this is part of the reason some organizations will make you remove seat padding to ensure this doesn't happen - in the next week I am dropping off 1 set at wedge engineering for a custom flat mount and I'll post up the pics.

As for the seat height you should only need to be able to see the very end of the front bumper not the hood as much as possible.

 

A tire barrier would've been nice. It would've significantly lengthened the duration of the deceleration and probably been the difference between LOC and no LOC.

I have the same OMP seat and I had to completely remove the lower cushion to achieve a reasonable seating position.

You do seem to move around a lot, are the angles of your harness straps all within proper spec?

 

+1

Easy to catch the slide, hard to bring the wheel back straight. Carl Lopez calls it "the pause" in Going Faster.

Here's me making that mistake but with nothing to hit except a pylon (jump to 7:55):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As03Mdt996A#t=475s

 

I never realy noticed I was sitting high the OMP won't realy mount much lower because it hits the trans tunnel on the right but maybe I can cut it down and get it lower?

I used the stock belt mounting point on the left and drilled the trans tunnel on the right with a 3" backing plate. I think I basically followed the Scroff guide on the harness stuff and the angles etc should be good. I wear my belts tight but my sub straps were not that tight this time? maybe that was a bad move I thought they were to stop you going under not up though?

I think for the most part the safety gear and HANS worked since I had no real neck or back pain. Hitting the left side of my head on the hardtop was realy rough though.

 

Glad youre ok dan, whats the damage to your car? About how long will you be out?

 

Glad you're ok after that off.

Anyway, I doubt that adding any padding would make much of a difference. If you hit hard enough for a concussion, the amount of padding you'd have to add to make a difference would probably be more that you could get in there. Think about replacing your helmet now of course, 'cause it's probably compressed as well.

 

I recently had a close call with a tire wall at a small track event. I think from that I learned if the car really starts to come around I'd be better off leaving it spin the way it started. I think courses are more likely to be built with runoff and better protection in the direction a spin is likely to occur.

My close call was the exact same thing. Rear started to come around and I tried to save it and the car darted in the exact direction I didn't want it to go.

Glad you're ok though. I'm sure all the safety stuff helped to a certain degree.

 

Wow sorry about the crash! ouch that was a hard hit.

Here's my brief opinionated 2 bits.

1) get a cage, you can put high density padding there to save your head
2) There is never a spin you should need more than 180deg of steering input to save in the s2k. you really should work on keeping both hands on the wheel all the time and you wouldn't have ever turned the wheel over 360 deg.
3) why did you ever let go?

 

Same for you will you shouldn't need that much steering input to save it. keep both hands on the wheel.

 

I agree! I did the same when I drove a stock seated s2k. sit close, your your forearms to turn the steering wheel, not your shoulders.