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Archive for the ‘Safety’

Racing Safety: Head & Neck Restraints

By Rich Conklin | Originally published Vintage Voice Magazine, Summer 2004 | Troubling questions spread throughout the racing community after Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s fatal accident on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Finding a satisfactory answer to those questions is vitally important to all racing drivers, professional and amateur alike. By the [...]
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Racing Safety: A Mindset

By Rich Conklin | Originally published Spring 2004 in Vintage Voice Magazine | He’d seen enough broken race cars. So when VARA President Craig Hibbard called all the drivers together for a special Sunday morning meeting at Fontana, he cut right to the quick: “How many of you,” he asked, “spent more than $20,000 to come out [...]
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