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Re: [Fot] SVRA to require head and neck restraints

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Subject: Re: [Fot] SVRA to require head and neck restraints
From: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:02:02 -0600
I personally applaud SVRA's decision.

- Tony Drews

At 09:27 AM 1/15/2009, JWoesvra@aol.com wrote:
>Henry,
>
>With all respect due you, I'm sorry that your life is so worthless. Since
>you have not raced with SVRA, it really doesn't matter whether you 
>agree with
>our policies anyway.
>
>There were 3 known fatalities in vintage racing last year  that might have
>been sore necks if we had done this a year ago. You  don't have to 
>race with us
>to understand that we are being proactive in this  case. We are willing to
>take a hit on entries to insure the folks that do  race with us are 
>protected,
>when technology is available to do so.
>
>
>
>Jack  Woehrle
>SVRA Technical Director
>jwoesvra@aol.com
>803-463-5388
>FAX  803-794-8747
>701 Center Street
>West Columbia, SC 29169
>
>
>In a message dated 1/15/2009 9:11:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>dos_gusanos@msn.com writes:
>
>I  don't currently wear a neck restraint in my racecar.  I'll buy new tires
>before the neck restraint.  I don't wear a helmet when I drive to work,  do
>you?  Probably should since most of my big wrecks have been on 
>the  street.  If
>all the safety stuff Fuel cells, health exams, fire systems,  etc. had been
>required when I started vintage racing, I wouldn't  have.  When I started,
>leather work gloves were all that was required,  that's what I 
>wore.  Adding neck
>restraints puts up one more barrier to  entry to someone starting out.
>
>Henry Morrison, from the  wild wild west, where I still see dual purpose cars
>racing without fuel cells  or  rollbars...........
>
>
>
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