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GHIT 0288:\xa0 Mark Petronis - On Driver and Car Safety and Recovering from an On Track Incident - Part 1

Mark Petronis has set track many records and won more than his share of races but recently had a very serious on track incident and thankfully it looks like he is in the process winning his recovery battle as well.\xa0 We talk with Mark about all things racing and how he is a great example for the importance and effectiveness of the current safety equipment that is available to every driver.\xa0 In Part 1, we go over Mark's history as a driver, his accident and the safety equipment that literally saved his life.\xa0 Part 2 will largely be Mark indulging us and answering our fast and furious story time questions.

Mark's story is another great example of the great people involved in racing

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/MarkPetronisP1

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Highlights for this episode are:

1)\xa0 We cover Mark's impressive driving and racing history and then review some of the details of the accident last May at NJMP.

2)\xa0 A great discussion on the often overlooked risk and racing responsibilities of the driver and car owner.

3)\xa0 How Mark's recovery is going and the future prognosis for him going forward, both health wise and his future driving and racing, including his return to the track in March.

4)\xa0 Lessons learned from the accident and how Mark is using this to help prevent something similar to anyone else in a high performance driving event.\xa0\xa0

5)\xa0 A deep review of some of the safety options that are available and how many of them should not be viewed as optional to your driving and racing on track.

6)\xa0 Fire suppression systems and the option of having them be self deploying if needed.\xa0 Many older systems can be modified to add this capability through an addition to the system.\xa0 We will be doing this in all our cars and replacing those systems that cannot be upgraded.

7)\xa0 Why you should always keep your helmet visor down, as well as some of the details of racing suits, boots, gloves, and balaclavas and the protection they are designed to provide..

8)\xa0 Jennifer and Mark talk about the personal recovery and the internal affects that a person has after a racing incident.\xa0

9)\xa0 We also go into some of the improvements Mark and his team have made for many of the modern Corvette platforms.\xa0

10)\xa0 Why the C5 or C6 Corvette may be the best performance value for the dollar available today.\xa0 We even try measuring the relative smiles per dollar of a Corvette and a Miata.

11)\xa0 Mark's dedication to the importance of safety has led to his industry leading incentive he offers on all their performance and safety products.\xa0 we will be heading up for a new suit as soon as the Survive the 25 Challenge is successfully completed.\xa0

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To follow Mark further:\xa0

AMT Motorsport:\xa0 https://amtmotorsport.com/

Facebook:\xa0 https://www.facebook.com/mark.petronis\xa0

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