"The ECTA used to have a rule about plastic and fiberglass bodied cars requiring a roll bar / cage, but not sure about that now, since Steve took over. Anybody ?"
I talked with ECTA at the September meet about a possible classification to run the 'Vette. They pointed out a couple classes but I don't have my notes here to mention what they are. They were aware I was asking about a 'Vette in particular, so I guess it occurred to them that it's a fiberglass car.
Running the 'Vette instead of thinking of building a purpose-built car might prove to be a win-win. I get to race
something at some level, and my high mileage (almost 200K) 'Vette will get more love in order to get it ready. I guess the first meet next year will be around April like it was this year, so I have some time to work in some tweaking/tuning on the 'Vette through the Winter.
BTW...I did look over the USFRA street car info and it sounds like a good program to go fast and do it legally. In reading the report on the website by a rookie participant it's apparent it isn't just so easy to go 130 in the mile. I've always been skeptical, at best, about those "good-'ol-boys" stories that include, "We were doin' about 140 MPH last Saturday night.....blah, blah" but now I'm even more convinced they're BS.
Lynn