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Several former NASCAR Cup drivers balked when the sanctioning body first suggested use of the HANS head-and-neck restraint device prior to the start of the 2001 season. Initially, it was supposed to ...

Jim Downing, who introduced motor racing’s first head restraint along with inventor Bob Hubbard nearly four decades ago, was saved from serious head or neck injuries by his HANS in a vintage race last ...

Several contributors considered HANS devices and SAFER barriers equally critical to NASCAR's technology breakthroughs. Other safety innovations that received votes: fuel cells, carbon-fiber seats, ...