If you don't have an active interest in motorsports history, you might be shocked to learn that much of the gear that a driver wears today was considered either optional or simply didn't exist even a ...

Several former NASCAR Cup drivers balked when the sanctioning body first suggested use of the HANS head-and-neck restraint device prior to the start of the 2001 season. Initially, it was supposed to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. HANS device with attached helmet. The ...

Jim Downing, who introduced motor racing’s first head restraint along with inventor Bob Hubbard nearly four decades ago, was saved from serious head or neck injuries by his HANS in a vintage race last ...

"I will never race without it again," that was the conclusion of Hills Bros Coffee driver Hut Stricklin on the HANS device, after he crashed hard into turn three following a tyre blow out on lap 157 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Early concept HANS device is made of ...