Thread: Safety Thread
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10/15/08, 2:33 PM   #38
Re: Safety Thread
zeroracer
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Originally Posted by Motormasher View Post
Hey Risky, I have seen a few guys in cars that their heads came "almost" to the top of the cage and the reason I have always looked for this is because I remember several years ago a guy at Paragon that got upside down and landed on his cage and severly compressed his head and neck. I can't remember his name but it ended his driving career if I am not mistaken.

I am not for "full" containment seats because I have heard too many drivers that have them say they just beat your head side to side on rough tracks and in a crash its going to do the same thing. I don't like the cage nets either for the same reason and because they block your vision and make it harder to get out of the car in a crash. JUST MY OPINION.

How i may agree about the window nets thing if you DO have a full containment seat, the reason drivers have (what i want to call the cow bell effect) is besause the head rests are too far away from the helmet, when going across holes and things your head bounces back and forth always will, but if you get the halo style head rests close enough your head wont bounce back and forth like the ringer in a bell, just ask joss moffatt he was having the same problem and i helped him fix it, and he has no issues now


And didnt ryan pace have a similar incident at eldora, and kyle stuchell as well
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Last edited by zeroracer; 10/15/08 at 2:37 PM.