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ARM RESTRAINTS--BEST WAY TO DO IT?
dreracecar:
You should never buckle oneself in the car as you can only get the belts 70% as tight as someone out side the car and making sure everything is in place. At Bonniville, the last guy you see before your run will get in there and asked you " Can you breath?" If you answer YES then he grabs a handful of belt and really gives them a yank. It's really reckless on your part not having another person load you in
rooman:
I totally agree with Bruce here. From when I first get strapped in (with the initial pull on the belts) up to the point where we are about to start the car I have the crew guy pull the belts tighter several times. Each time it pulls me deeper into the car and it will increase the clearance over my helmet by about an inch in that time as it compresses me. The S/C, Top Dragster etc bozos who have the cars built extra wide and leave the shoulder belts loose so that they can look around on the top end are idiots and one of them suffered the consequences at Brainerd.
This is the photo sequence by Mark Rebilas and the NHRA video of the crash:
http://markjrebilas.com/blog/top-dragsters-take-twin-tumbles-at-nhra-brainerd/
You can see how much he moved around in the cockpit and the result was some pretty severe injuries. If you check the photos of the car right at the finish line cones you can also see that the crash was the result of him getting hard on the brakes and locking the rear wheels up and that it had nothing to do with what happened in the other lane--double bozo points for this guy.
Roo
ricardo1967:
--- Quote from: rooman on February 08, 2016, 07:18:54 AM ---I totally agree with Bruce here. From when I first get strapped in (with the initial pull on the belts) up to the point where we are about to start the car I have the crew guy pull the belts tighter several times. Each time it pulls me deeper into the car and it will increase the clearance over my helmet by about an inch in that time as it compresses me. The S/C, Top Dragster etc bozos who have the cars built extra wide and leave the shoulder belts loose so that they can look around on the top end are idiots and one of them suffered the consequences at Brainerd.
This is the photo sequence by Mark Rebilas and the NHRA video of the crash:
http://markjrebilas.com/blog/top-dragsters-take-twin-tumbles-at-nhra-brainerd/
You can see how much he moved around in the cockpit and the result was some pretty severe injuries. If you check the photos of the car right at the finish line cones you can also see that the crash was the result of him getting hard on the brakes and locking the rear wheels up and that it had nothing to do with what happened in the other lane--double bozo points for this guy.
Roo
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Wow, that's a bad deal there... Not to sidetrack the discussion, but wouldn't you think that a wide front axle (like a classic FED) could provide better control in such situation?
PS.: Kudos to photographer extraordinaire Mark Rebilas!
GlennLever:
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