Challenger392 wrote:I deinately see your point as formula cars are designed to be driven on a track with wide runoff areas and no trees to run into. I'd still feel safer in a car like a formula ford that had been modified for hill climb than blasting up a hill on a motorcycle. I guess it all comes down to what risks your willing to take. I'd be willing to bet that you could make a formula car like the one in the picture I posted as safe as a dwarf/legends racer with proper modifications (nerf bars, front crush structure, roll cage.) One safety advantage a small car like that has is its low mass. Take a smart car for example they have been crash tested and proven that light weight can prove a great advantage in crash resistance.
To each his own. Our rules certainly don't exclude such cars with some modifications. I don't want to drive one but I have no problem with someone else driving one. The rule we have was mostly about tree limbs and cables taking off a head in an open cockpit. Also our landing areas are not smooth or level and we would rather the driver's head wasn't the first thing to hit something.
You have a point about light weight other things being more or less equal. But with race cars the safety structure is always scaled down along with the weight so it tends to be a bit of a wash.