As a motorsport safety source, the Stand 21 safety foundation, "Racing Goes Safer!" is a non-profit organization with a primary purpose of promoting enhanced motorsports safety. Achieving this goal in collaboration with medical and scientific bodies, as well as with major series' organizers (FIA, SFI, NHRA, SCTA, SCCA, SCORE...) in order to bring awareness of safety issues, and solutions to the forefront of the motorsports world.
Jacky an beautiful interesting inside of him as human being. He has survived, were in 1970. 3 great drivers lost their lives. Pierre courage, Bruce McLaren,and Joachim Rindt.
If you've not read Brian Redman's book, it's very eye opening. 'daring drivers, deadly tracks' should be on every race fans bookshelf. The man is pure class. Brave, modest and funny, he's one for the ages.
I came to know about Dr. Dallaire from Australian cricketer Shane Watson's interview. This is a great presentation. Here are the key takeaways. 1> If you don't have right mindset, you cant fully express your skillset. 2> Self doubt, lack of focus, worrying about outcome and fear of failure can corrupt the mindset. 3> Confidence comes from results 4> Results is a product of your skillsets (A) multiplied by factors that are out of your control (B) 5> You cant control your results because of factor B 6> Worrying about outcome doesn't make the outcome better 7> 40% to 45% of our processing time is wasted on things that negatively impact the task at hand 8> A conscious mind can actively process only one thought at a time 9> To focus more effectively, one needs to focus on the right thing 10> When focus is distracted, one needs to police/monitor their focus to bring the focus back to the task at hand.
Just an unbelievably straight-forward, and humble guy, despite his prodigious talent. Brian drove for the best teams, in the most iconic cars, with the best co-drivers, in the best era ever of sportscar racing. Deserved an outright win at Le Mans. He is a legend !
Great expo!! Thanks to Dr. John Melvin. I find this video searching about nets. I should have arrived earlier, because a few minutes ago I bought a Z-Tech Series 6A Head and Neck Restraint System and I hope not to put it to the test. Best regards.
You need a separate safety coffin from the frame. Everything mounted integrally. Its doable but would add a lot of weight. It also would subjects the drivers potentially to weird movements inside the car while racing. Could have breakaway safety fuses that release at certain G's...moving into some unknown areas here.
How about a rigid spring or set of springs between the bottom of the seat and the chassis? I understand they're bolted together, but springs could be part of that mount. Not talking about an air ride system; talking about a spring a driver wouldn't notice unless the force is enough to break their back.
Gen X was hard core, every generation since has degenerated down to chickens. Grow a pair, probably to late for you though, unless you are still going thru puberty. If so I hear you can get gender reassignment surgery now. Keep your scared thoughts to yourself beta boy.
I’ve had all kinds of crashes at gas city, Kokomo, and more. My buddy Dave Steel drove a non containment kirkey seat, probably knew it was unsafe but liked it that way. Us old drivers have balls. Must be something in the water or the fact that you don’t work on your own cars, Pussies! Don’t screw our sport up like CRAPCAR screwed up theirs. If you can’t get in the car without knowing that may be the last thing you do, then don’t get in and shut up, pussies!!!
$50,000 a motor. If these teams and sponsors can put out all this cash, they can have a industry standard, like safety. NHRA does it? There are professional’s, like Jay Masur and crew that have the experience. What is the sport waiting for??
My favorite Brian Redman story is the one he told at the Legions of The Can-Am at Amelia Island. After making it to the big times and winning a few races he remembered thinking " If I keep this up I'm going to wind up either rich or dead." And then he said "And as it turned out neither one happened!" 2ed favorite is when he teamed up with a young Bobby Rahal to run the 24hrs. of Daytona in a 962. Brian had qualified the car in about 8th place and Bobby wanted to get in the car to see if they could get a better spot to start the race. Brian told him this is an endurance race, it does not matter where we start. In the race Brian took the first stent and when he handed the car to Bobby he said don't pass anyone it's still to early to try to win this thing. When Bobby came in and Brian got in the car he asked Bobby what place they were in. We're in first Bobby replied. Brian yelled at him "I told you not to pass anyone!". I didn't Bobby replied. Everyone else fell out!
Just a thought i drew up a rough sketch of what i believe would be like a hans device for the spine. It would essentially keep tension on the spine by keeping it a little pulled in each direction up and down so that in the event of a compression impact it does not compress.
Tires lining the inside of the track have caused me a couple accidents and tons of damage and money and I have seen tons of guys crash from tires lining a track ...even just hitting a car tire at 60 mph or less will ruin your day and maybe others ... Me and tires don't get along
I still remember when George flew his Can-Am car off at the old T-7 at Laguna and managed to clear the fence and the public access road (with spectators sitting on it). There used to be a photo of the spectators looking over their shoulders watching his car hit the bank behind them.
Ted with the WOO was approached back in 90 or 91 to have a team like the Safety Safari that the NHRA has; as you can see, track safety varies depending where you go....ask Doug Wolfgang.
I used to race with Kevin when he was a kid in the micro midgets 600 cc class Sammy would set his car up he was good back then Sammy would go all the way to the staging lane with his wrenches to set his car up
Thanks guys - this is a long time coming for all classes of Motorsports. My son is part of the pit crew and when anyone is hurt, everyone is hugely affected. Safety has come a long way, but there is so much more that can be done without spoiling the excitement or fun of racing. I hope more and more step up and get on board with this.
My 50 y/o Aussie Classic SuperMod has the top of the cage partially filled. In part for taller drivers but also for impact. The mid 70s driver did all of this as he got nudged in a crash. A tyre does no rollcage damage but if it hits the driver it does a lot of damage. And in Oz at least there has had to be a piece of plate above the drivers head, that for 50+ years I am not a fan of Hans. Decent seat, mounted PROPERLY, belts mounted PROPERLY and the simple foam neck brace used PROPERLY all adds up to be satisfatcory. IF all used properly. Hans is belt and braces and if not used 'properly' is probably more dangerous than not using one. The reason many drivers still use them with the Hans Midgets are probably the worse as they bounce so hard.
Belts? That killed Dale Earnhardt. Even now so many belts are stupidly mounted. Look at SE gassers in car. Belts are hopelessly mounted. Usually on the floor immediatly behind the seat. I have seen current Sprinters with that as well. Though at least over a bar behind the seat. As for tires on the infield,, I have seen that in both road racing and speedway forever. So many US tracks are downright dangerous with no pit gate, half a fence etc etc.
So the seat belt did KILL DALE EARNHARDT. I raced from 4-25yrs old. I had several serious crashes including a 1999’ 132g crash that fractures my skull. I’m now a pedi trauma surgeon. My dad is also and my mother is a general surgeon. So I grew up around racing and the fix. - nascar put that propaganda out that the seat belt caused dale Earnhardt’s problem when it was just a lie to cover up the real cause. Dale Earnhardt’s seatbelt snapping actually increased his chances of survival. The only injury that seatbelt failing caused was his ankle fracture. It was a lap belt that failed. It had nothing to do with the fatal basilar skull fracture. A basilar skull fracture or (BASE OF SKULL FRACTURE) is caused by the head not being seat belted. So spinal cord is tied to the brain, the head flys forward. Dale lost about 40mph of velocity in a millisecond. His head was still going 179mph forward while his torso decelerated 38mph. The spinal cord ripped his brain into the base of his skull because the torso was going 38mph slower than his untethered head. The skull fracture is caused by the brain acting as a weapon. I was heavy in nascar series from 97’-05’ and everybody knew this. Dale knew of the HANS device and refused to wear it. I met him 5x at tracks. He talked to my series. It was just him not wanting change also you had a brief period of claustrophobia. And poor visibility vs not wearing one. It was uncomfortable when I went back to racing in 2000 after a skull fracture I had to wear one. I had a crash my 2nd race out. Today I have 5 daughters and 1 son between 5-18yrs old who all race in 3 different series. They just started racing with it so they don’t know any different. But us that started with no containment seat or Hans it was terrible transitioning because it felt like visibility went from 80% to 25% instantly.
Nascar put that propaganda out that the seat belt had something to do with it because they were trying to deflect responsibility. When it wasn’t their fault anyways. Dale was educated on the Hans and he refused to wear it. But the media and fans went after nascar heavy to the point they put a bunch of phony information out. Trying to blame the crash or death on someone else. When it’s was 100% dales fault. I started wearing a Hans in 2000 after a 1999’ skull fracture and 29 days in a coma. My heart stopped 30-40x over the following 24hrs in the icu because I had so much blood loss from multiple internal injuries. We had 8-10 drivers killed in 2000. 5-7 killed in 1999’. Every year threw all the stock car series we were having multiple deaths from basilar skull fractures. Dales friend created the Bobby Hutchins device. But dale thought it would kill you from ignorance or he just thought you were a pussy if you wear one. He ask Dale Jarrett if he was afraid to die, if that’s why he wore a Hans. But nascars report was so far off from reality. That thought the skull fracture was from him hitting his head on something when that’s not it. The skull fracture is from the brain getting yanked into the skull at a high velocity. It’s literally trying to yank the brain threw the base of the skull.
If we Pray, hard, enough, we can transfer Kevin's Paralysis, to Tony Stewart. Ready. Go! Fiddlesticks. Looks as though my "Prayer" scheme, failed. There is a first time, for everything. Tony Stewart could throw his Hellmet, at the Paralysis.
I've complained about the tires for years. First place ,it's against the law to have them. Drivers should sue the race track for having them. Most cases the track is paid to take them.
What and let me say that again what most tracks are running on a shoe string budget and barely getting by if you think the majority of track owners are in it for the money you would be sadly mistaken
@@sillygoose2508 Right? I know some tracks that are Usually couple thousand in the hole after each night, with a decent crowd. Most promoters/track owners have another source of money to pay for the racing.
