Yes, You Should Always Wear a Head & Neck Restraint on Track
We’re going to start this off with a proclamation: Yes, you should always wear a head-and-neck restraint (HNR) on track.
If you’re racing, the use...
Seating Arrangements – The finer points of choosing and installing a racing seat
Think of selecting and buying a racing seat the same way you would buying a suit or a sport coat. How a suit fits...
Construction Zone – Installing Custom Roll Cage and an Aluminum Containment Seat in a...
With just more than three weeks to go till the first points race of the season, I dropped off the donor car at Blackbird...
How to Pick the Right Fire System
OK, time’s up. The 2023 rules are in place, and they require a fire system on all racecars. Come to think of it, a...
Choosing and Using Fire Systems
Now that we have a little time before the rules require NASA racers nationwide to install a fire system in their cars, it seemed...
Maintaining Fire Systems For Proper Operation
A lot of car-fire videos have been racing across the internet lately. In the case of a drift car at HyperFest and a Toyota...
Fire Prevention and Preparation
There’s always less time and presence of mind than anyone would like to believe they’ll have when a fire erupts. Escaping a fire is...
Setting the Standard
Engineers at the SFI Foundation are good at breaking things — and, as a result, racing drivers across the world are safer because of...
Zen and the Art of Plumbing – Installing a halon fire system on a...
Words cannot express how much I loathe household plumbing projects. Sinks, toilets, faucets, drains, anything. I would rather write a check to someone else...
Making Old New Again – Recertifying Safety Equipment Can Be More Cost Effective Than...
Safety equipment does expire over time. That applies to window nets, seats and harnesses, and other items. Recently my DefNder head and neck restraint...
