RickBetterley

Buy them at Lime Rock - it will be a good excuse to go in the store and get warm.

BostonDMD

Boy Rick, you are always thinking, and you are always right.....

Bonster

Which gloves did you go with? I LOVE my Sparcos. So comfy.

Conekiller

Would you suggest suede gloves with a suede wheel, or will that be to much "grip"?

Bonster

Yeah, that might be too grippy, you've got a point. I use leather gloves on a leather-wrapped wheel and have had perfect results. Suede is harder to clean, too, if that's a concern of yours.

Dr.Porsche

I like the suede on suede. I do not shuffle steer, so too grippy is not a problem for me.

AndyT

If you are only wearing gloves for fire protection then you should be wearing a full suit. Why stop at the gloves ? You want pretty hands but your sack burned off ? No way

Gloves by themselves are simply for grip and a bright color helps with the passing signal thing.

RickBetterley

Isn't Rennlist amazing - on the topic of gloves, there are 21 posts and 192 views.
What a great place.

AndyT

Slow day at the office : )

Z-man

Chances are, in the event of a fire, you will more likely be thrusting your hand through a fire to get at something (door latch, fire extinguisher...etc) than you will be thrusting "your sack."

Granted, a full suit would offer you more protection, as would a full on cage vs. just a rollbar. Sometimes you have to compromise...

-Z

jerome951

I use suede on suede. I can't see how you can have too much mechanical grip as it allows the hand and forearm muscles to work less.

If you like the thought of gloves but don't want to spend the $75 or so for a decent pair to experiment, try some all-leather golf or racquetball gloves. They'll give you better grip, white ones are good for giving passing signals, and are only ~$10 each.

Conekiller

Thanks for the help, i'll have to try some on at Limerock next week

AndyT

Good one Z. Figured a reply from you was coming : ) LOL

kurt M

I am going to have to differ. My thinking as to why gloves are worth it even when wearing a long sleeved cotton shirt and jeans.

Hands are very easy to burn as they have lots of surface and are also complex and hard to repair if burned. You would need to use your hands to get out of a banged up car and the gloves could help in this with or without fire involvement. Your hands will be at work during an exit.

To say you should have a suit as well or skip the gloves is to discount the value of the gloves. The gloves have little down side but a suit does in some cases. Heat is one. Have a suit on in a stock car in a DE and you might increase the chance of heat stroking to the point that it is higher than the likelihood of being in a car fire. This means you are now less safe overall. The gloves are much less expensive and have multiple positive values with little negitive cost to any aspect of safety from their use.

EDIT my post sounded like I thought you were saying to skip the gloves, I was not intending it to sound like that as I don't think you were.

blake

+1 (well said Kurt!)

-B