***I beg to differ, as it appears I can see at least one who is (pissed off)...***
Jake, I'm not at all concerned about the merry go round roll cage rules in that they have zero effect on me. I would NEVER use the SCCA dumbed down roll cage rules. I am more amused that WE have people who don't have a clue writting rules for WE the SCCA members while when WE the members who have a clue need to kiss ass forever to get ANYONE to listen relative to outright strength of a roll cage. Sense should prevail if any of the SCCA rule writers ever looked at a bridge structure. Jake, if you ran your business like the SCCA is run you would have been out of business a looooong time ago.
I can see it now, a Fastrack statement saying the the SCCA rule writers have dumbed down the roll cage so that the cage will be part of the crumple zone so that the SCCA don't have a Eharnhart.
Now that I have consumed a small Pizza with a couple Lite beers while watching a very good first half of a football game let's continue this conversation.
Jake, if you want to have a sensible discussion, lets take a real simple rule with one of the SCCA brilliant rule changes & see where the discussion ends up. Lets discuss the head rest rule. Its been shortened & dumbed down to the lowest level of stupidity that a rule could be IMHJ.
9.3.40 Seats
Second paragraph:
"A system of head rest to prevent whiplash and rebound, and also to prevent the drivers head from striking the underside of the main hoop shall be installed on all vehicles. (The brilliant addition to the rule follows.) Racing seats with integral headrests satisfy this requirement."
How the hell will a racing seat with integral headrests with the intergal headrests mounted 6 inches behind the trailing edge of the main hoop keep the drivers head from striking the underside of the main hoop? A brilliant addition to the rule by some not so bright SCCA rule writters. You have at least one National car in your Divison that has exactly this this arrangement.
Jake, your response please.............
Back to the football game. Sounds like the Giants may just stuff it to the untouchable team & then we'll need to continue listening about the 1972 fish team.