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Old 17 Jul 2011, 07:01 (Ref:2927599)   #10
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Yes, a Frank Costin design, I think? I have been trying to remember the name of it.

Not a full canopy, more like a half with a horizontal slit at eye level.
Jack Brabham and designer Ron Tauranac ran a full canopy on one of the Brabhams in about 67 but tossed the idea because the canopy was distorting the driver's view. (Practice Monza 1967 Brabham BT24)

Sprint cars and midgets have full roll cages that protect the driver in the event of a frontal impact.
A huge number of drivers are injured in these series that we never get to hear about as well. So unless you have an accurate statistic from a credible source you may just have an inaccurate picture gttouring.


Every safety innovation that is ever adopted is accompanied by a lot of hand wringing and protests.
Early hard crash helmets, then full face helmets, driving gloves - wrecked your feel, fire proof overalls were too hot and heat exhaustion caused accidents, seat belts - it was safer to be ejected from the car than stay with it, HANS devices Coulthard and Barrichello - endless nonsense, Stewarts safety campaign - too expensive would see the end of racing!

On and on we go .....!

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