Eight of the 12 contributors said HANS devices were the top safety enhancement. The first thing that comes to my mind is the HANS device,” said Edsel Ford II, great-grandson of Henry Ford and a longtime executive of the family's motor company. It sparked a revolution in safety and eventually led to NASCAR mandating that all drivers had to wear one.
had to learn how it drive a stick. brian: is it impossible to get hurt in that. todd: no, there is definitely a sense you could get hurt. the hans device. you feel safe. if i flip that thing i could have gotten a little jostled. ainsley: that was before the mud. todd: got a little muddy. great news putting this in brian s office. brian: another one? i already have one that size. steve: that s great. todd: for more go to monster jam.com. brian: do you think one day everyone will have one? ainsley: did i not know there was a monster jam university. todd: trying to start a community college here in new york. steve: i hear bernie sanders wants you to be able to go for free. todd: well-done. steve: thanks, todd. brian: straight ahead, former president george w. bush speaking out after the twitter mob attacked ellen degeneres for having the
i knew the car had more in it. and you know, we just wanted to make sure that we got every inch of it. with the help of sponsors, gillespie has fitted the honda insight with a powerful 550-horsepower engine. nearly triple that was a conventional car. it s just after 7:15 a.m. when he gets inside his customized honda. his crew helps to buckle him in and videotapes his preparations. inside the car, i m in an aluminum bucket seat that s bolted firmly to the floor of the car and to the roll cage itself. then on top of that, you re in a safety suit that allows you to withstand quite a lot of heat if there s a fire. you have a helmet, of course, and you have a hans device that has neck or head restraint that prevents your head from going forward too far if there s an accident. the track at el mirage, california, is a dry lake bed. just before the start, race
something that s so painful? first of all, that s not all that the book is about. it s certainly a big part of the book but i think for me and millions of fans, that s a day that we ll never forget. and i think it s a way of showing out of something bad, a lot of good has taken place. good, for example, safety. safety is so i mean, as soon as that happened, nascar, the whole crowd said we ve got to do something. and they didn t just say we got to, you know, we got to fix the car which they did. they didn t just say we got to make the driver compartment safer which they did. they didn t say the tracks are ok. they put safer barriers around every race track. they now have the hans device. no one has been killed in a stock car since dale s death and that s an incredible statement for nascar to be able to make. i can see you get emotional today looking at it. i mean, you hear michael waltrip