Driver's side net
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Also, for our car in the 24 Hour, the right-side net was installed as such:
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Also, we asked Grand-Am (NASCAR?) tech what their rationale was for having the right side net, and the 2 guys that talked to us basically said that it was about funnelling the driver back into the seat after they get initially thrown forward. They said that a number of drivers get seriously hurt when they are thrown back into the seat and aren't lined up properly. Ensuring they are lined up properly means that not only are they not as twisted up when they get secondary impacts, but the load is more evenly spread out along the back and into the seat.
I guess you could infer that a properly contained driver would be directed back into the seat, but it was interesting to hear them talk about that funnelling effect, and not containment.
Also, we asked Grand-Am (NASCAR?) tech what their rationale was for having the right side net, and the 2 guys that talked to us basically said that it was about funnelling the driver back into the seat after they get initially thrown forward. They said that a number of drivers get seriously hurt when they are thrown back into the seat and aren't lined up properly. Ensuring they are lined up properly means that not only are they not as twisted up when they get secondary impacts, but the load is more evenly spread out along the back and into the seat.
I guess you could infer that a properly contained driver would be directed back into the seat, but it was interesting to hear them talk about that funnelling effect, and not containment.
Last edited by jgrant; 02-25-2009 at 10:20 AM.
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Okay, should have searched first. I guess this is probably what you're talking about.
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Not sure if you were asking me, but in our case, our drivers (Ross Bentley being one of them) didn't mention it as an issue. We have about a 4-5" space between the net and the shifter.
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Great point. A good friend of mine had a brake system failure in his GT3 and went off at about 110. He kept it under control and went perfectly straight into the tire wall. The damage was much less than expected and he was completely uninjured.
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If it were any closer to the driver, it would get in the way of the shifter. And it's almost impossible to install it higher, as there's no solid front mounting point any higher.
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Well, it passed Grand-Am tech, and is installed almost identically to the TRG and FL cars that we looked at for reference. (We needed to install it on-site at the 24hr, and went looking to other cars/teams for reference and advice).
If it were any closer to the driver, it would get in the way of the shifter. And it's almost impossible to install it higher, as there's no solid front mounting point any higher.
If it were any closer to the driver, it would get in the way of the shifter. And it's almost impossible to install it higher, as there's no solid front mounting point any higher.