 
with the original maroon vinyl bench seat.  Despite the presence of 
racing belts, on each straightaway I had to haul myself back over to the 
left, behind the wheel.

I was once working on my Greenbrier, trying to trace down a 
rough-running condition.  Each little diagnostic/repair step was 
followed by a down-the-block test drive.  On one of those test drives I 
neglected to fasten the seat belt.  At my turnaround point, I initiated 
my U-turn and in a blink I was seated behind the glove box!  An exciting 
few seconds followed.

--Bob