Who makes Indy helmets?
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Who makes Indy helmets?
Who makes the helmets the Indy drivers wear? When you're spending $500K and up for a race car, you're not going to cheap out and save a few bucks on your drivers helmet, so those helmets are the BEST. If I was the manufacturer, and I made motorcycle helmets I would have full page ads in every mc magazine saying when they wanted the best they chose my helmet.
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No need to go buy a different helmet because your favorite driver wears it. That's in the same vein of thinking as buying a specific pair of jeans just because your favorite actor did a commercial for them.
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Bell makes a F1 carbon fiber helmet for $3500.
http://www.saferacer.com/bell-racing...-racing-helmet
http://www.saferacer.com/bell-racing...-racing-helmet
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Well from my involvement in motor sports from several angles the most popular were the simpson helmets just due to the support team they have at about all race events . Bell would probably be second.
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The bike helmets and car helmets are fairly different. They both protect heads but they are also used as part of the aero package. Most of the F1 guys use Schuberth helmets. It will probably be my next street helmet since they make nice modular stuff.
Most of the moto gp guys wear Arai or Shoei. You'll see some shark stuff out there as well as some random other brands.
Snell, dot or ece 22.05 have little to do with race helmets. When I tech my helmet they check for material its made from. Has to be some sort of compostie like fiberglass or carbon fiber. No polycarbonate stuff. And then they check for date manufactured. Anything 5 years or older gets failed.
Most of the moto gp guys wear Arai or Shoei. You'll see some shark stuff out there as well as some random other brands.
Snell, dot or ece 22.05 have little to do with race helmets. When I tech my helmet they check for material its made from. Has to be some sort of compostie like fiberglass or carbon fiber. No polycarbonate stuff. And then they check for date manufactured. Anything 5 years or older gets failed.