[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Racelex

Without a racing harness on your seat, a roll cage in your car will do more harm then good when you're involved in a car collision.

Racing harness is designed to keep you firmly in your seat so you won't be tossed around when you crash, it also keeps your head from banging into the cage when you crash.

Sure some people put foam padding that covers the roll cages, but how effective that is against a head without a helmet is unknown.

Harnesses still allow plenty of movement to hit your head. I've been there before (luckily in a very low speed incident).

Padding is only there to deflect some impact, it doesn't to much and definately is not designed nor intended to allow a non-helmeted head to have safe contact with a bar. I've seen plenty of cracked helmets from impact with heavily padded cages before.

Roll cages belong in dedicated track cars. Period. Roll bars are acceptable on the street if you also have fixed back seats and harnesses.

We don't allow cars on track if they don't match one of the following:
1. No rollover protection (ie no cage, no rollbar), must have stock (or similar reclining seats) and stock seatbelts
2. With rollover protection, must have fixed back seats and harnesses.

Any mix in between will never see track time at any events I run.