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      02-07-2023, 12:58 PM   #18
LuvMyE92
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For me personally, the standard seats are preferred because the CFB are just too difficult to get in and out of. For every session I do at the track, I'll probably drive the car on the street for a month... so the trade off leans toward daily use. Pumping up the bolsters to the max really helps me, and I'm more toward the "skinny" side than some of you guys. 5'8" 144 lbs. OK, maybe 145.

If you want to stay in your seat, really the only way to do it right is with a harness bar, or roll bar, and a proper 5-point harness. Of course, then you get into that whole "you can't use 5-pt. with stock seats" debate, to which I say "pffffffffffffffft". All I know is that I hit the wall, hard, with a 5-pt. in stock seats and walked away - my only injury was from the airbag throwing my arm against the door. I've also hit the wall in a stock car with 3-pts and walked away uninjured, and then again in yet another car, sideways, 5-pt. with cage. I got whiplash with that one, but that was back before HANS was ubiquitous.

This is why I don't instruct on the track any more.
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