Building a safe race car

[ChuckH]

A picture is worth a 1000 words, this video is a full chapter on what can happen in a normal crash, study this and think about building so this doesn't happen to you or your friends.

May your rubber side always stay down

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[SpceSpff]

OUCH. thats why a horse collar is very important. that looked like it hurt

[ChuckH]

Your going to need more than a Collar to stop the deadly side movement that happened to this driver, some Orgs haver made padded helmet stops madatory, this guy would have lived if his car was built that way.

[5racer]

Your going to need more than a Collar to stop the deadly side movement that happened to this driver, some Orgs haver made padded helmet stops madatory, this guy would have lived if his car was built that way.

your saying he died in this wreck??? i see his head took a good shot on the cage more than once and why have a visor if its up .

[ChuckH]

As far as i know yes, its the web so who knows for sure, either way thats not going to be healthy and people should build so that kind of thing doesnt happen.

At the least "wear a lid every time you get in'

[Brandon_Charley]

This is going to make me look bad, but it didn't seem THAT bad to me the first time a watched it, so what exactly are you guys discussing as far as how it could have been safer, I would like to have a better understanding of it. All I see is that his cage didn't take the second and third hits too well, and his cage had no padding. Desert racers don't do any more to keep their heads from bobbing like that do they?

[ChuckH]

Yeah that could very well be the inside of many dez cars, look at Indy cars, the drivers helmet has padding right next to the side, then with a Hans device the head cant move.

There are race seats that have built in helmet stops that with a hans device would have made that crash much more survivable.

You can also fab helmet stops that are padded, the closer to the helmet the better, even 5 inchs away would have lessened the damage, what you dont want is your head flying 3 feet from side to side in a crash and hitting bars, padded or not.

[Go Go Gadget Arms]

the extra weight from a helmet can kill you if there is no where to stop your head, think of being in a normal car and getting whiplash. now add the weight of a helmet. i think this is the reason earnhardt sr. was killed in his car. the best thing is a hans device or similar head restraint for slower speeds. i cant think of what its called

[Brandon_Charley]

I thought Earnhardt died because the inertia of ___ (insert super speedway speed) kept his organs going even after his car which he was strapped to hit the wall. Does anyone know if Adam Petty was wearing any head restraints in his crash?

[Go Go Gadget Arms]

i could be wrong. but i know that some racer wasnt wearing a full hans device and it separated their spinal cord (extreme whiplash)