Driver Gear
The 5 Best Auto Racing Gloves
Here’s our pick of the top-5 best auto racing gloves currently on the market – who reigns supreme: Alpinestars, Sparco, or OMP?
Driver Gear: Meru Safety Receives Coveted SFI Certification
The Meru Safety neck restraint Carbon Ascent Brace is the newest and best technology in the head and neck restraint market for concussion prevention.
Porsche Factory Roof Tent!
The new Porsche Tequipment two-person roof tent comes in a sleek hard case that was developed at Porsche’s performance-oriented Weissach Development Center to be more aerodynamic than your average overlanding setup.
Driver Gear: Hasselblad X2D 100C
A 100-megapixel CMOS sensor and advancements in image quality, focusing, stabilization, responsiveness, and storage, are built into iconic Scandinavian design.
The Best Gear For HPDE and Track Days
When we are trackside for High Performance Driver Education or track day events, we often find that participants don’t have all the items they need. When you stop to think about it, it isn’t a big surprise that race track operation puts stresses on the driver and the car that street driving doesn’t. To help with this, here is our collection of the best gear for HPDE events or track days.
The Mother Of All Race Gear Buyer’s Guides
We have written many buyer’s guides to the best race gear. And we’ve written some how-to guides for installation as well, which are worth perusing before you make a purchase decision.
Gear Spotlight: All the Essentials to Get Ready to Go Racing
For many, half the battle of making the jump from racing fan to racing participant involves cobbling together the requisite gear. With these bundles we’ve taken the guesswork out of that task, offering bespoke packages based on experience level and the type of track driving you’ll be doing. Of course, it never hurts to have some guidance along the way, so we’re also highlighting some of our favorite books on race driving technique too.
Gear Spotlight: I’ve Always Wanted That!
How many times have you looked a piece of much-needed racing gear and thought “I’ve always wanted that”, only to set it aside for another time? Well now is the time to finally pull the trigger on the gear you – or your loved ones – have been longing for. Here’s a list of some of our must-haves to get you started.
Gear Spotlight: Trackside Equipment
It may seem like the recipe for a podium finish begins and ends with the car and the driver, but having a well-organized pit area and properly equipped crew is crucial factor for success on the track as well. Some of these items might seem like incidental conveniences, but once the race starts, knowing exactly where, say, your tire pressure gauge is can be the difference between a champagne shower and a warm consolation beer. Here’s a few items that every racer should always have trackside.
Gear Spotlight: Alpinestars Tech 1-Z Formula 1 Racing Shoe (2014 Edition)
Racing shoes might seem rather low on the totem pole of gear priorities, but when you consider that half your inputs are going to be made with your feet, the importance of having good shoes starts to become a little more obvious. Safety is the top priority for a racing shoe design of course, but beyond flame resistance and FIA/SFI certifications, racing shoes need to be durable, comfortable, grippy, light weight, and provide as much feedback as possible. To that end, if you want the pinnacle of current racing shoe design, the 2014 Alpinestars Tech 1-Z Formula 1 shoes should definitely be on your short list.
Gear Spotlight: Safecraft Restraint Systems Center Head Net
If there’s one aspect of your racing equipment where you should never consider cutting corners, it’s your safety gear. Center nets are designed to prevent ejection from the vehicle in the event of a crash or rollover, and some sanctioning organizations require a window net system for competition. Today we’ll be checking out the Safecraft Restraint Systems Center Head Net system, which is offered in Kevlar and polyester material options, and includes some unique design elements that warrant a closer look.
Gear Spotlight: Molecule Complete Care Kit
It’s a truth that racers know all too well: particularly when the weather is hot, your racing gear can get pretty grimy both inside and out very quickly – even after just a session or two. Putting on a ripe suit is often a less than inviting proposition, but dry cleaning bills can also add up quickly. Washing your racing gear with the rest of your laundry is typically not recommended since the additives in laundry detergent that can attract moisture and oils, making the material less effective at keeping you safe. So what’s the alternative? The Molecule Complete Care Kit – it comes with everything you need to keep your racing gear clean and stain free without the expense of dry cleaning or the hassle of hand washing.
Gear Spotlight: Bell Racing GP.2 Carbon Fiber Helmet
Not long ago, a racing helmet with full carbon fiber shell construction would have commanded a price tag of well over a thousand dollars. Now Bell Racing, one of the most trusted brands in racing gear, has introduced the GP.2 carbon fiber helmet to their lineup for 2014, and it’s a bit of a game changer. By using Bell’s own high-pressure resin transfer molding system, the company is now able to offer the virtues of carbon fiber shell construction at a much more accessible price point. Let’s take a closer look at the GP.2 helmet.
Gear Spotlight: Replay XD 1080 Mini Action Camera
In the world of action cameras, GoPro is essentially the equivalent of Kleenex at this point, as brand adoption has become so widespread that most people wouldn’t really consider that an alternative to it exists, or that much an alternative might be worth closer inspection. However, just because something becomes a standard in its realm doesn’t mean it’s the only game in town. The new Replay XD 1080 Mini action camera brings its own unique bag of tricks to the table, and some of its features might make it a more ideal fit than the typical go-to depending on your requirements.
Gear Spotlight: Techniche Self-Contained Cooling Vest
Avoiding fatigue while behind the wheel of a race car is a difficult task to accomplish. Racing is a physical sport and race cars inherently generate a lot of heat. The high temperatures of racing during the summer make this even more difficult. Recently we posted a guide to driver cooling systems, as these systems make a huge difference when you’re behind the wheel, but the Techniche Cooling Vest, in particular, is a bit of an outlier in that realm due to its unique design and lower price point than the box-based systems, making it an interesting consideration for those looking to make enduring the heat on track more manageable.
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