SFI headrest rule change?

[Hans Blom]

good day, been a long time since i have posted...I don't have a current rule book handy and have been asked about a rule change last year maybe?..about SFI headrests...GMR, been teched for several years now, has minimal clearance for helmet whiplash and we will wear a HANS device....is there any other change in the headrest area I need to look out for?

Thanks for the info...I read through lots of posts about headrest devices, but still wasn't sure about the latest rules...
Hans

[dw230]

2" max. movement left/right and to th rear. You must have a Hans type device. If car is a running car and been competiting the HNR restriction for you will go into effect in 2011.

DW

[Cajun Kid]

I can't help myself,,,  as it pertains  to a "hans type device"

If a driver named Hans  has a device,, would it by default be a Hans Device    

Just kidding of course,, as just any  device used by a man named Hans would not have the SFI cert !!!

Ok back to reality,,,

Hans,, DW gave you the rule..  Good Luck...

Charles

[Hans Blom]

I agree, I made my own 'Hans' Device by wrapping a piece of rollboar padding around my neck and duct taping it to my helmet, just to be on the safe side......

Thanks Dan, this is one of the Contrivance Engineering cars, the red '27 T, we changed up the roll bar padding and support a couple years ago to comply with the 2" movement rule. We have a HANS device(non-duct tape model) that we always run with the yellow car, but not sure if we will have a second for the red car, will check on that. It's hard to share safety equipment with 2 cars....
Hans

[dw230]

Not so hard to swap between cars.

One year we ran a roadster and a coupe. We only had one set of good Firestone Indys and would run the roadster leaving the coupe in line. A quick return to the line for a tire swap and the coupe was off. Roadster adjustments were made in line while the coupe ran.

Repeat and Bobs your uncle.

DW

[mkilger]

Dan look at your posts cool  230 

[blackslax]

is the 2" measured to the tube or to the padding?

[bvillercr]

is the 2" measured to the tube or to the padding?

to the padding.

[dw230]

Mike,

Don't forget to add the extra hundreds under my first login, before the black helicopters.

DW

[bvillercr]

Mike,

Don't forget to add the extra hundreds under my first login, before the black helicopters.

DW

I'm glad the black helicopter is gone.

[maguromic]

Just make sure that you can get out.  I don’t know if anyone saw the Simona’s crash last weekend when the car caught on fire.  But she got hung up on the head restraint and was pretty scary for a bit.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIatXMiyZ6w&feature=youtu.be
She was in the car for about 30 seconds before she got out. (after seeing the safety crews at work maybe the SCTA volunteer safety crew should go there and trane those guys)    Luckily this had a good ending other than her hand getting burned. My friend sent me this picture of her helmet. Tony

[SlyOneJr]

I just watched that video, and boy, am I glad that there is a rule about getting out of the car on your own! Glad that you get tested on your ability to get out of the car. Glad that the safety crews LSR has are not so dumb as to stand there with a fire hose in their hands and not turning it on to put the fire out. Watched the ECTA crew in action in June, and they were "Johnny-on-the-spot" when one of the cars blew a motor. They were in the truck and starting to move before the car got to them. Think I might have to make a couple of changes to the lakester to ensure that my fat rear end doesn't get stuck. Thanks for posting that Maguromic, scared me, but it just might save someones life.

Jeff

[Cajun Kid]

I saw that on TV and I just watched it again... I guess those Indy cars do not have any on-board fire systems ??  If they do I never saw it activated (if it was activated, it sure was not noticable and or effective)... also... those safety truck guys did not seem  very "practiced" or familiar with the use of a fire hose or extinguisher ??..

Glad the driver was not burned worse.

That is a good example of why we have safety rules and minimums.. also a lesson that  if possible we should equip ourself and our cars/bikes etc with above minimum safety gear and devices where available in our particular application.

Charles

[SPARKY]

Hans

IF I remember correctly your headrest now has to be SFI material--that is a change

[Seldom Seen Slim]

I'll say it for about the two-zillionth time:  Safety is cheap!