QUOTE(motorvated @ Jul 4 2021, 01:49 PM)
...I seem to recall him to say that SCCA required them, but that might not be the case.
Windshield clips are no longer required in SCCA for cars with factory bonded windshields; I had that reg changed in Fall 2019 (Production category).
It was not been required for other categories for vehicles with stock, bonded windshields, only those with rubber-lip-secured windshields and those that could replace theirs with polycarb.
Its existence in Production was a leftover vestige from the days back before windshields were bonded (and our scarves flowed in the wind down the straights). Its 2019 regs change was a result of an over-zelous Tech inspector - someone from the flowing-scarves days - who decided to do a paddock "gotcha" on all the more-modern cars the week of the 2019 Runoffs, thus forcing many of us head over Home Depot and buy some strip aluminum and secure it around our windshields with zip screws (boy howdy did that increase our safety!) The CRB quickly adjusted the requirement after I sent in a "derp" letter.
Think about it from purely an engineering standpoint. The clips are there to retain your windshield from departing the car in case of an incident. If your windshield is
bonded to the frame all the way around, what's a half-dozen clips lightly resting against that heavy windshield and held in with small screws going to do...?
It certainly doesn't hurt to do it if you want to, but it will offer no safety value. But check the regs of all the other groups you may choose to run with.
GA