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NASCAR Tells Drivers to Use Head-and-Neck Devices.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2001
By Ed Hinton, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 18--NASCAR on Wednesday mandated head-and-neck restraint devices for drivers in all three of its major series, a move that follows months of controversy about the racing organization's safety policies.
The rule change, effective immediately, comes after six stock-car drivers died of injuries caused by violent head movement in the past 17 months. Five of those deaths, including seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt, were in NASCAR. The most recent death, Blaise Alexander, was in the closely allied Automobile Racing Club of America; he died Oct. 4 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
Jeff Gordon, three-time NASCAR champion and current season points leader, was...
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