Originally posted by techinspector1
If you plan to dragrace the vehicle, check with your local dragstrip owner/manager. He may not allow you to race without door handles. (you are knocked unconscious, the car is on fire. How will anyone get you out??)
Richard, while you make a valid point, the same would hold true if the doors were locked. And many cars today have locks that activate as soon as the vehicle is in gear. If it was an emergency, to get the person out you break the window!

In a full competition car I can see the reasoning, but hopefully for the casual racer it would not be a problem.

Angel, you are right, the doors need to hang right and pop open easily. In some cases folks actually have door "poppers" that push the door open slightly, you can also spring load the hinge. When you activate mine, the door opens just enough to grab hold. When I have mine in the garage, I always leave a wing window open(remeber those? I know you got 'em too), just in case.

In the days before wireless remotes, guys used to hide a button up inside a fenderwell

Pat