Safety.....the neck....helmets.....etc

[Eric Merryfield]

Things go wrong in drag racing, a fact of life

Lets here about what your practices are in addition to the common sense habits of making sure your belts are snug etc.

After I crashed my challenger a few years ago, I not surprisingly had a stiff neck and some bruises, etc. Besides vowing to lift when the car gets out of shape, I didn't really change my ways......but watching my kids at the top end of the track at up to 130 mph has made me a bit more thoughtful.

This offseason, I started doing neck exercises for the first time since jump school. Not sure if others do this too. Full face M helmet now for me, no more open, oddly the full face M is quite a bit lighter than the Open helmet it replaced.

Would like to know if anyone is using a hans in stock/superstock that isn't required to. Crashing a collectible/valuable car is a terrible event, walking away from it though is priceless.

Back to work for me, here in the still snow covered northeast.

Thanks

Eric