My wife, Patty is the historian for Oregon Region SCCA. The region's
records only go back to the early 60's. The earliest GCR she has is 1967
and at that time, the rollbar only had to be 1 inch below the drivers head.
In 1970, this changed to 2 inches above the drivers head according to our
old GCR's. This jives with my memory because I used to be a wrench on the
Spitfire that Patty and I now own and race and I remember pulling an all
nighter before a tow to Pacific Raceways in 1970 to install the new roll
bar. I think that was also when they first required a head restraint. I
can also verify the log book and roll bar numbering. I have the original
log book and the first entry with the roll bar number was June 1972.
Jim Norlin
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Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 4:58 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: [FOT] SCCA Rules Regarding Roll Bars & Roll Cages
Amici
A question of simply historical interest.
1. When did the SCCA make simple roll bars a requirement for racecars?
2. Was the roll bar required of both open and closed cars? (Did this
vary
with car classification?)
3. When was there first a specific specification for the initial roll
bar
in the GCR?
4. When did the more moden roll cage requirments become required of open
cars? closed cars?
5. When did it become a requirment to have identification numbers for
roll bars/rollcages?
6. Is there a central clearing house that maintains records of roll bar/
roll cage numbers?
Thanks in Advance
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