[Fot] Roll cage

[Bill Dentinger]

Tony... Your caveat reminds me of an issue VSCDA had in the mid-1980s. “Just because you can afford a Ford GT40, does not mean you can drive one.” We trashed two or three of them at Road America at one event. 

While I stand in awe of those able to do all of their own work satisfactorily, I always tried to hire an expert to do mine, and I would do the things I was good at to earn the money to pay them.
Bill Dentinger 
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 On Friday, January 3, 2020, Tony and Annie Garmey via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

If I may interject .... Roll-bars !
Leave this job to a professional. A correctly designed and built cage / roll bar will pay dividends down the road not only in safety but chassis  rigidity and aesthetics.
Every Racing organization has there own guidelines/ rules ie CSRG requires a maximum of 6 points and absolutely nothing forward of the firewall .... so read your local rules and consult with the technical people within that organization. Start with Svra ! 
Just because you own a welder - doesn’t make you a welder.
Tony  GarmeyWww.horizonracing.com
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On Jan 3, 2020, at 8:21 AM, John Styduhar via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:


You can find vintage racing rules for most clubs on their website (VRG, SVRA, VDCA, etc).  Some club rules may vary from SCCA. like no rollbar for period correct classes.  
On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 9:12 AM Mike Jackson via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

You can download the SCCA "General Competition Rules" for free from their website.
I simply can not imagine any organization having roll cage rules any more strict.
While the entire GCR is simply huge, the section on roll cages is but a few pages.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark J Bradakis via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
>Sent: Jan 3, 2020 9:06 AM
>To: fot at autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Fot] Roll cage
>
>So one of my top priorities back when I was actively racing Killer was 
>getting a decent roll cage.  All I had was a single hoop ( too tall ) 
>with some back braces.  It was an off the shelf Autopower or some such 
>brand.  FIne for autocrossing, but worried me on track with other cars, 
>most of which were about twice the weight of the little Spit.
>
>Are there some rule books with current roll cage specs available for 
>purchase from various sanctioning groups which I could buy without 
>having to pay a full annual membership?  I'm still waffling about which 
>group would be best for me given my location in Utah.
>
>mjb.
>
>
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