Directions
The Athens Pizza House is located just inside I-285 on Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
It is just north of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road.
Click here for a map
Time
Social Half-Hour: 6:00
Dinner: 6:30
Presentation: 7:00
Cost: Separate Checks
Reservations
If you plan to attend, you must make a reservation by calling
Clay Yeatman at (678) 339-2567 no later than noon on Friday,
November 15th.
Meeting Topic
Only recently has the racing industry acknowledged that the number one
cause of racing fatalities is basilar skull fractures from excessive head
motions and neck loading. Dale Earnhardt's death proved to the racing
world and the general public that what appears to be a low impact crash
can be fatal. Under development and extensively tested for more than a
decade, there is racing gear available that reduces the chance of serious
injury or even death to the driver in such a crash - the HANS device.
The HANS head and neck support was invented in the mid-1980's by Dr.
Robert Hubbard, a biomechanical engineering professor at Michigan State
University. In the 1970's, Hubbard worked at the General Motors Research
Laboratories on development of crash test dummies. Jim Downing, Hubbard's
brother-in-law and a long-time racecar builder and driver, believed that
many of racing's debilitating or fatal head and neck injuries could be
prevented. The HANS is Hubbard's response to Downing's concern.
The original HANS went on sale in 1990. In 2000, compact versions of HANS
were developed for CART, IRL, F1, NASCAR, NHRA, ASA, SCCA, APBA (boating)
and many other forms of racing.
Join us as Vince Tidwell brings up to date on the latest developments and
takes on a tour of Downing Atlanta, home of the HANS device and some damn
fast racecars.
page last updated on 11/11/02
