SlamDuncDrummer is 100% correct. All the dates that are shown here were in fact the dates that the device was mandated. Unfortunatly for this young man and many drivers the mandates were made to late. The jump to mandate the hans device was made after the death of beloved driver Dale Earnhardt in 2001 at the Daytona 500.
@SlamDuncDrummer My bad, I was wrong. I thought this was much more recent, but turns out in was in 2001. I agree with you, a HANS would have saved his life.
@kinphooey - simply take 30 seconds to even read Blaise Alexander's WIKI and this information is available. It is also available in dozens and dozens of articles on racing safety since 2000.
@SlamDuncDrummer That's what I'm saying. He WAS wearing one. They are required. If he wasn't wearing a HANS, then he was wearing a Hutchins or another safety device.
@kinphooey - had he been wearing one, he would almost certainly have survived that crash without injury. Alexander suffered no other injuries in this accident other than the basilar skull fracture.
ARCA did not mandate the use of a HANS device until just after Alexander was killed by a basilar skull fracture. NASCAR had mandated the use of a HANS device starting in October of 2001 however ARCA did not mandate the use of the device until after Alexander's death.
CART mandated the HANS device in 2001 for oval tracks and later for all tracks.
@RamsesXVVVII Your a fucking idiot, they didn't know it at the time. If you don't like us go the fuck away.
88junor 1 month ago
Looks like that part of these quad ovals tend to hurt the most drivers.
underthenorthernstar 4 months ago
SlamDuncDrummer is 100% correct. All the dates that are shown here were in fact the dates that the device was mandated. Unfortunatly for this young man and many drivers the mandates were made to late. The jump to mandate the hans device was made after the death of beloved driver Dale Earnhardt in 2001 at the Daytona 500.
cca110592 5 months ago
@SlamDuncDrummer My bad, I was wrong. I thought this was much more recent, but turns out in was in 2001. I agree with you, a HANS would have saved his life.
kinphooey 5 months ago
@kinphooey - simply take 30 seconds to even read Blaise Alexander's WIKI and this information is available. It is also available in dozens and dozens of articles on racing safety since 2000.
SlamDuncDrummer 5 months ago
@SlamDuncDrummer That's what I'm saying. He WAS wearing one. They are required. If he wasn't wearing a HANS, then he was wearing a Hutchins or another safety device.
kinphooey 5 months ago
@kinphooey - had he been wearing one, he would almost certainly have survived that crash without injury. Alexander suffered no other injuries in this accident other than the basilar skull fracture.
SlamDuncDrummer 5 months ago
@kinphooey - do your research before you post.
ARCA did not mandate the use of a HANS device until just after Alexander was killed by a basilar skull fracture. NASCAR had mandated the use of a HANS device starting in October of 2001 however ARCA did not mandate the use of the device until after Alexander's death.
CART mandated the HANS device in 2001 for oval tracks and later for all tracks.
NHRA mandated the HANS device in 2005.
Formula 1 mandated the HANS device in 2003.
SlamDuncDrummer 5 months ago