Official Sebring running commentary thread
03-15-2008, 06:20 PM
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They just showed something interesting. Marco Andretti's HANS is not like every other HANS I've seen. The upright part behind the helmet seems a lot shorter than others, the horseshoe legs don't have any wings, the surface that the belts ride on is actually convex and there's no grip surface either....plus it's painted red. It's the only red thing on or in the car. I wonder what's going on there.
03-15-2008, 06:21 PM
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Did you guys catch the discussion from the commentators about one of the GT2 430's going 4 seconds a lap faster than the lead 911? The F-car's pit boss came over the radio and said back off as to not draw the attention of the officials. This F-car was many laps down and the commentators said the team didn't want to cause any "competition adjustments" to the 430's for future races.
4 seconds a lap at Sebring is huge!
4 seconds a lap at Sebring is huge!
Glad to see Audi having some troubles...
03-15-2008, 06:24 PM
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They just showed something interesting. Marco Andretti's HANS is not like every other HANS I've seen. The upright part behind the helmet seems a lot shorter than others, the horseshoe legs don't have any wings, the surface that the belts ride on is actually convex and there's no grip surface either....plus it's painted red. It's the only red thing on or in the car. I wonder what's going on there.
Remember that all the cars he races in have belt mounts that have the ideal geometry for a HANS device. The shoulder belts mount just behind him and are very close together. You could see that when they are tight they go up the side of the device and don't dangle off the horseshoe legs like they do in most club racers.
I'm gonna guess that the lip and grip surface have shwon up because more and more people are using the HANS device in a situtions where teh belts aren't optimally mounted.
03-15-2008, 06:41 PM
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03-15-2008, 06:44 PM
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EDIT: oh, good, it was Marco. Perhaps his car can't really rev to 11k...
