View Single Post
1/6/18, 9:55 AM   #44
Re: USAC outlaw all cockpit adjusters
jjones752
jjones752 is offline
Senior Member

Race Count This Year: 19
Race Count Last Year: 22
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 2,259
 

At the PRI show last month they put on a showing of the documentary "Yellow, Yellow, Yellow" about the Holmatro Safety Team; in it there was a segment on Scott Dixon, who had concussion symptoms after the race at Baltimore a few years ago even though he wasn't in an accident. They reviewed the in-car video and discovered that during a restart, while accelerating from very low speeds on the bumpy street surface, his head was ping-ponging rapidly between his head restraints. From that discovery they developed a 2-stage, progressive padding to mitigate the effect. It's all about continuous improvement.
__________________
Jim Jones
Midwest Thunder Speed2 Midget #97