Supporting Safety

Mark Aumann writes at NASCAR.com that it has taken 25 years for the HANS Device to be accepted in racing. "Crash test results showed the product worked well, but Downing had a hard time convincing other drivers to try it. In the first 10 years, Downing estimated he sold no more than 250 HANS devices."

"If we sold one a month, it would be amazing," Downing said. "Frankly, it got to be pretty discouraging."

"But when four NASCAR drivers were killed within an eight-month span, including Earnhardt Sr., suddenly everybody in the garage area was knocking down the doors to get one of Downing's devices."

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