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Fewer than 10 percent of NASCAR drivers at Daytona International Speedway this week are using the revolutionary HANS head-restraint system despite scientific proof that the device prevents the sort of ...

EAST LANSING, MI (WLNS) – The Daytona 500 is kicking off the NASCAR season this weekend. Dr. Bob Hubbard, a former professor of bio-mechanics at Michigan State co-invented a lifesaving safety ...

Heartbroken fans mourned NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt yesterday as his fatal crash added more fuel to the debate over use of a head-restraining safety device. Admirers left tributes at the North ...

HANS (Head and Neck Support) Performance Products is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the first time its now-mainstream HANS Device was used in racing competition. Dr. Robert Hubbard invented the ...

The HANS (Head And Neck Support) device is nowadays regarded as a “sine qua non” piece of safety equipment in all major motor racing series worldwide. Everyone from Formula One to Indy Car, NASCAR, A1 ...

Increased safety dominated conversation in days leading to Sunday’s Dura-Lube 400 at North Carolina Speedway at Rockingham, N.C., but many of the NASCAR drivers calling for it still weren’t willing to ...

In the thrilling world of NASCAR, speed and competition are the lifeblood of the sport, but so is safety. The HANS device, an acronym for Head and Neck Support device, has revolutionized the safety ...

BRISTOL, TN - MARCH 20: The HANS device for Kevin Harvick, driver of the #29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet sits on the roof of his car during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at ...

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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 ...

Dr. Robert Hubbard, the co-inventor of the Head and Neck Support Device (HANS), died Tuesday. A former professor in biomechanical engineering at Michigan State University, Hubbard created the HANS ...