Spec Miata Rollover at SCCA Grattan Majors 

I'm part of the rollover club now!

Thanks Matt! Cage appears to have held up well with no deformation that I can see. Bummer about the car, she's been good to me these last 6/7 years! :(

While I haven't heard the other driver's perspective, from studying the video, I suspect that she didn't realize that I was there. She opens up her steering input just prior to the impact, I suspect she intended to move to track left by corner exit to allow Davis to pass on the right. Right hand corner, looking right, would be easy to miss someone on your left unless you remembered to specifically check that outside mirror...

Thanks!

@El Barbero Makes sense. I did just see this also. Looks like they are adding some bracing to the rear fender of the Cup cars to try and eliminate some wheel to wheel contact. Check out 7:35 of this video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ecOZP83e_LA.html

It appears to have done well. The right side shoulder bolster bent out wards perhaps an inch or two. I assume they are supposed to do so, to absorb some of the impact. The seat doesn't look bent at the base at all, but it did have a seat back brace to help support the seat.

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Not worth repairing. Not sure if I can justify building a new one. We'll see.

@@speedengineering what’s all wrong with this 1.6 since the accident? Is the frame/firewall intact or is it all suspension and cosmetic damage?

Yes! I believe the tire-to-tire contact is what launched my vehicle and caused the rollover. Normally this sort of hit would just have resulted in replacing a door, fender, wheel, and/or suspension bits. Oh well.

Possibly, though I don't want to ship it. It would need a fair bit of fiberglass repair work, and new glass.

@@speedengineering just joking! Glad your safe man.

@@shirtz69r haha. :) I actually am considering repairing it or selling it as repairable. This wouldn't have made sense back when hardops were $500, but now that they're $2000.... crazy money.