[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?

[John_D.]

You're on a good point there. The harness mounting point makes some difference.

But it seems to me, that my seat, with harness cutouts, defines the harness angle, relative to my shoulders....

And those cutouts are low. So any tension in the belt creates a downward force on my shoulders, no matter where the harness is anchored.