PCA SDR

They are expensive, about $895.
Soon I expect they will be as common as helmets and gloves.
Jae, Roland and I just got ours.
Maybe Kary can get the club guys a group rate??
Show your wife the movie, she'll make you buy one....if she still lets you track at all...
http://www.logician.com/Videos/NASCAR_2003_Safety_Update.wmv

The HANS is superior with respect to FRONTAL impacts, but what about side impacts?
I wish there was a device that was good for 360 degrees. Any new info out?

Hey!! Jae was suppose to let me know about that and cut me in on the deal! I was waiting to hear back from him!

MikeD wrote:Hey!! Jae was suppose to let me know about that and cut me in on the deal!

We actually bought them at the recent San Diego Vintage race.
We got them direct from a vendor, took our helmets and saved $50 for the installation, which you could do yourself. Call Jae and he'll give you the number of the shop in LA we got them from.

Right TC frontal impacts, I guess in the case of an unavoidable impact I'll just have to remember to drive into it front end first.
Now that the frontal impacts have been safely resolved I'd like to see more studies of side impacts too. My race seat has the helmet side wings. But I've heard that in some cases those can rotate the helmet, perhaps the tethers on the HANS might prevent the helmet from over rotateing? I do know my wife was happy to know I have a HANS. I'll use it whenever I wear my helmet, AX, go Karts whatever.

So many head and neck devices available now...
Tim what kind protection do you use/suggest for frontal impacts?

Mike wrote:... go Karts whatever.

Would it do any good on a Kart since you are not strapped in?

doh yeah ya need belts.

The ultimate safety device is what Sylvester Stallone's police car had in the movie "Demolition Man"

Martin: I think you could gain the same affect with 200 cans of "Great Stuff".

Can you guys supply the phone number / address for the dealer?

Mike wrote:They are expensive, about $895.
Soon I expect they will be as common as helmets and gloves.
Jae, Roland and I just got ours.
Maybe Kary can get the club guys a group rate??
Show your wife the movie, she'll make you buy one....if she still lets you track at all...
http://www.logician.com/Videos/NASCAR_2003_Safety_Update.wmv

If you guys are serious about a group buy on Hans devices I can look into it. Send me an e-mail if you are interested and I will see what kind of price we can come up with.

Hey there all, I looked into the possibilities and for many reasons the Hans Device company are not that willing to do anything to help us out. They do not even have a dealer in San Diego and feel that going up to LA is more than sufficient. So I guess if we want one we will have to go up to LA or order via the internet directly from them.

I will see if I can find some others around the country that may want to help us out that are already dealers. I will let you know when I know something!

Sorry!

Kary: they weren't even willing to let you be the San Diego dealer? That kind of sucks! Must be nice to have a Monopoly!

Yeah, I spoke with them about a group buy for the spec 944 guys about a year ago and was told, in no uncertain terms, that there was no discounting "because we dont have to".

I got mine from the The racer's shop Inc.
800 965 7717
www.theracersshop.com
Karen was very helpful, they are located in L.A.

Talked with some folks today as well as Mike's suggestion above and will let people know in a couple of days when I find out something.