My thoughts are the need for a seat that holds you ...not more belts. At
PRI, I spoke to Randy Lejore ( misspelled I'm sure), Butler and Kirky
about seats. All three said the same thing...you MUST control your hips,
chest, shoulders and head!!! Next is to protect your knees and feet.
When I crashed the Chevette at Maxton, my only injury was my left elbow
from banging the funny car style left helmet bar.
My two cents,
joe
Bryan Savage wrote:
> Excellent question Jim!
>
> When Howard first drove our car (I/BGS) he didn't feel securely
> strapped in.
> He basically laid on his back and between his hips and the top of his
> shoulders
> felt insecure. Not like a Sprint Car or a NASCAR which felt secure. He
> added another seat belt which went across the rib cage after talking
> to Jim
> Deist. He loved it. He said he finally felt like part of the car and
> could feel
> what it was doing. Because it was different, he spent time practicing
> getting
> out until he didn't have to think about the extra belt.
>
> Does anyone want to call Jim Deist and Bob Shroud for their opinion's, or
> is that a bad idea? I'll call, if the real racers are too busy.
>
> Bryan
>
>
> Jim Webb wrote:
>
>> Anybody got any wisdom for those with 30' long & 2.5' narrow
>> cars?
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