Happy Sunday! Welcome to Holy Shift, where we highlight big innovations in the auto and racing industries each week—whether they be necessary or simply for comfort. Safety in the racing industry—it'll ...

After IMSA racer Jim Downing lost a close friend of his to a basilar skull fracture sustained in a crash, he knew motorsport needed to change. So, he teamed up with his brother-in-law, the late Dr.

The HANS device, short for the Head and Neck Support, has been the buzz word since Dale Earnhardt was killed in a wreck in the Daytona 500 last Sunday. The U-shaped device is designed to protect ...

On Tuesday, the motorsports community learned of the passing of Dr. Robert Hubbard, inventor of the HANS (Head and Neck Support) device. He was 75 years old. An official statement was released which ...

It stands for Head and Neck Support, and the HANS device is a vital piece of safety gear every race car driver should be using. The Motorsport Safety Foundation has put together a video showing ...

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Robert Hubbard, the engineer who worked alongside brother-in-law and IMSA racer Jim Downing to create the HANS device, died on Tuesday. He was 75. By the 1980s, Downing and Hubbard had reached the ...

Several former NASCAR Cup drivers balked when the sanctioning body first suggested use of the HANS head-and-neck restraint device prior to the start of the 2001 season. Initially, it was supposed to ...

Before 2001, catastrophic craniovertebral junction (CVJ) injuries were the most common cause of death to drivers in the fast-paced sport of professional car racing. That changed with the development ...

As we near the 10th anniversary of Dale Earnhardt's passing, an event some are recalling with tears and others with resignation, the fatal wreck itself is coming under a new wave of scrutiny. And ...

I'm not a HANS-device denier. There's no question that it's a good piece of gear—critical for racing, and absolutely worthwhile for anyone who spends a lot of time on the track. But I haven't made the ...

A nondescript, modest brick building sits just north of the Clairmont Road bridge over Peachtree Road in Chamblee. An awning in a brown hue arches over the front entrance and reads “Downing Atlanta.” ...