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when i decided to put a full containment seat in our midget that my son drives, he was VERY opposed to it. first time out was a practice day and he had a lot of problems getting in and latching the belts but felt good on the track. we took it out and redid a few things to make him more comfortable and he said "i can live with it"
a few races into the season, he took a very violent series of flips in just about every direction you could imagine followed by an oil fire. he was banged up pretty good and had a concussion but he was able to get out of the car quickly and the effects of the concussion didnt show up till we were driving home.
after watching the video....which took me about a week before i could look at it.....and playing it in slow motion....you could see his head bening whipped from side to side during the flips but the seat's head restraints limited a lot of the movement. we firmly believe that the seat saved him from much worse injuries.
when one of the tracks we run our 600 micro at mandated full containment seats for all classes, we thought there would be no way we could fit one in the micro. we worked real hard at it and made it fit.....and again, he objected to having to use one....i told him that 70 mph in a 600 pound micro or 100 mph in a midget....its all the same...you CAN get hurt bad. after 2 wild flips in the micro, he is finally sold on the containment seats and wouldnt run anything without one......now if i could just get him comfortable using a hans.....
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