[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]

I'm sure they will hold more than 60 lbs. If that were true, I should be able to hook a strap to it and yank it out of the car (not happening). While I agree, you'll not be likely to see a spinal injury, you may see enough belt stretch to hit the steering wheel (if it ever came to that kind of impact). Not perfect, but only you can make that call.