Why aren't single seaters allowed on track days?

[Glyn84]

I know this has been the case for quite a while, but the impression I get from what I've read is they used to be allowed. Is this true? Does anyone know why they aren't any more other than 'safety reasons'? I imagine general closing speed was the biggest issue.

[iguana]

Is an odd one, esp with the mega spec sports racers that can run nowdays, when I've been out on regular track days sharing space with racers such as Radical SR8s, & V de V racers like Ligiers, Normas, Junos etc, not to memtion the Gt3 cup cars, 430 challenge cars or Vipers etc etc it does seem daft you can't run an old Formula ford or something thats a long long way off the pace of those.

[TonyHetherington]

Surely it's nothing to do with the pace - it's to do with the open wheels? If a road car drover over the wheel (which when spinning would be quite easy) it would be very dangerous - not least the difference in mass, though that's true for caterhams etc. also.

Remember when Ricardo Petrase (sp?) drove over Mansell's tyre as he came into the pits?

[frodo_monkey]

TonyHetherington said:

Surely it's nothing to do with the pace - it's to do with the open wheels?

Wot he said! Open and closed wheel cars don't belong on track together...

[juansolo]

Technically you could put Caterham stylie mudguards on it and it'd be allowed... There are some tiny bike engined things that I've seen do this.

[t11ner]

It's about pace mostly, I know that there are X-Bows and radicals allowed but the line has to be drawn somewhere................