I agree that SFI approval alone should not be the criteria use to judge if
the head and neck movement restriction is making the driver safer. Having
looked at Tom Burklands device it does what it is designed to do and I don't
think it has a SFI sticker. We don't have cookie cutter cars and one size
does not fit all.
Doug Odom in big ditch
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Tone" <gmc6power@earthlink.net>
To: "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage@wildblue.net>; "John Romero"
<delsolid@gmail.com>
Cc: "lsr list autox" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Hans Device and Safety
> Many of our vehicles were constructed prior to any need/knowledge of head
> and neck restraints. Many will be hard to use in the constraints which
> were built at the time. I'm sure Teague #76 liner could be a problem with
> a Hans type device. He was a very tight fit in the car. I'm hoping the
> Officials and rules committee will take this into their discussions. Mike
> Cook and his Son have used many of the devices and Jr. has posted he has
> already changed to a different style to enter and exit his car with what
> we would call ease.
> With NASCAR and the COT the driver has been mandated to sit closer to the
> middle and lower than the older style cars. All of the winners take their
> helmets, devices, air tubes, radios, etc: off before getting out of their
> vehicles. There is no way in he-- that is possible in my roadster.
>
> I'm hoping the older Hutchins device and D-Cell device will acceptable to
> our rules even tho they do not to meet SFI approval. There are quite a few
> manufacturers and we would need to know what will be acceptable and I'm
> sure we will.
>
> ...JD
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