I would love to have this for my collection

[CamelPowered]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NASCAR-WINS...6204c38&pid=100011&rk=2&rkt=2&sd=381700029126

That is the sort of thing every fan wants for their racing collection. Short of an actual car, a race used helmet or firesuit of a favorite driver is the ultimate item. Too pricey for me though.

 

[Skoalbandit33]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NASCAR-WINSTON-CUP-SIGNED-JIMMY-SPENCER-SMOKIN-JOES-RACE-USED-RACE-WORN-HELMET/262589963982?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=39218&meid=079c237cb5494d48baa4bd2fb6204c38&pid=100011&rk=2&rkt=2&sd=381700029126

That is the sort of thing every fan wants for their racing collection. Short of an actual car, a race used helmet or firesuit of a favorite driver is the ultimate item. Too pricey for me though.

Mr. Excitement, Dale and Harry liked the open face helmets and the days when drivers could wear them represent some of the happiest times I had following the series. The safety Nuns have taken over now and even saying you like the days of open face helmets will cause a few of them to have a seizure lol.

 

[Mr Excitement]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NASCAR-WINSTON-CUP-SIGNED-JIMMY-SPENCER-SMOKIN-JOES-RACE-USED-RACE-WORN-HELMET/262589963982?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=39218&meid=079c237cb5494d48baa4bd2fb6204c38&pid=100011&rk=2&rkt=2&sd=381700029126

That is the sort of thing every fan wants for their racing collection. Short of an actual car, a race used helmet or firesuit of a favorite driver is the ultimate item. Too pricey for me though.

I wonder if the helmet was for the former driver and Jimmy's CC Cecil Gordon. Guess it is.

 

[aunty dive]

The safety Nuns have taken over now and even saying you like the days of open face helmets will cause a few of them to have a seizure lol.

Yeah ... lol. Earnhardt refused to even discuss use of the HANS device with its inventor, Jim Downing, six months prior to his death.

The safety nuns have made some inroads since then. Thank goodness for that.

 

[Skoalbandit33]

 

[aunty dive]

^ Helmets aren't available in your size.

 

[cheesepuffs]

Yeah ... lol. Earnhardt refused to even discuss use of the HANS device with its inventor, Jim Downing, six months prior to his death.

Source?

 

[AndyMarquisLive]

Source?

Common knowledge. He did an interview on CNN days before the race talking about how the only safety device that was needed was a fence to keep the fans safe.

 

[aunty dive]

Source?

http://autoweek.com/article/nascar/downing-sells-hans-doesnt-abandon-battle-safety

http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/columns/story?id=6116145&columnist=hinton_ed

 

[ChexOrWrex]

 

[Ford 222]

He was so tough it killed him.

 

[2 Sweet]

Man, looking back now and watching this video, Dale and them talking about his helmet and stuff, all this just days before the fatal accident feels so....eerie. I don't know how else to explain it. Surreal