I think the issue is the height of the roll bar. My Librands bar, in order to fit under the hood, would have been marginal in protecting my head if the car had actually rolled and a more traditional roll bar would have the same issue if it was at the same height. For competition use the roll bar needs to be taller which is why Librands offer a road and track option and companies like Techniques will custom make the bar to suit the height of the driver