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Originally Posted by socram
There are indeed loads of cars without cages and yes, accidents will always happen - but they also happen on the roads when you are mixing cars and bikes with trucks and utes going in opposite directions, not knowing whether or not the pilots have been drinking or even have a licence.
Just remember it is only in the last few years that saloon cars had any roll protection at all, even 5 and 6 litre cars, so were there 100's of deaths in motorsport pre cages?
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Socam, that is a stupid thing to say. Your talking about a totally different concept.
These 2k cars have guys trying to be race car drivers, albeit, most of them will have no experience or skill at all. They are in cheep buckets of "%&* most of them, and if your going to race at any level, the whole safety issue should be in place, including cages.
You also say that it's only in the last few years that saloon cars have had any roll protection at all. well it might be only a few years to you but it was a very long time ago to me that, that was the case. Also we are talking about purpose built Racecars, race suspension, lowered and set up to handle correctly, wider slick tyres etc and drivers that were observed and learnt there skill on the track.
Yes it might be a big class now, (2k) so even more potential for that serious accident.
Isn't it Safety First, when it comes to any sort of motor racing.