Thread: Who's going to NASA Aug 14?
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Old 08-06-2005, 06:51 AM
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I've been fighting the same roll bar issue. Have had several email exchanges with Jim Pantas, the NASA SE head and David Smith. The bottom line is that for HPDE Groups 1 and 2, you will have to be able to have an instructor ride with you to "certify" you for solo driving. So the options as I've figured them out and confirmed with Jim are:
1. Install roll bar protection for the passenger side
2. Use a car that has passenger protection for the ride alongs and then change to your cobra for solo work.

Option 2 is what I'm going to try. Rob Ginn has been kind enough to see if he can find a car I can use. They NASA guys also mentioned Steve Marcus who will apparently rent a FFR cobra with full roll-cage.

Does anyone know Steve and what his arrangements typically are?
Thanks!
Scott
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