Last year, many people heard the stories of the tragedy that happened to NHRA Funny Car driver Eric Medlen.  For whatever reasons, at the end of a testing pass, his car experienced a severe vibration which caused him head injuries that lead to his death several days later.  With this in mind, we spent the last few weekends making sure our safety equipment is better than good, and helps to ensure that  I can keep my head intact in the event of an accident.

The company chosen by an increasing number of teams to provide the additional head support that is needed in situations like this is Innovative Safety Products (www.ispseats.com) in Harrisburg, NC.  They are currently offering a line of custom driver head surrounds that provide an SFI rated level of impact protection.  I contacted ISP several weeks ago, and after speaking to Kris & Rick we decided to give it a go.  While their instructions left a us with a large number of questions, they were more than helpful, and walked us through getting the necessary plating, and bracing installed in the roadster to get their product installed.  We're currently waiting on the finished product to be shipped back to us (each product is custom fitted to the specific car) but here is a photo from their web site of what the finished product will look like.  We will almost certainly be the only Super Gas car with this level of driver head protection installed.  Hey, I only get 1 brain, and I am rather fond of it in its current state. 

More ramblings next week