HPDE Safety

[ScottyB]

So, the dreaded rollover is the only one it helps you with. I've never seen an HPDE car rollover. They usually hit things while still on their wheels. Honestly, I think the chance of hitting a wall head on (lost your brakes) is higher than a rollover, so I'd get the HANS before I got a bar! And who does that? Probably the best thing you can do towards your track safety is to track a fairly slow car.

i know Chad has a video of a camaro oversteering into the inside wall on turn 9 at summit. that's the only instance i've ever seen of a heavy, heavy frontal impact/rollover in a street type car, and it had alot of power. in the video you can see where the instructor's head hit the windown...HANS would have helped in that situation