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Re: NASCAR (dale earnhardt)

Dale was not using HANS or a full-face helmet.  The doctor that examined him determined that neither HANS or a full-face helmet would have helped him at all.

 

Joe

>It's call HANS...for Head And Neck Support? F1 and

>CART require it...NASCAR doesn't. It's a restraint
>worn around the neck that connects the helmet
>restricting head motion vs. body motion. As it was,
>and crude as it sounds, Dale's head kept traveling
>when his body didn't, effectively pulling his head
>nearly off, and tearing apart some vitals at the base
>of his brain (so I understand). Same with Adam Petty.
>
>
>Dale showed how good he and Jr. were at the 24hrs of
>Daytona, and his death is a loss for all race fans.
>NASCAR will be the worse without him...he keyed it's
>entry into the *real* big time.
>
>Ron
>
>
>--- Shawn C Meze wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 19:36:26 -0500 "RoccoPhil"
> >
> > writes:
> > >Brutal. And yet it won't change the way they do
> > things. NASCAR is
> > >simply
> > >monkey racing. Geared to please the collision-happy
> > maggots who get
> > >off on accidents. They suck. Period. I don't budge
> > from that position.
> > >NASCAR *could* be quality if they really wanted to
> > be.
> >
> >
> > Interesting point of view. I naturally completely
> > dissagree with your
> > safety comments. These cars today are much safer
> > than they have ever been
> > in the past. Yesterdays accident was one of those
> > freak of natures. I
> > dont care what your driving, if you have a 45+G
> > sudden stop,
> > unfortunately someone will die. (Indycars have been
> > measured at over
> > 200G's BTW.)
> >
> > Something that I find interesting is there was so
> > much talk of a new
> > device at the 24 hour's of daytona event. .... I
> > forget the name. It
> > basically cradles the head in a collison which I
> > thought DE was using.
> > Seemes that he actually wasnt. Sad.
> >
> >
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