I had a couple more replies on Uphill Racers & they all said basically the same. And no-one has piped up to say they've ever been pulled up for not having a certificate, but I guess you can't read too much into that...
I have to admit that I find some things on the SD site as confusing as the Blue Book, e.g.
"Important Information on Homologation
No certification can be cancelled - cages certified before 1st January 2003 continue to be homologated.
If the car involved is not homologated itself by the FIA , it cannot be used for international events and therefore a certificate cannot be issued for a roll cage for that car.
There are , however , deviations from this in that some National events take place overseas as part of an International event but are run to the MSA National A regulations, which do not require roll cage certification."
I bolded the last part, as that's what's confusing me. Most club hillclimbs are run to National B, so if National A doesn't require certificates I can't for the life of me see why Nat B should?
Safety Devices also say this, as you quoted;
"Notes on homologation
Don't forget that you'll need to produce a genuine homologation certificate to race scrutineers..."
Race scrutineers? Are they using 'race' as a generic term or specifically as in motor racing?! And if it's a race car don't they need an MSA logbook, so the cage should have been checked in that process, shouldn't it?
Oh well, I've had enough of the Blue Book & other stuff for today, my head hurts & my copy of the latest Mini Magazine arrived today, so I'm off to read that instead!
K
Edited by keefr22, 29 April 2013 - 10:19 PM.