When I work grid, that's an item I often check. I find about half the
drivers forget to pull the pin, and for some it is difficult for them to
remove when belted in (too tight, bad angle, clumsy with gloves on, etc),
nicely illustrating the importance of having it out beforehand. And yes, as
a driver I've forgotten too, even with red flags on them.
Most are appreciative. Of course, there's a couple who get mad at me. It's
part of their "routine," they say, to pull it as they depart the grid (and
when I watch, they don't).
--Rocky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Van Mulders Marcel" <van.mulders.marcel@telenet.be>
To: "'John Hasty'" <jhhasty@gdhs.com>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 3:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Hans Device
> I've always had a fire system fitted in my 10 years of racing : in all
> that
> time, it happened only once, at Donington this year, that someone of the
> marchals did check if the retaining pin was removed at the start of a race
> (it was). Most of the racers don't care about it!
> Marcel Van Mulders.
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] Namens
> John Hasty
> Verzonden: maandag 14 oktober 2013 22:44
> Aan: BillDentin@aol.com
> CC: fot@autox.team.net
> Onderwerp: Re: [Fot] Hans Device
>
> Well said Bill. In addition to Hans, I strongly suggest that you have a
> fire system. Having been on fire I can attest that a hand held unit just
> doesn't cut it.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 14, 2013, at 4:31 PM, BillDentin@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 10/14/2013 2:51:04 PM Central Daylight Time,
>> kknight@klaenv.com writes:
>>
>>
>>> If you still are on the fence regarding the purchase of a HANS, or
>>> similar device, read Sam Smith's column in Road and Track November,
>>> 2013 issue (pg.
>>> 32). Racing is a calculated risk, make sure the numbers are in your
>>> favor as much as possible. Enough said.
>>>
>>
>> Amici...
>>
>> I too read that article, and I sure agree it is hard to argue against
>> the need to wear a HANS (or similar) when racing. Why not increase
>> the odds against serious injury or death. Why not take every precaution
> you can?
> Why
>> not indeed? It is foolish not to, and articles like the one Sam Smith
>> wrote in the current issue of ROAD & TRACK will help racers come to
>> that conclusion.
>>
>> But in fact, that HANS device is no cart blanch waiver for avoiding
> injury.
>> From what I understand, it would not have prevented serious injury in
>> what happened at Blackhawk last June. I was not there, but I
>> understand that the driver's head was struck by the wheel of another
>> race car. I am NOT speaking against the importance of wearing a head
>> and neck restraint, I am
> just
>> not sure it would have been a fix in that Formula Vee race at Blackhawk.
> But
>> I understand why it caused Sam Smith to quickly question his own
>> safety equipment habits.
>>
>> Racing is dangerous. Fangio said that he considered he was taking his
>> life in his hand every time he took to the track. But that was NOT
>> his greatest fear. He feared causing an incident where another would
>> be injured or killed. I kind of share that feeling. Sure I don't
>> want to be injured
> myself,
>> but I think I would have an even bigger problem having been involved
>> in an incident I caused, where someone else was injured. I stopped
>> deer hunting not because I was afraid of getting shot, but because I
>> worried about
> shooting
>> someone else by accident (that happens every year here in Wisconsin).
>>
>> I think...especially in vintage/historic racing, just as important as
>> the need for arm restraints, head & neck restraints, seat belts, roll
>> cages,
> fire
>> extinguisher, etc., etc., is the need for a good, proper 'Vintage
>> attitude'. Because of the huge disparity in equipment and talent in
>> our
> sport's race
>> grids, there is no room for 10/10ths (or worse 11/10ths) racing.
>>
>> Wear a HANS (or similar), but also have a good vintage racing attitude.
>>
>> Bill Dentinger
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