Busch’s Hans device cracks in Busch wreck at Talladega
Quote selected text Published May 1st, 2007 in NASCAR News
NASCAR on Monday tried to figure out why Kyle Busch’s HANS device cracked during a spectacular crash at Talladega Superspeedway.
The frustrated driver, meanwhile, was trying to make sense of two hard wrecks that ruined his weekend.
Busch wrecked in Saturday’s Busch Series event, when he was hit from behind and his car ended up on its roof before rolling several times through the grass. His HANS device, a NASCAR-mandated head-and-neck restraint system, cracked in the accident.
“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.
NASCAR sent the device back to manufacturer Hubbard Downing in Georgia for examination.
Busch, who also wrecked hard in Sunday’s Nextel Cup event, has not seen the device but was told by his crew it had cracked. He wasn’t overly concerned about it since he wasn’t injured in the accident.
“I’ve been in some pretty bad wrecks, but that was the first time I ever got upside down or anything,” he said. “It wasn’t fun. It wasn’t too terribly bad when I was on the roof going down the straightaway, but when it headed toward the grass I planned for the worst.
“I flipped my visor open and put my hands in my helmet to grab on, then I tucked down and got in the fetal position and planned for the worst. I just wanted to support my head as best I could for when it started flipping.”
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I can explain why the “frustrated driver” had “two hard wrecks” this weekend.
In a nutshell, he sucks. Should be selling hot dogs.
Lets see. He wrecked saturday because Tony Syewart ran over him and he wrecked sunday because Jimmy Johnson ran into someone else and caused a wreck. sounds like the people always complaining about someone else’s driving need to look in the mirror.
i love kyle….and i think he is a great driver….im so glad he is ok
i hate seeing that happen to anyone…expecally my second favorite driver…
[amber]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW KYLE!!!!
Maybe if kyle spent more time thinking about the race at hand instead of jeff gordons asshole he wouldn’t of crashed
One question: How does it have anything to do with his driving
ability when he got run over one day and got caught up in it the
next? Admittedly, I’m kinda on the fence with Kyle Busch. I met him
at Watkins Glen International last year and he was, like it or not
and believe it or not, a very nice guy. But I admit he can whine
and sometimes he’s too brash on track. But here it is clearly not
his fault. All I have to say is, thank goodness he’s okay. Hope
they figure out what was wrong with it. And that it’s not an
overall defect with HANS devices, just with his that day. Otherwise,
back to the drawing board.
ive heard of hans breaking in sprintcar wrecks before,