[Shotimes] RE: (OT) Airbags & Helmets: from Ford and SCCA

[Rick Glass]

Yes they do, most tracks have a rule, no helmet, you don't run. 


Rick Glass
   Nashville, TN
   SESHOC 
'99 Silver 61k (still adding up) 
   Flowmaster 40's
   no "pre-muff"/resonator
   WELDED (Kirk's 432nd, 8-31-04)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shylo McKinsey" <mrfluffy02@yahoo.com>
To: "TaurusSHO" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 1:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] RE: (OT) Airbags & Helmets: from Ford and SCCA


> Say, this is probably already public knowledge...but
> forgive my ignorance (again). Do most, if not all,
> folks who enter Track Day at the conventions every
> summer wear helmets?
> 
> Shylo McKinsey
> 
> '91 White MTX
> 
> --- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> 
> > Rick,
> > 
> > For yourself, or anyone who is considering doing any
> > track events, getting
> > an SA (rather than M) helmet is a good idea, as it
> > is becoming a requirement
> > for many tracks & events.
> > 
> > One of the cheaper (if not the cheapest) one out
> > there is the G-Force open
> > face. Here is one vendor that offers them (scroll
> > down the page):
> > 
> > http://www.randys-racemart.com/bellhelmets.html
> > 
> > Ron Porter
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rick Glass [mailto:rick@pitroadproducts.com] 
> > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 11:13 PM
> > To: Shotimes; V8List SHO; SHO Tech
> > Subject: Re: (OT) Airbags & Helmets: from Ford and
> > SCCA
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks Ron,
> > 
> > I have been looking at helmets, this is very useful
> > information.
> > 
> > BTW, I would consider this post far more ON TOPIC
> > than alot of the recent
> > list activity.
> > 
> > Rick Glass
> >    Nashville, TN
> >    SESHOC
> > '99 Silver 61k (still adding up)
> >    Flowmaster 40's
> >    no "pre-muff"/resonator
> >    WELDED (Kirk's 432nd, 8-31-04)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> > To: "Shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>; "V8List
> > SHO" <v8sho@v8sho.com>;
> > "SHO Tech" <techsho@topica.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 8:19 PM
> > Subject: (OT) Airbags & Helmets: from Ford and SCCA
> > 
> > 
> > Here's the content of a couple of posts that deal
> > with helmets and airbags.
> > First is from the SCCA, and I have cut-n-pasted the
> > second, which was from a
> > Ford release that someone posted.
> > 
> > Ron Porter
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt Murray [mailto:mattm@optonline.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 2:03 PM
> > To: 911/993/996
> > 
> > Before you buy that helmet yet, there has been a
> > firestorm on various Solo
> > 2/autocross/rally list. Yesterday, the SCCA released
> > the following
> > information. It is not final, but would certainly be
> > relevant to your
> > purchases.
> > 
> > http://scca.org/_Filelibrary/File/AirbagAdvisory.pdf
> > 
> > 
> > In addition to what you mentioned they also are
> > looking at this
> > information:
> > NOTE THIS IS NOT SCCA INFORMATION NOR SCCA
> > DIRECTIVE, BUT INFO
> > FROM FORD.
> > 
> > Something from Ford that SCCA might find
> > interesting.
> > 
> > EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, PLEASE CEASE USE OF FULL
> > FACED
> > HELMETS IN VEHICLES WITH LIVE STEERING WHEEL
> > AIRBAGS.
> > 
> > It was brought up at the recent International
> > Committee for
> > Proving Ground Safety that several companies do not
> > allow use of
> > full face helmets in vehicles with (driver-side)
> > airbags,
> > due to the risk of severe neck injury for the airbag
> > impacting the
> > bottom of the full-faced helmet. Full-faced helmets
> > are, of
> > course, allowed in vehicles without airbags or in
> > vehicles with
> > de-activated airbags.
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