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Over and beyond the fact that your state is the home of my favorite NFL football team "The Baltimore Ravens", I'd like to race out there myself someday. If you fast class stockers race in 9's, then there's hope that my car might see a 14sec et slip (don't tell that to Ed, as if I could get that kind of et from my car, then I'd be closer to a good heads up run with his Gremlin??? It sure doesn't happen here in 1300ft Phoenix, Az., but that's ok, I'll take what I can get.....

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Gary its a lot of fun racing against 9 sec stockers with a fwd car.

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Oh yeah!!!!! Jim

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Gary,you silly little boy.I don't mhave to come on here and constantly babble about my car
like some people we know.And by the way the car isn't mine anymore.The new owner will show you what it's got.
How can you not make fun of an 80s tin can?
And our governor is doing OK,in spiteof the opposition from your socialist democrat friends who keep trying to throw road blocks in the path to fiscal responsibility.
Good bye Gary and good luck babbling on.
And that hat would be fitting for your slow crawl down your lane,but keep an eye in your rearview.

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I'm gritting my teeth as I type because this has turned political and I don't want to agree with a socialist...LOL..but strictly helmet talk, I agree with Gary. Not that he's right or wrong, I just agree a 15 sec car doesn't need a full sa helmet.

As far as faster cars goes, your going to be stuffing the backend of a slow car in, so wouldn't a higher priority be seatbacks that won't break and fuel cells that won't explode when stuffed up to the rear window? To me, if safety (with regards to the speed differential) is the focus, then protecting rearends of slow cars should be priority as opposed to the difference in open/closed faced helmets.

The other argument is a 15 sec car stuffing into a wall on it's own. Yes in some instances a fullface might help, but not all. A fullface won't protect your windpipe from being crushed by a steering wheel any more than an open face will.
What is the official "crush speed"? And what type of car? If a car will only be going max 80-90mph, is it ok if it's a 65 wagon with lots of crush space but not ok if it's a fwd tin can with no crush space? How about a car with a large interior as opposed to a tight interior?

Somebody came up with a rule that says "up to xx speed or xx ET you must have this" I'll go by that. The option is always there to step up if I want, but that is the minimum.

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Now, as far as politics goes....hehehe

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For the record I think the a newer compact would be safer than a old station wagon in crash..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ptUrQOMPs

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"WOW" should I park my old fat girl and get a new one?????

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WWTBD-What would the broom do?

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Fly faster...........lmao

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No, Just dont run into any new cars.lol

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I'll bet it is, and I look forward to the opportunity of doing so, when I get to more sea level tracks where they'd run that quick. I guess there were maybe one or a few that ran that quick here, but I'd have to check out the national event we had here to see....still not as many as you'd get out there....

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I've got an idea how about all those folks that think there OK with the absolute minimum safety equipment, may be they could just get by with a stocking cap with a chin strap to keep the mush together so there will be less down time when there cleaning up after the wreck, also could also help the gene pool in the long run, witch would fix alot of other problems we currently have!!!!

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on the other hand, are you willing to wear all the stuff the fuel guys wear?


where do you drw the line?

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the line has been drawn in the rule book an I for one won't lose a moments sleep if the op ends up in a bag or brain dead because he is out to prove he is smarter than the "stupid rules maklers" NHRA, SFI and most of his competitors buying a helmet that cost less than $11!

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i guess i didn't get the part about him being smarter (or i didn't read it that way) BUT, it sounds like he's a better shopper than most of us..

ASSUMING it's not a knock-off helmet.

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why delete the part of my statement that his helmet cost less than $11?

This photo speaks for itself..

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net..._6160458_n.jpg

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i didn't.
evidently, hitting the "quote" button doesn't quote everything...

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It doesn't cost that much more to get a good helmet; we don't need expensive carbon fiber etc. just an SA rated full face helmet to get as good a protection as is available for the most important body part. If NHRA wants to help us save money, how about recognizing that seat belts last longer than two years?

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Hey 1320,
Have you noticed that according to the poll the full face SA helmet wearing group is the minority?


As Ed would say, Have a nice day.

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what school did you go to?:rolleyes:


SA rated full face 62 43.66%
M rated full face 19 13.38%
SA rated open face 40 28.17%
M rated open face 23 16.20%


Last I knew, 62 users/43.66% is the MAJORITY of those who replied to your poll and what I do know is that YOU are in the minority of those that think a $10 helmet bought off flea bay is as good as a Bell, Simpson, Impact no mind stupid enough to wear it while drag racing.

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I didn't go to school in Jersey, 43.66% is less than half smart guy.

Next question for ya. Do you think it's more or less likely that the chinese would copy one of their own cheap helmets and sell it for 10 bucks or a high dollar Bell, Simpson, or Impact? The odds are that you're the one wearing a fake.
How's that make you feel?

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I also suck at math but had to laugh at this one...

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Actually, a majority is more than half of the votes and a plurality is the greatest number of votes but less than half.

You could say that a majority (71%) wear SA rated helmets and a plurality (43%) wear full face SA rated helmets. :)


-Toby

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Toby KNOWS!;)

Meanwhile 1 knucklehead boasts of his fleabay deal buying a M rated helmet of unknown origin and condition for $10.50!:rolleyes:

Phillip, it doesn't matter where or if you went to school, no school teaches common sense.:p All I know is this, a number of your threads are about you complaining about something, complaining about someone, complaining how much something costs or how you got screwed. It's obvious you're in over your head and can't afford to compete at the level you are no mind at the level your competitors are. NO ONE but you is boosting about showing the "stupid rule makers". What you're showing is no respect for the sanctioning body, SFI, your competitors and your ignorance! I suspect if you're buying a $10 helmet off flea bay to protect the space between your ears, you have the same attitude and approach with other safety requirements on your car.

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Toby, I think you beat 1320 to that one,lol.
That is of course a correct statement also but since a few of these guy's have stated that the only way to be safe is to be wearing a full face SA helmet I wanted to point out that more than half of us are not. Are they right? YES. Are the rest of us wrong? NO. We make our choices and move on.



Next question for you guy's, Which would you consider safer? A M rated full face or a SA rated open face?

P.S 1320, I actually have a class legal racecar and race it. You on the other hand just troll around here telling us all how great you are with your bracket car. At least you haven't posted anymore of your stupid pictures this week.

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oh heck, I got another question...how many of you have custom paint on their helmets?

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I was thinking about painting mine flat black but I didn't want to invest any more money into it, I've already spent to much.

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news flash for you philly boy, I to have a "class legal race car", Super Stock GT...


http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/o...FF11-24-11.jpg

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So which is it? Have you ever competed at a Divisional or National event with it? Or is it just a dream.................

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It's time to:

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alan, here's another news flash, the phones are ringing off the wall at B&B, MPR, East Texas and others, who build $100,000 rollers for Super Stock as well over at Tilberg, Gulius, Watters waiting in line for their $30,000 engines as well over at Rossler and McClay for one of their $5,000 transmissions.

I'm in good company with many of your competitiors!:p

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It ain't news to me. It is amusing though.

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I have followed this discussion because it is an interesting debate, or it was, but when price was brought up I thought about these helmets. If price dictated which is best this should be the safest helmet made.

http://www.saferacer.com/stilo-st4-f...productid=2327

Curtis

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Well,it does look like it has FREE SHIPPING.

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I use a SA2005 full face Simpson....and I don't even race. :p

FIA stuff is good, but unfortunately not allowed in NHRA. Had to confiscate a brand new pair of FIA gloves at Orlando from a racer. He had to come back & show SFI gloves. Yep. He got the FIA gloves returned to him at the end of the event.

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OUCH! I can build a 12 second bracket car for less than that, lol

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bs

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what part of the truth and the facts don't you like?:p