[Fot] HANS Device

[RACER BUD]

looks like we're back to that 'Gray' area again...I guess it's all about 
respecting the other driver..not taking chances that are truly 'chances', 
etc...but then it can get kind of boring...It's very difficult to find a 
venue where vintage cars can really be driven to the limit....I've had 
experiences where I had to stay behind a slow car for waaay too long, 
because I could tell that the guy did not have a clue that I was there...I 
began a pass a couple of times, and he was ready to turn right into me..I 
backed off and resigned  myself to the fact....The GOOD NEWS is...CSRG 
banned him PERMANENTLY..he had been a problem for quite some time...He 
wasn't Wild...just horribly inatentive....CSRG banned another guy 3 years 
ago..he was not wild either...he would do things like..point to the left...I 
passed him on the left, he ran me completely off the track...Why?..he was 
pointing to where he was going to go..no joke..A nice guy,,but his racing 
days had reached their limit...i'm pleased to say that CSRG will Not let 
just anyone race...We realize that slow can be as/more dangerous than wild
Racer Bud
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William G Rosenbach" <wgrosenbach at juno.com>
To: <dos_gusanos at msn.com>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] HANS Device


>>>> Henry Morrison wrote:
> I think that when you get a guy in a car with all the safety equipment
> on, he
> thinks he's bulletproof and will probably take chances not taken by the
> guy
> who is perhaps racing with a lap belt as his only safety device.
>
> I tend to agree with Henry. It was pointed out in, I believe a PBS
> program on automotive safety; if you take two identical cars, give one to
> a person who is told "anything you do in this car, no matter how minor,
> will kill or seriously injure you"; and the other car to a person that is
> told that "no matter what you do in this car, the safety systems will
> protect you from any injury in any situation"; those two cars will not be
> operated in the same fashion.
>
> In the real racing world, where a driver is paid to operate a vehicle on
> the razor's edge at all times, where there is something tangible to
> someone 'on-the-line' at all times; there are no safety equipment
> standards that are too much. In Vintage Racing, even though anything that
> can happen, could happen, there is nothing truly 'on-the-line', we are
> there for fun, not glory & prizes; and should be able to exercise
> restraint and good judgement. Still, there are those who cannot do that.
> They are the folks who are certain that they and their car can clip the
> apex of the hairpin flat in fourth having never lifted or braked. They
> know who they are and should make the investment. Equally important is
> that others know who the crazies are, so as to stay out of their way, and
> not to get wound up with them. If we keep heading for the completely safe
> world, we will soon be driving in 'Bear Proof Suits'.
> http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=bear+proof+suit&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&co
> p=mss&ei=UTF-8
>
> Mandating greater costs to racers keeps new people away from the sport,
> and trying to keep up all the mandates can eat up some racers' annual
> budget quickly, keeping them off track. A couple of years of paying not
> to race, and they are gone.
>
> Eat right, exercise, die anyway.
> Bill
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