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Before Heading Back to the Action, Take a Good Look at Your Safety Gear

As the racing world comes back online, bit by bit and likely with some new rules, here's a question to ponder: Is your gear ready?

Helmet | Safety
Snell SA2020 Is Here. Should You Upgrade Your Helmet?

If you play with cars, you likely own a helmet. Time to upgrade?

David S. Wallens
roll bar | roll cage | Safety
How Roll Bars and Cages Are Made

The execution of turning straight pipes into a safe, sound structure takes some finesse and engineering—here is how they do it.

Staff Writer
Safety | Crashing
Column: Safety Gear Only Works If You Use It

The human body is somewhat resilient, but getting hurt still hurts.

David S. Wallens
Towing | Safety
What Can Go Wrong When Towing Improperly

We commit eight common towing sins and watch the carnage unfold.

Tom Suddard
Safety | Crashing | After a Crash
After a Crash, Part 6: The Thrash to Meet a Firm Deadline, the SCCA Runoffs

A tight timeline to build a new E46-chassis M3 to replace the one wrecked meant that every moment needed to count.

christinaylam
BMW | Safety
After a Crash, Part 5: A New Roll Cage for the New Race Car

While working on the car, Hi-Speed notified me of some alarming news: My cage was not fully welded together.

christinaylam
Safety | Crashing
After a Crash, Part 4: Building a New Race Car From Scratch

After deciding to start a fresh race car build with only 57 days out from the Runoffs, the search began for a new E46 M3 shell.

christinaylam
Safety | Crashing
After a Crash, Part 3: Seeking Justice

Racing has its own judicial system, the 700-page document called the General Competition Rules. If you break the GCR’s laws or rules, the sanctioning body has a system in place …

christinaylam
Safety | Crashing
After a Crash, Part 2: The Day After the Wreck

Crashes happen and most race cars are repairable, depending on the amount of damage. When a severe crash happens, sometimes it is easier to start over than it is to …

christinaylam
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