The design of our Hybrid Head and Neck Restraints supports the backside of you rather than the front side, as other such devices on the market do.Over the last decade, there have been untold numbers of race car driver’s lives saved by the invention and use of the head and neck restraint, and as such, they’ve become as common a part of a driver’s duffle bag as the helmet in every genre of racing from karting to 300 MPH Top Fuel Dragsters.
A number of different such systems exist in the safety equipment marketplace, and while the design and features vary, they all accomplish the same goal in protecting the base of the skull and the neck in high speed, head-on and side collisions that so many drivers succumbed to prior to the early 2000’s.
Simpson Racing Products, one of the most respected brands of safety equipment manufacturers in the industry for more than 50 years, has introduced their new line of head and neck restraints, know as the Simpson Hybrid, that incorporates several new features sure to be a hit with the racers. Available in four different variations (Standard Hybrid, Carbon, Composite, and the top-of-the-line Hybrid X), these low profile restraints lack the high back in other similar units that catch on seat belts while exiting the car and sport both side and front-to-back tethers for unrivaled angular impact and device stability. Adding to that, their design features a side-stabilizing gusset load path for the utmost in protection from any angle.
“The design of our Hybrid Head and Neck Restraints supports the backside of you rather than the front side, as other such devices on the market do,” said Simpson’s Aaron Zentgraf.
There’s no better way to review a product than to try it, and the folks at Simpson fitted us with one of these Hybrid restraints, strapped us down into a racing seat with a five-point harness, and asked our thoughts. The response? “You can’t even tell you’re wearing it.” These devices – even the standard, non-carbon fiber units, are that light and that unobtrusive.
As another simple yet important feature for drivers, Simpson has put long, neon-colored strips leading up the quick-release connects on the helmet so that they can easily locate their placement to remove the device.
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