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...
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...
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...
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...
Meru Head and Neck Restraints and SFI 38.1 Certification
Speed News ran a Race Gear story in May on a new head and neck restraint from Meru Safety. According to Meru and the...
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...
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...
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...
Head Strong – Homing in on the state of the art in helmet technology
One of the first pieces of safety gear we buy — if not the first — is a helmet. But you need to get...
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...
