Legs out the windshield - embedded video NWS

[Ron in SoCal]

One lucky dude...

[Spiffav8]

Second luckiest guy on earth!

[Richio1]

Yeah, saw this on Speed Society on Facebook this morning. Pretty crazy and very lucky.

Looks like there is a roll bar. Wonder what kind of harness seeing how he got turned around inside. One more roll and he'd likely been out of the car.

Sure looked shaken coming out and like they said in the post.... bet he was sore the next day. LUCKY dude right there!!!!

[intocarss]

That's one lucky SOB.. NO roll bar and read he had 2 point belts

Sept. 21, 2014) Fountain, CO -- Drag racer Kelly Harvey walked away with only minor injuries yesterday after his 1955 Chevy took several rolls during the Colorado Street Outlaws Drag Racing Event at Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR).

The racing style seat belts worn by the driver failed during the crash. "My seat belts were not mounted properly and pulled through the floor of the car," Harvey said. "I'm grateful to the staff and safety crew at PPIR for such a rapid response to my situation," he said.

Fortunately, Harvey was able to climb from of the car on his own and walk away.

"PPIR sets standards for all its events to keep drivers, crew, and spectators safe," said PPIR General Manager Bob Boileau. "However, it is the responsibility of the car owner, driver and crews to be sure their vehicles are prepared to take to the track. We're glad there were no serious injuries" he said.

[SSLance]

I've been seeing the links around the web but just watched the video for the first time this morning. Wow...

I don't even know where to start. Guy was so lucky...so very lucky.

Shame about the car but hopefully a lot of people learn from his misfortune and build their cars correctly for safety.

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by intocarss

That's one lucky SOB.. NO roll bar and read he had 2 point belts

Sept. 21, 2014) Fountain, CO -- Drag racer Kelly Harvey walked away with only minor injuries yesterday after his 1955 Chevy took several rolls during the Colorado Street Outlaws Drag Racing Event at Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR).

The racing style seat belts worn by the driver failed during the crash. "My seat belts were not mounted properly and pulled through the floor of the car," Harvey said. "I'm grateful to the staff and safety crew at PPIR for such a rapid response to my situation," he said.

Fortunately, Harvey was able to climb from of the car on his own and walk away.

"PPIR sets standards for all its events to keep drivers, crew, and spectators safe," said PPIR General Manager Bob Boileau. "However, it is the responsibility of the car owner, driver and crews to be sure their vehicles are prepared to take to the track. We're glad there were no serious injuries" he said.

So the belts were mounted incorrectly and failed??? And the tech guys did not check your belts as you went through tech? Seems like that might be the most important thing to check then the other items. Next it will come out this guy has been racing this car at the track like this for a couple years.

[GregWeld]

No matter where I've been asked to be a TECH.... Seat Belts and helmet are two things I've never just "glossed over". They ARE life savers. The rest of the stuff is important (loose items in the cockpit etc) but the seat belts and helmet will most likely make the biggest difference in personal safety.