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Originally Posted by lazyifoto
I think (My Opinion here) that the helmet is either rolling forward over the head and doing the damage -OR- the helmet trys to come off the head backwards while the head is still moving forward and the bottom of the facial opening is catching the face as the opening falls over the forehead.
I still think there needs to be some development of a CageCap that offers extra protection to the top of the cage to absorb energy and cages have to be opened up and made wider ,to keep the driver away from the cage.
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The cage cap idea may be something to look into, but making the cages bigger/wider only invites wheels, etc. getting inside and hitting the driver.
Page Jones' 1994 Four Crown injuries were caused by some of Dave Darland's car getting inside the cage, and we know how bad Page was hurt. If you recall, Page was in the Team 6R Beast that day; a chassis with a very big cage. Going back further, my dad still has his 1991 Snell-approved Bell helmet with a gaping hole in the top that was caused by the top of Byron Reed's rear bumper. That crash was in the '92 Four Crown, and the Gambler dad was in had a standard size cage. He was lucky to survive, to say the least.
There have been many others. Just food for thought on the cage idea.