[robz71lm7]

After sunday's autocross a novice asked on our region's message board about getting a cheap helmet. He got replies ranging from links where you could get an M2000 helmet for $60 and one even $49!

The site we raced at sunday was a military air strip with tall grass off the sides. The dirt wasn't always flat and smooth. In fact, yesterday and S2000 went off into the grass sideways-he wasn't the only one to go off into the grass. Now is it just me or this the kind of place where a good possibility of rolling over exists?

It just kind of disturbs me that people will recommend and use such cheap helmets. Am I being a little excessive here?

What's everyone's opinion on helmets in autocross?

[00 Trans Ram]

MHO is that, if you buy a cheap helmet, you must not have much to protect anyway, so it's a great choice! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Helmets have always been (and probably always will be) one of those things that people just don't understand. If you spend the money for a good one, then never have to "use" it, it can seem like money down the drain. Sort of like car insurance - for most of our lives it's a useless waste of money . . . until our brakes go out and we put our car in a ditch! Then, we're glad we spent the money!!

People may not like it, but they just need to bite the bullet and get a good helmet.

You know what the REALLY funny part is? I've noticed that, most of the time, the same guys who are the ones to brag about how much they spent (read: "wasted") on their fenders, mufflers, and/or wings, are the same guys who skimp on safety equipment. But, they've always got that chrome fire extinguisher bolted to the windshield pillar! Good thing it's there, 'cause after they are thrown through the windshield (when their harness rips out of the sheet metal it's bolted to) and their brains are spilled on the pavement (about 2 feet away from the helmet that split in half while going through the windshield), they can always go back and reach inside the burning car to get the fire extinguisher that holds just enough fire-retardant to put out a match! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)