To mark NASCAR’s 75th season, The Associated Press interviewed 12 key contributors to the industry on multiple topics.
“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. Today, we see it as just another piece of equipment, but quite frankly I believe it’s one of the most important.”
NASCAR never stopped after the deaths of Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin Jr. and Tony Roper, but losing Earnhardt forced the racing series to confront safety issues it had been slow to acknowledge. Williams pointed to the deaths of Joe Weatherly, Glenn Roberts Jr., Jimmy Pardue and Billy Wade between 1964 and ’65, saying they led to six-point harnesses, tire inner liners and fire-retardant uniforms.“The most important one was the HANS device,” Williams said. “Drivers have suffered concussions, but since the HANS device was required, there hasn’t been a fatality in NASCAR’s top three series from a basal skull fracture.
Winston Kelly, executive director at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, said SAFER barriers “transcend all forms of motorsports.”
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