Helmet for drag racing?
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Joined: May 2013
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From: Rapid City South Dakota
I'm guessing it depends on your height. I can't fit in my 69 with a helmet on unless the t tops are removed, but I am 6'3".
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Joined: Apr 1999
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From: Reno Nevada
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I'm big on safety, So I often exceed the minimums in the rule books. My advice is to buy a 2015 rating because 2010 use might be gone in a year or two. My last helmets have been made the lightest possible, because of neck strain going around a road racing track all day competing or as an instructor. I have a G-force carbon fiber SA2010. They are cheap these days about $250.
If I ever went drag racing again I would have a helmet made with a forced air tube running through a cooler filled with bags of ice. It makes it so nice sitting in the hot staging lanes
I drove a 9:40 car last year with the forced cool filtered air and it was sweet even when the interior filled with smoke during the burn out on a 96 degree day
helmets have a Snell Rating the newest being:
SA2015 2015 Helmet Standard For Use in Competitive Automotive
M2015 2015 Helmet Standard For Use in Motorcycling
NHRA RULE BOOK: I was surprised to see 2005 was still good
Be sure to check that snell sticker on your helmet because NHRA rules for 2015 state that "any car running 14.00 and quicker in the 1/4 mile requires a Snell 2005 or newer OR SFI 41.1A helmet (see complete list below)". Also a new NHRA rule in 2008 requires that "any car running 9.99 or quicker in the 1/4 mile requires an NHRA approved FULL face helmet with visor.
If I ever went drag racing again I would have a helmet made with a forced air tube running through a cooler filled with bags of ice. It makes it so nice sitting in the hot staging lanes
I drove a 9:40 car last year with the forced cool filtered air and it was sweet even when the interior filled with smoke during the burn out on a 96 degree dayhelmets have a Snell Rating the newest being:
SA2015 2015 Helmet Standard For Use in Competitive Automotive
M2015 2015 Helmet Standard For Use in Motorcycling
NHRA RULE BOOK: I was surprised to see 2005 was still good
Be sure to check that snell sticker on your helmet because NHRA rules for 2015 state that "any car running 14.00 and quicker in the 1/4 mile requires a Snell 2005 or newer OR SFI 41.1A helmet (see complete list below)". Also a new NHRA rule in 2008 requires that "any car running 9.99 or quicker in the 1/4 mile requires an NHRA approved FULL face helmet with visor.
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Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Graceland in a Not Correctly Restored Stingray
"If you have a $10 head, wear a $10 helmet." Evel Knievel
If that isn't enough to convince you to buy the best SNELL approved helmet you can afford, other [safer] sports beckon.
And, as far as headroom goes, it's your height in the saddle that matters more than how tall you are when standing.
If that isn't enough to convince you to buy the best SNELL approved helmet you can afford, other [safer] sports beckon.
And, as far as headroom goes, it's your height in the saddle that matters more than how tall you are when standing.
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Joined: May 2002
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From: Lebanon Township New Jersey
And, as far as headroom goes, it's your height in the saddle that matters more than how tall you are when standing.[/QUOTE]
There is a correlation between the two and who knows their height in the saddle?
There is a correlation between the two and who knows their height in the saddle?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Graceland in a Not Correctly Restored Stingray
Le Mans Master
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From: Lebanon Township New Jersey
