[Kputz]

Listen to Randy. In SCCA events roll cages are obviously mandatory. However, nascar bars on the drivers side are not (depending on class), although most with sense build their cages with them. There are more injuries due to driver side impact in SCCA than from any other kind of crash, including roll over, even in the cars with the nascar bars. I'd worry more about only 1/4" of glass fiber between me and armco or somebody's front end than I would about a cosmetic roll hoop that will fold up like a cheap suitcase anyway under most anything dramatic.