I am a new statistic :
This is a freindly note to all those who are considering buying some form of H&NR . I would also like the attention of those who have one and just don't bother to use it or think it is uncomfortable and/or restricts them somehow .
It is also a statement to those who oppose the future mandate that has been ruled .
I am one of those who has had a Hans for years but , because it was a very tight fit in one of my cars, sometimes I left it sitting on the bench . I look back on that now and shake my head at the foolish person I was then .
Anyway , let me get to the point ..........
I was at PIR last weekend here in sunny Phx with one of my FFs ( the big one that likes the Hans ) . It was the last very last lap on Sunday . The last friggin lap of the weekend .
The fastest place on the track : Just past Start / Finish .....the end of the straight just about to lift for turn one . 6700 rpm , top of fourth gear . I'm guessing about 118 mph . BANG ! The right rear Toe link departed it's attach point on the chassis and let that wheel go divergent . The first hit was the left rear as it snapped around and backed into the outside wall . It then spun 180 degrees and straightened out to do the worst possible thing ....head down the banking toward the inside wall head on .
It hit at about a 70 degree angle , speeding at approximately the century mark .
I could give many more details here but there is only need now for one . .....I truly believe the reason I can type this to you is that my Hans did it's job magnificently .
I hit that bloody wall so hard to made my tiny car a crumpled mess . It crushed my tootsies and drove me so far down in the cockpit my head bent the steering wheel away from me 30 degrees .
It moved everything forward in the car about an inch ...... Me , seat , Engine , gearbox , everything was compressed like it had been in a trash compactor . The Hans kept my head parallel to my body for that terrifying nano second when everything was forced forward at who know how many Gs . Enough to bend steel and vaporize fiberglass .
Enough about that . The point is I am now a statistic . One of the good ones . I am living proof that those thing really work . I know it like I know the sun came up today .
If I had left that thing on the bench.......Well , my world would be a different place right now and my wife and family would have a whole new agenda .
So ...Rant Off . I'll stop the preaching . Just PLEASE...get a H&NR system and wear it .
Thanks for listening .....
Best of luck
Be SAFE !!