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Joe Marko was our guest from HMS Motorsport joins us to discuss several of the key aspects of safety for your race car, key aspects to take into consideration, as well as installation guidance, basically a one stop shop, but it was so much content and information, we are sure this is only part one of several more.\\xa0 If you are going to be working on your car or especially if you are building a car this winter, this can help you significantly.

On this episode\\u2019s Dominating with Dawson, we cover what to do and what to avoid when steering the car on track.\\xa0 Also a few tips that have seemed to help Vicki and Jennifer break their former shuffle steering habit.\\xa0 And Ben balances eggs on his hood?\\xa0

We hope you enjoy this episode!

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Best regards,

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Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and

Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers

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Highlights from this episode include:

1)\\xa0 A history of Joe and his team at HMS Motorsports, as well as how they have focused on safety for motorsports cars and drivers for the past 25 years, including all levels from amateur racing through NASCAR.

2)\\xa0 We finally know how to pronounce Schroth properly.

3)\\xa0 How HMS began working with NASCAR after the Dale Earnhardt accident at Daytona and how the relationship has grown in the intervening time to where almost every driver is using belts from HMS.

4)\\xa0 We cover what is a DOT or street legal seat belt or harness vs only for track use.

5)\\xa0 How your harness belts, shoulders, lap, and crotch belts should be installed to maximize safety and prevent submarining in an accident.\\xa0 And more importantly why.

6)\\xa0 What are the differences between SFI and FIA rated harnesses and how that came to be.

7)\\xa0 What is the difference between and 5-point belt and a 6-point belt and why one is usually better than the other?\\xa0

8)\\xa0 We go into the ideal mounting geometry and the geometry of where the belts should be on the driver.\\xa0 Joe also gives an ingenious, yet simple solution for drivers of different sizes requiring different length belts.\\xa0 We know, we did tell you there would be no math, lol.

9)\\xa0 Why you may want to get the enduro style belts?\\xa0 They are a bit more expensive but offer significant advantages, especially when fitting drivers of several sizes, like in endurance racing events or shared cars at HPDE and track day events.

10)\\xa0 Seat mounting and harness mounting guidance that may save you when you most need it.\\xa0 We also go into how to properly design a seat back brace and perhaps most importantly the shape of the brace interface with the seat.

11)\\xa0 Halo seat designs and considerations, as well as advantages and disadvantages.\\xa0 Interior nets can be a close approximation of a halo seat when installed properly.

12)\\xa0 Webster\'s dictionary has not gotten back to us for our proposed entry of \\u201cluxury mammals\\u201d that we first heard from prior podcast guest Randy Bish when i-racing.\\xa0 We will keep everyone updated with our progress.

13)\\xa0 Joe also helps us to explore several potential options for fitting drivers of different size into a single seat in our endurance cars.\\xa0 Our winter to do list is growing.

14)\\xa0 The importance of how you mount and align your seat as well as the interaction this has with the belt/harness system effectiveness.

15)\\xa0 What the new Snell 2020 helmet certifications mean and how they may affect your current helmet if it certified to 2010 or prior.\\xa0 Joe also explains why there is a time limit of a helmet and under what circumstances you should replace your helmet even if it has not expired.

16)\\xa0 We even go into how to care for and clean your helmet from track use or in case of more extreme events after one too many \\u201cthin mints\\u201d.\\xa0 This question is for you Bruce.

17)\\xa0 A helmet dryer is not the same as when you use a blow dryer, which can damage a helmet.

18)\\xa0 How to mount your radio wiring or camel back type straws and how not to.\\xa0 Hint:\\xa0 hole drilling is bad.

19)\\xa0 Joe also presented several options to help keep your visor and/or eyeglasses from fogging.\\xa0 Bill is actively looking for pin lock visors as we speak.

As a bonus, we have an extensive post credit bonus discussion of Jennifer\\u2019s recent accident at the Charlotte Roval, what happened, and several alternative safety improvements that may have reduced the damage to our driver.\\xa0\\xa0

Links to several of the items discussed:

Custom Seat Insert System:\\xa0 https://www.hmsmotorsport.com/item/bsci-foam-seat-pouring-kit

Schroth Bead seat inserts:\\xa0 https://www.hmsmotorsport.com/item/schroth-profi-seat-kit/seat-fitment

HMS Motorsport\\u2019s YouTube Videos:\\xa0 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz0etXlIQnDtbfHzCtGwduQ