Door crash bars

Devo · 10-15-2020, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Shaw

I would never take the crash bar out of the driver's door.

I take the left lane and run close to the wall !
...actually, my '66 nova never had crash bars, maybe we should require them.

Chipper Chapman · 10-15-2020, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devo

I take the left lane and run close to the wall !
...actually, my '66 nova never had crash bars, maybe we should require them.

Is that not part of what the side bar of the roll bar/cage is supposed to do? Yes I realize not required in slower cars, but it is recommended!

GTX JOHN · 10-16-2020, 12:16 AM

We race a couple slow class cars (N/SA up)
They all have NHRA legal rollbars and 5 pt. Harness.

You can be running 100 MPH and get hit by a 150 - 160 MPH Factory car
thru the top end!

When a fast car was 125 - 130 MPH = I did not worry like I do now!

Alex Polewik · 10-16-2020, 09:39 AM

Not safety related but a 70 Cuda SS/DA car I owned had fiberglass crash bars installed to look like the originals. Pretty creative car with some factory help back in the 70's.

10-16-2020, 12:16 AM	#3
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,738 Likes: 2,823 Liked 2,490 Times in 700 Posts	Re: Door crash bars We race a couple slow class cars (N/SA up) They all have NHRA legal rollbars and 5 pt. Harness. You can be running 100 MPH and get hit by a 150 - 160 MPH Factory car thru the top end! When a fast car was 125 - 130 MPH = I did not worry like I do now! __________________ John Irving 741 Stock 741 Super Stock Last edited by GTX JOHN; 10-16-2020 at 02:28 PM.

10-16-2020, 09:39 AM	#4
Alex Polewik Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Huxley, IA Posts: 141 Likes: 24 Liked 101 Times in 20 Posts	Re: Door crash bars Not safety related but a 70 Cuda SS/DA car I owned had fiberglass crash bars installed to look like the originals. Pretty creative car with some factory help back in the 70's.