Main hoop location vs the GCR

[Matt93SE]

Yeah, it was a pretty hairy wreck. All those trees near the track sure make for scenic driving, but they also make for nasty wrecks.

I don't consider failure of the cage as being bad from a design or fab standpoint. I consider that a case of a 1-in-a-million wreck where the cage was subjected to loads it wasn't designed for. nobody expects to nail a tree using the roof at that angle at 100mph.

Just imagine if that has been an open top car of any sort, whether a Spridget or Formula car. Driver wouldn't have made it given those structure designs.

I guess the big thing to take from this is that unexpected things can- and WILL- happen. The whole point in a roll cage is to protect us from the wreck that we don't ever expect to have (We're all perfect drivers and never make mistakes on track! HA!), so how can you plan the cage as safe as possible, yet still allow you do to what's needed?

converse with that, where's the line you draw on your own safety? What's "safe enough" ?