[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?

[trackbird]

Sean makes a good point. If it meets the standards (really meets them, no fudging allowed) then I guess it's "good enough". I always thought "if you have a $60 head, you buy a $60 helmet". But, if it is certified then I guess they trust it. I still may not. I bought a Bell when I needed a helmet I think it was about $260 or so (retail as I remember, I worked at Jegs at the time and got a discount).