Originally Posted by speedturn

I live a few states east of Texas in Alabama. Here in the Southeast division of SCCA, you could road race in the Super Production class. SCCA has very strict safety rules; a by-the-book tech inspector will make you meet the tough safety rules of the SCCA GT class. SCCA will allow a race car built to another racing series to race in Super Production if the owner can produce the rule book of the other racing series and prove that their car meets ALL the safety rules of the other racing series; window nets, fire supression systems, seat, seat back restraints, driver restraints, fuel cells (very expensive!), electrical kill switch, scatter shield for bell housing, drive shaft safety restraint loops, etc.

NASA is much more lenient than SCCA on their safety rules; they are looking for cars to build their racing fields so they sometimes let cars run which do not meet the letter of their rule book. For just simple track days (not fender to fender racing,) their are many promoters who will let almost anything run. Fender to fender racing has much stricter safety rules and licensing rules than track days.