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Re: HANS in slo-motion comparison

To: "Mike Shields" <mshields@inconnect.com>,
Subject: Re: HANS in slo-motion comparison
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:21:52 -0600
>Hell, just look at Leighton Reese in Trans-Am. He's worn the HANS device
>for at least a year and climbs in and out of a window. It's about as
>close as you can get to a NASCAR car.


I remember the first time I met him.  He was standing next to his his SAAB
Sonett ice racer on Lake Pahlen in Saint Paul.  I think it had a Porsche
engine in the front.  Since wings are no longer legal in ice racing
hereabouts, he was experimenting with a full tunnel under the car.  In a
warmer time, I helped work on the front end of his ASA car at BIR.

Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC   pethier@isd.net     http://www.mnautox.com/
"It makes a nice noise when it goes faster"
- 4-year-old Adam, upon seeing a bitmap of Grandma Susie's TR4.

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