Finally taking time to get around to starting this thread.
A couple months ago my long time racing companion of 18 years met her demise.
Shamu
Lots of hard work and history in this car with numerous PCA, SCCA, and Parade wins. If it didn't break I was usually at least on the podium. This car has literally raced from one end of the country to the other and most places in between. I actually used to drive it to and from races with trailer in tow.
Then this happened:
YouTube - TWS 3-20-11 Blue Super Sprint 3 - Chris meet James James meet Chris
It may not look that bad to some, but I was hit pretty hard. Hard enough to punt me off the track about 30ft and it rung my bell pretty good. All that expensive safety equipment did its job and paid off.
Had it not been for the door bar I made (because of a rule change) I would have ended up wearing the door.
Not only is the rocker smashed into the seat, the rear door post was also pushed into the role cage (about 3 inches). Hard to say right now but the roll cage may have actually transferred allot of the energy and tweaked the tub slightly.
Its probably repairable, but but I'm not sure its worth the time and expense since a targa is not a great platform for a race car and I have always felt it kept me at a competitive disadvantage.