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Originally Posted by digginfool
Wow. Is it a full moon tonight? The sole reason for my consideration of a passenger side roll bar was for protection of the instructor at an HPDE event. It is the only way any HPDE provider allows the car to be used without prior experience.
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There's your answer. Go to a different location, take a class of some sort, get a certificate......get that "...prior experience". Then the second roll bar won't be a requirement.
Problem solved......you say you are within driving distance of three great tracks, surely there are other instructional opportunities available elsewhere that will suffice to eliminate the second roll bar requirement in your target location, eh? Many of those other opportunities will even provide the cars for you to drive. Just a thought......
In all seriousness, when dealing with a competitive activity in which the penalty for screwing up is significant (I mean, really, you're not going to be in a ping-pong tournament here), getting multiple lessons from different teachers is a good thing. I use to race whitewater kayaks, and every teacher I had was the source of a different move I used in the races....where the penalty points for failure are pretty severe. Remember, safety first. Having said that, though, I must admit for each of us there are certain safety gear that is not negotiable.....helmet, PFD, that sort of thing in kayak racing. It's up to you to decide what is not negotiable for yourself in regards to this issue; the location of the lessons you have chosen has already made those decisions for themselves.
Cheers from Dugly
