Great New Safety Gear For 2025

Every year there are new developments in racing safety, and 2025 is no exception. Whether you are just getting started or a multi-time champion,...

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...

The Ultimate Auto Racing Helmet Buyers Guide

This story was devised to give you helpful advice on selecting a proper auto racing helmet. We’ll go over the why and how of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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