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

[Carl Prochilo]

Shylo,  You can look at the track's website, but assume you need a helmet
for any track event.  Say you decide to go to a convention and sign up for
the track event, you would get a write-up about what the requirements are.
 You will read about the helmet.  Normally you would not see a requirement
for a 5 point harness.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Fri, November 19, 2004 2:37 am, Shylo McKinsey said:
> 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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