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How Jeff Gordon Went From a HANS Device Skeptic to Believer

Gordon once called the HANS device “uncomfortable,” joining skeptics like Earnhardt and Stewart when it was introduced to NASCAR. But two races after Earnhardt’s fatal crash, he wore it in Vegas—and won. In 2008, a near-identical wreck convinced him fully. “I know for a fact the HANS saved my life that day.” His battered device now sits in the Smithsonian.