Stewart still restraintless UPDATE but Spencer to wear one: #20-Tony Stewart used the Talladega test to try out a Hutchens device, but he didn’t like it. “I was pretty uncomfortable with it,” he said, adding that he had trouble figuring out how to get in and out of the car with the device’s straps in place. Stewart, who is one of only two Winston Cup drivers 9the other #26-Jimmy Spencer) not wearing a head and neck restraint, said he ruled out the HANS restraint. “I don’t want anything else on my neck,” he said.(AJC)(8-31-2001) UPDATE: #20-Tony Stewart won’t wear a head and neck safety device in the Southern 500 at Darlington. However, #26-Jimmy Spencer has decided to wear the Hutchens restraint system for the race. A team representative for Stewart said Friday that although the driver wore a Hutchens device during testing this week at Talladega Superspeedway, he would not put one on at Darlington. After Friday’s Winston Cup practice, Spencer said he was undecided about his plans for the safety device. However, before qualifying, he told reporters he would use the Hutchens system.(CNN/AP)(9-1-2001)
