Funny car cages....good or bad?

[wildchild22]

the seats that nascar uses are what keep the drivers head from moving very far. Nobody uses that style of seat in drag racing because it would completely block out your view of the other car and not allow you to turn your head very far. If your talking about head trauma as related to the tragic accident over the weekend i believe top alcohol is required to used custom form fitted seats which should prevent most trauma.

[Wade Mahaffey]

NASCAR seats while offering support do flex more than a steel bar cage support. As far as vision goes, there can be a gap in the side padding detail to allow side vision. When you look at the John Force cars of today, you will see that the cage area is now wider and has more padding. They are moving in the right direction, but not there yet. The most disturbing situation to me is the smaller GT cars as well as the SS/AH cars that are mandated to have these funny car cages. Many if not all of these drivers in Super/Stock have no head restraint system other than a neck collar. The next time you see a driver strap in, take a look at the relationship of his/her head, to the roll cage member. The objective for safety equitment is to protect the driver should an incident occur. They know that roll bars/cages are dangerous should you contact it during an incident. That's why the rulebook says any part of the roll bar/cage that the drivers head could contact must be padded. Maybe this is a condition we have to live with for now, but it does'nt mean we can't consider and/or strive for improvment. My opinion

Wade Mahaffey