Helmets for Racing
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Vern
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This is me getting on my soapbox
I must have a different perspective on the whole helmet deal than most people. Or maybe it's that I value what brains I have left more than most, but I just don't understand the resistance to wearing a helmet when you're racing.
So, you've got a slow truck and you totally trust your driving? What about that 10 sec car in the other lane that blows an axle and crosses into your lane? Or tires than blow, or . . . well, you name it . . . there's a whole plethora of bad things that can happen, no matter what you're driving or how fast you are. You just can't control everything and everybody.
For me, I ain't going on the track without my head inside a good helmet! Right now I have a Bell SA95 helmet that's in perfect condition, never been in an accident or been dropped. But, it's not gonna bother me one bit to buy a new one when the new 05 certification comes out. We spend thousands on go-fast or bling-bling parts, so what's the big deal spending a few hundred bucks to protect whatever brain cells you've got left?
Ok, I'm getting down off my soapbox now.
Vern
(flame suit and fire-retardant helmet on)
I must have a different perspective on the whole helmet deal than most people. Or maybe it's that I value what brains I have left more than most, but I just don't understand the resistance to wearing a helmet when you're racing.
So, you've got a slow truck and you totally trust your driving? What about that 10 sec car in the other lane that blows an axle and crosses into your lane? Or tires than blow, or . . . well, you name it . . . there's a whole plethora of bad things that can happen, no matter what you're driving or how fast you are. You just can't control everything and everybody.
For me, I ain't going on the track without my head inside a good helmet! Right now I have a Bell SA95 helmet that's in perfect condition, never been in an accident or been dropped. But, it's not gonna bother me one bit to buy a new one when the new 05 certification comes out. We spend thousands on go-fast or bling-bling parts, so what's the big deal spending a few hundred bucks to protect whatever brain cells you've got left?
Ok, I'm getting down off my soapbox now.
Vern
(flame suit and fire-retardant helmet on)
Again, letter of the law says an SA rating, not M. Some places are sticklers, others aren't. IRP (my home track) doesn't even bother to look inside the helmet for any rating whatsoever.
The SA helmets are fire retardant, undergo additional impact testing to simulate multiple strikes in the same place (like wacking the roll bar with your noggin') and actually have a better g-aborbing cushion and lining than the M-helmets (which is why the SA helmets look like big spaceman brain pots)
Mine will be outdated in October, so I guess I'd better start shopping for another one for my big ol' pum'kin' head!
If you're buying a new helmet and don't ride a motorcycle, be sure it's SA-rated and not M.
The SA helmets are fire retardant, undergo additional impact testing to simulate multiple strikes in the same place (like wacking the roll bar with your noggin') and actually have a better g-aborbing cushion and lining than the M-helmets (which is why the SA helmets look like big spaceman brain pots)
Mine will be outdated in October, so I guess I'd better start shopping for another one for my big ol' pum'kin' head!
If you're buying a new helmet and don't ride a motorcycle, be sure it's SA-rated and not M.
Vern said:
Vern
Thank's well i will see if i can borrow one before i leave for L-Fest didnt want to buy a new one till after they relase the new SA-2005 in Oct.
Bobby
Frank5L said:
Yea but has anyone seen you with your helmet off Bucket Head
J/J Frank had to get one in there for all the Rajun CajunsBobby