The Ultimate Auto Racing Helmet Buyers Guide

Competition Motorsport has sold tens of thousands of helmets and, in the process of doing that, answered as many questions about them. With that...

Head and Neck Restraints: Similarities and Differences

These days every major sanctioning body mandates the use of a head and neck restraint (HNR) to protect drivers from injuries to the head...

Installing a Fire System

When caveman invented fire, it changed the world we live in forever. Fire forges steel. Fire creates the very racecars we NASA members enjoy...

How to Install a Kill Switch in a Miata Racecar

This is a story about how to install a kill switch in a Miata, but it’s also something of an ode to two guys...

Smart and Safe HPDE Seatbelt Options

For you folks who enjoy NASA HPDE events, you may have found yourself deep in a corner, flying through the apex and feeling the...

Two-Inch Revolution: The Motorsports Industry is Shifting to 2-inch Harnesses for Enhanced Safety

For the longest time, the motorsports industry was fairly fixed on the use of 3-inch belts for driver safety harnesses. The prevailing wisdom was...

Installing Roll Cage Padding

In the NASA Club Codes and Regulations, specifically section 15.6.4, it states that “All roll cage surfaces that may come in contact with the...

Installing Seat Harnesses in a Spec Miata

Talk about taking responsibility for your own safety. When you convert a production car for racing, you remove a restraint system that has been...

Road Racing Tech Inspections: What to Expect, How to Prepare

One year during a Championships event, NASA NorCal chief scrutineer Hans Dinse was inspecting a roll cage in a car that had come to...

The Importance of a Good Racing Fire System

As he rounded the last complex of corners that lead onto the front straightaway, a fire ignited under the hood of his Spec Miata....

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