The FIA doesn't require a cage in a race car. You will notice there is no cage in F1 cars either. I don't even have to wear a fire suit which
means I could go naked if I wanted (never mind that vision). The FIA rule book is pretty wide open and they pretty much leave it up to
the various sanctioning organizations to set their rules for the competitors. After all, what would a cage do at 800 MPH but retain some of
the body parts. The real measure of safety is stability and control plus experience. I've driven hundreds of mile on the salt and dry lakes.
I've also conducted 34 test runs in the NAE with the max speed up to date at 400. I could have gone faster quite easily but El Mirage
isn't long enough, Edwards AFB only gave us 6 miles and the Black Rock was to rough to exceed 300. Some people think we should just
go out there and run fast without all this silly testing we have been doing. Andy Green had something in the order of 62 runs by the time
they went for the record. This fall, we will know more than ever about the ability of the NAE to be driven past 600 MPH and eventually
into the record books. Just because we don't have 50 million dollars to fund our project doesn't mean we're a bunch of fools. We just
have to do it old fashioned "Hot Rod" way.
