[firehawkclone]

last weekend at buttonwillow raceway,two(thats three this year) racers were killed while driving a convertable car(austin healy) with no rollcage! I thought you had to have a rollcage even if it was a OT day,am i right?

im not to sure on the fact's,but i think it was a jaguar.the men were 46 and 70 yrs of age,and they went off after the lost hill turn down in the sweeper(a nice med speed right hander).

I just thought some poeple should know! I work some kind of emergency skill everytime i go to the track.

anyway im thinking more than im writing and it looks like............

Can we get a section on safety?

[pknowles]

As far as having a roof vs a convertable, it isn't necessarily a ticket to an injury free day. In a rollover, I have doubts as to the effectiveness of a T top F body. Forget the zillion pieces of glass, how effective the T top will be is rather questionable.

Even full roof of whatever brand isn't a total answer for an injury free open track day or even some demo laps. The roof can still fail. Only a true cage can prevent the catestrophic damage of a rollover.

Also realize that some full roof cars are very disceptive vs a T-top car as far as safety. On 4th gen Camaro's the ONLY differences in the roof of a full roof car is the two small supports for the top of the window seal, the roof skin, and of course the headliner. The supports are easily knocked out with a BFH for T-top conversions because they are only tack welded in place. The roof skin again is only tack welded in place and a headliner won't help you in a roll over of course. After I saw this I had to laugh because some people think the T-top cars are unsafe in roll overs when in reality for 4th gen Camaro's the "roll structure" is the same for T-top and non T-top cars.