How do the NASCAR drivers talk to their pit and crew during races? I figured it's a microphone, but does anyone know where it's positioned and how it works?
2007-02-24 04:14:59 · 10 answers · asked by Jani 2 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
HELMETS
2007-02-24 09:58:07 · answer #1 · answered by DIANA JEFF GORDON FAN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The microphone is inside the helmet. as you can imagine it is very noisy inside the car. the microphone is noise canceling and placed as close to the mouth as possible. when the driver pushes the talk button mounted on his steering wheel he can no longer hear the radio as he is speaking. there is also a natural tendency to try to scream over the engine because the driver can not hear himself talking under racing conditions.
the earphones are custom molded to fit inside the driver's ears. the have a cord about 1 foot long and that plugs into the side of the helmet. there is then a cord (with a plug to disconnect it) that goes from the helmet containing the mic and the earphone signals and plugs into the radio. this cord also has a place to plug in the cord from the talk button on the steering wheel. there is also a separate antenna input on the radio that goes to a small antenna outside the car or occasionally mounted on the drivers door sill.
the radios are usually the same radios that you will see the crew chief and the pit guys using only they use different headsets. radios have broken during races and have been changed out by the driver during pit stops.
it sure beats the old days when the pit guys used to hold up signs for the drivers to read as they whizzed by at close to 200mph.
2007-02-25 13:38:37 · answer #2 · answered by Fizz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mic and earpiece inside the helmet.....same technology used by military jet pilots and such. push-to-talk button is on the steering wheel (of some humor....it's for this reason that some drivers occasionally loose power during a race...the emergency engine kill switch is also located on the steering wheel)
2007-02-26 00:30:57 · answer #3 · answered by bend_over_n_say_aww 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
threes a microphone in the helmet when they want to talk they press a button on the steering wheel
2007-02-26 06:03:13 · answer #4 · answered by mike_n_cassie111304 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mic is inside their helmets, sort of like a bluetooth. That, and the headrest above the seat.
2007-02-24 12:22:53 · answer #5 · answered by stuartalexanderhucklebee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What they all said. It's not a switch, it's a button they press on the steering wheel.
2007-02-24 16:01:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
earpiece and microphone in their helmet I think. Its just like how security people talk
2007-02-24 16:26:31 · answer #7 · answered by greysgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the mic is on thier helmets and the switch is on th st wheel
2007-02-24 15:25:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is also a key switch for the mic on the steering wheel
2007-02-24 13:39:58 · answer #9 · answered by jim h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
diddo
2007-02-24 12:32:53 · answer #10 · answered by junior_fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋