Hans in Irish Rallycross 2009

prob a stupid question but do you need hans to do rallyx next year /year after ????

prob a stupid question but do you need hans to do rallyx next year /year after ????Yeah, otherwise you have to hold the steering wheel in your mouth... Oh wait, that's hands ;) ;)

prob a stupid question but do you need hans to do rallyx next year /year after ????

As far as i know you dont, think you only need it for rallying but i could be wrong.

As far as i know you dont, think you only need it for rallying but i could be wrong.

:eek: Really? Is that Ireland only? I hadn't heard anything about mandatory hans for rallying.

prob a stupid question but do you need hans to do rallyx next year /year after ????

Well Trevor,

Hows tricks?? Nope lad you surely DONT need to use HANS (Head and Neck Support Device) in Irish Rallycross in 2009.

I would encourage all Rally Competitors to consider rallycross from next year onwards. I think a recommendation should be made to the Irish Rallycross Committee that the Overall Rallycar Championship be brought back into Rallycross as a new home for Rally Competitors who just cannot afford to comply with the new safety regulations including the HANS Device.

While I support the use of HANS as I wear one myself, I certainly can see that they are not the most economical Safety Device to be introduced for the Clubman.

Rallycross is a great cheap days fun and it is the very place where I have learned a great an awful lot about being competitve.

Paul.

:eek: Really? Is that Ireland only? I hadn't heard anything about mandatory hans for rallying.

Hi Bert,

Yes indeed the powers that be on the Motorsport Ireland Rallies committee felt it was a good idea to make the HANS Device mandatory (Meaning everyone has to have it, driver & co-driver) for all Motorsport Ireland Permitted Rallies, (excluding rallycross, rallysprint, sprint, hillclimb, race) from 2009 onwards.

Paul.

Have to agree with paul, hans is a great safety innovation but it could put alot of competitors out in the dark. I think last time i checked the Hans unit on its own was €450 euro without a helmet.

At present its just not econimically fiasable, perhaps in the next 2 years when the products become cheaper then it may be viable, or if becomes inforced some form of financial plan or a bulk buy scheme should be introduced (Mark C know you were looking at something recently ?).

Just my two cents of it.

Have to agree with paul, hans is a great safety innovation but it could put alot of competitors out in the dark. I think last time i checked the Hans unit on its own was €450 euro without a helmet.

At present its just not econimically fiasable, perhaps in the next 2 years when the products become cheaper then it may be viable, or if becomes inforced some form of financial plan or a bulk buy scheme should be introduced (Mark C know you were looking at something recently ?).

Just my two cents of it.

Michael,

Please tell us where you have found the HANS for that price :faint:
I will buy a bulk load of them and sell them!!!

On Murray's site they start at €549.99
http://www.murraymotorsport.ie/shop/index.php?cPath=21_55

Paul.

:) sorry minor discrepancy in the head there for a second.

:) sorry minor discrepancy in the head there for a second.

Damn, thought you and me were in to make our millions there lol!! :rofl: :rofl: :cool: :cool:

We are.... but just not with HANS ;)

Thanks for the reply Paul, Now that i have the house as good as finished, i can start to think about motorsport again.

and as was said rallying has gone too expensive and with mondello only over the road from me now i think i will look into doing some rallycross.


Best of luck on Sunday

This is mentioned in the latest issue of "Motorsport Now" - All Irish rally events will require HANS (including those running cross border). It's a big cost and it could certainly see a lot of people looking at alternatives.