Back in the good old days when men were men and they didn't need any of this fancy, newfangled "safety equipment."

Look up what Jackie Stewart pretty much singlehandedly did for racing safety sometime. The man's a hero even if he does talk funny.

I like the story about how Jackie Stewart didn't like the looks of the safety at some american track back in the day during Can-Am. He complained several times about trees in runouts, when nothing was done, he and his boys went out and cut them down and hauled them off with a tractor themselves, the morning of the race!