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7/1/20, 7:47 PM |
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7/2/20, 11:54 AM |
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7/2/20, 8:11 PM |
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All welded joints will break next to the weld when over stressed. The heat from the weld reduces the molecular structure of the metal. If it breaks through the weld, it’s welded improperly. In a perfect world it will break somewhere else first but that seldom happens. SFI roll cage padding is stiff for a reason. USAC and SFI spent many months hitting helmets against tubing and measuring the force on head forms. Remember you have a helmet that is hitting the padding so the roll bar padding is secondary. It must absorb the load with no rebound and not capture the helmet. Soft padding is worse than no padding because it captures the helmet and pinpoints or concentrates the load rather than letting the helmet slide and dissipates some energy. A lot of work was done with padding and there is a reason it is constructed like it is. Don’t second guess it. Also tape your padding to the cage, the glue back is great until the tubing bends.
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7/2/20, 10:17 PM |
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Another safety problem that gets totally overlooked by race tracks, sanctioning bodies, and drivers themselves is the ambulance! When are we going to start requiring a minimum service on ambulances? Particularly an ALS (Advance Life Support) instead of BLS (Basic Life Support) ambulance!!
I can't believe the number of race tracks who buy an ambulance and use it on race day with an EMT and a bag over his or her shoulder. What good is that going to do? They end up having to call in the paramedics when something real happens every time!! Racers need to wake up and demand better. And I don't want to hear how hard it is to get an ambulance , how expensive they are or how they are only 10 minutes away! I've heard that song and dance so many times and every time I call the ambulance company myself the truth comes out. Cost is between $400-$600 per night. I think a life is well worth that. What I do find when I check up on promoters is they can't get an ambulance because they are being refused service for lack of payment. I have found this to be true far too often. If you can't tell, safety is one thing that gets me fired up. Far too many drivers have paid far too high a price for us not to be better.
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7/3/20, 2:53 PM |
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Just because someone owns a welder, does not make them a welder. I wonder, how many cars, had the extra bars welded, by someone who, KNOWS how to weld on 4130? |
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7/3/20, 3:12 PM |
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Just like a toolbox full of tools,does not make you a mechanic....
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