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Regardless of tire size you need to have some form of safety protection in the event of a roll over. Most guys roll over slow but depending on the weight of your vehicle, integrity of the pillars (assuming full size), if you happen to roll over hard, etc. It is just too risky. With 38's you would end up in a class that would likely have some vertical drops and definately more complex/difficult lines.
One thing that we feel sets us apart from other Rock Crawl Comps is that we try to push speed and precision. We award competitors bonus points for completing the course quickly. With that in mind if your flying through a course your probability of a roll over increases. In the end its CYA for both parties involved.
We have been working on the wording of that section a little. We are changing it state something along the lines of you must have a roll cage or similar apparatus that provides protection to the driver and any passengers, if applicable. We are not going to call-out 4 point or 6 point. If during Tech-In our Tech Officials do not see a roll-cage or similar aparatus to protect a competitor / passenger they will not allow you to compete. They need to feel comfortable that if they were in your vehicle during roll over that they would be safe.
We had a person come out last year with no cage or bar and they really wanted to compete but we had to turn them away. We may have swung the pendulum a little too far but we want to make sure all that participate are safe.
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