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Originally Posted by stephen wilson

I'm having trouble seeing why airbags would be bad for the track, other than blocking your vision in a minor frontal hit. You don't think that side airbag might have saved you from more serious injury?

not a chance. my body wouldn't even have touched the door. racing seat w/ harnesses. i think that if i were a smaller guy (i'm 6' / 225lb with LARGE bones), this would have broken my arm BADLY. i was talking to some other guys & found out one of them had a compound fracture caused by a side airbag.

in my estimate, the ass of the car hit the wall at maybe a 15mph closing speed. i was probably going 70+ when i it, but again, the speed relative to the wall was much less. on a race track, there are comparatively few SQUARE hits to the door. this is because all traffic is generally going the same direction. you don't have the risk of someone running a red light & t-boning you. most side hits on a track are glancing blows.

[j.fro]

Thanks for the AFR info. Sorry to hear about the arm/crash. I'm not an airbag fan either. I've pulled my door airbags...and the idiot light in the dash for that exact reason ( and a little weight loss)
Somewhere I think I saw a bulletin from Porsche about disabling the door airbags when GT3 seats are installed..

[stephen wilson]

Interesting, I never knew they had enough force to break bones.

[jaykay]

You can compare it to shot gun shells going off around you