They had a medium sized fire suit for me, and I wedged my 6-foot-3, 220 pound frame _ complete with sportswriter's gut _ snugly into it.
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With the on-track temperature at around 140 degrees, and the in-car temperature an estimated 180 degrees, the 24-year-old had an ice pack in his fire suit.
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I saw that we had come in at a remote part of the vast Denver airport, surrounded by fire engines and men in heat-reflecting fire suits.
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The actual margin was 676 voters who obviously never have whiffed the pungent smell of nitromethane in the morning, or of John Force's fire suit up close.
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The NHRA version is also wrapped with seven layers of Nomex fabric, which is the same material as the seven-layer fire suits that all NHRA drivers must wear.
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This company asked NASCAR to talk with Childress after Harvick won both the Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup Series races wearing a prominent Shell logo on his fire suit.
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Battling searing temperatures and thick clouds of carbon monoxide gas, a salvage team boarded the vessel Saturday in protective fire suits to carry out a survey of the damage.
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Moments after speeding around Dover International Speedway with the 159.405-mph lap that would win the pole for Sunday's MBNA America 400, Jeremy Mayfield unzipped his fire suit to reveal a bright orange T-shirt.
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A couple of inventions that would come as a result of Roberts'death would be the fire suit and a specialized fuel cell for racing, preventing drivers from racing in a T-shirt and jeans.
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Brett Bodine has been one of the pioneers of the HANS movement, and his brother, Todd, is working with safety entrepreneur Bill Simpson on a fire suit that incorporates head protection for the driver.
