[Fot] General safety was TR-4 SVRA Rules Question

[RACER BUD]

in CSRG the way we work the safety thing is to 'strongly suggest' different 
features....Mandating certain safety items creates a liabilty mire......in 
regards to roll cages...We would not think of telling someone that they 
cannot put a cage in their car
Racer Bud...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Gt6steve at aol.com>
To: <jaxonracing at yahoo.com>
Cc: <FOT at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 9:52 AM
Subject: [Fot] General safety was TR-4 SVRA Rules Question


>I was reading the Classic Motorsports report on their GT6 restoration and
> got the impression that it won the 1969 ARRC with just a rollbar, no cage 
> at
> all?  If so, what was the timeline for the evolution of the 4, 6,8 and 10
> point
> cages.  I know that the safety structures have evolved in the SCCA  since 
> I
> started hanging out with them in the early 80's.  Where do we say  that 
> your
> car is too safe and you must revert back to the period spec?   Leather 
> helmets
> and coveralls dipped in borax for the TR3's?  Maybe a  T-shirt with a pack 
> of
> ciggys rolled up in the sleeve?
>
> I'm just being facetious now but it does pose a difficult question for the
> clubs to deal with.  Do the prewar cars have to run without rollbars?
> Serious
> query, not being silly now...
>
> Jack,
> Is  that something that was written into the rules back in the day?   If
> so, any idea on when the rules changed to allow for triangulation of  the
> suspension to the frame and cage?  Just curious about the  evolution of 
> the
> rules.
>
> Jay Creel
>
>
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