History of the HANS

[@AustinLaPlante]

I really enjoy watching this and I really felt more safe when I was wearing this in a stock car part of the NASCAR/Richard Petty Driving Experience last year (2023) at NHMS.

[@LASTCARonBROCK]

An excellent find - thank you!

[@iankhan4614]

@@LASTCARonBROCK Hopefully he has more totally nascar episodes, especially the one in 2001 where NASCAR made immediate change following Blaise Alexander's death in the fall ARCA race at Charlotte. The one episode where they made it mandatory for drivers to wear head restraints in all three series.

[@iankhan4614]

Thankfully they've figured out ways to improve this device throughout the years. Now, The hybrid is a combination of the Hutchins and hans device with rip cords.

[@pepsibottleq]

1:48 Schrader very lucky - that was a similar angle to Dale’s wreck

[@iankhan4614]

@@pepsibottleq In both wrecks, both steering wheels were bent similarly.

[@Whitewizard1289]

Kyle Busch 2016 Daytona practice crash.

[@iankhan4614]

​@@Whitewizard1289 Kyle busch 2015 Daytona xfinity race.

[@maxwalsh9978]

Safety Steve would be happy to