...your HANS device cracks.Kyle Busch, who just can't seem to avoid anything these days, somehow cracked his head restraint during Saturday's head-over-heels-over-head wreck in the Talladega Busch Series event. NASCAR, obviously, is quite interested. This is the first reported near-failure of the device.
``It performed the way it was supposed to, but it had a slight stress crack in it after the accident,'' NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said.HANS, short for Head and Neck Restraint, is a device that prevents a violent whiplash of the head during an impact. It sits across the shoulders and is strapped to both the seat belts and the driver's helmet, preventing the driver's head from moving forward suddenly and causing severe neck trauma. The HANS device is one of two such approved restraints required by NASCAR.
NASCAR sent the device back to manufacturer Hubbard Downing in Georgia for examination.
Watching the video, Busch appears to hit the wall head-on pretty darn hard, which could have led to the crack. Knowing the damage to the HANS device, the NASCAR world has to be breathing a sigh of relief knowing what could have been in that incredible accident. He also had a tough crash in Sunday's Cup race.
And ol' Smoke thought they weren't neccessary...
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You really have it out for Stewart, huh? What's your beef with him? Did he not give you an interview one time when you wanted one?
Get over it.