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Alligator Suzuki's Jerry Savoie,
the winner of the most recent
NHRA round in Indianapolis.
Savoie figured to give Hines his
toughest challenge but he left
the starting line one-thousandth
of a second too soon and red-
lighted.
Hines won just a single event
during the first 10 races of the
season, but his Charlotte victory
was more important than most
since it was the first race in the
Countdown to the Champion-
ship, NHRA's six race playoff for
the season title. Hines entered
the event trailing teammate Ed-
die Krawiec by 30 points but
emerged with a 20-point cushion
following career win number 40.
"Eddie [Krawiec] is abso-
lutely the biggest threat for the
championship," Hines said. "We
saw him steal the pole in Q4 by
running low E.T. of the week-
end. He and I are in the same
pit area and I know the drive that
he brings to every race. I had
hoped we were going to race in
the final so I could pay him back
for all the beatings he's given
me."
Kevin McKenna
DAINESE UNVEILS D-AIR MISANO 1000
I
n celebration of 1000 deployments of Dai-
nese's D-air, the Italian brand has revealed it's
new D-air Misano 1000 leather jacket. The new
D-air Misano 1000 marks it's first stand-alone
electronically deployed airbag for road use.
The name itself—Misano 1000—is a tribute to
that important milestone, and it was unveiled to
guests invited to an exclusive party held at the
Riviera Golf Resort in San Giovanni in Marigna-
no, Italy, September 10, during the San Marino
Grand Prix weekend.
Dainese feels that the future of protection
is in D-air and the data recorded by Dainese
over the past 15 years, they say, proves it.
More than 1000 deployments on racetracks
and open roads all over the world have been
documented and analyzed by the development
team confirming the effectiveness and reliability
of the system. More than just a catchy number,
the amount of data acquired thanks to those
1000 deployments further contributed to the
fine-tuning of Dainese's proprietary triggering
algorithms.
The new Misano 1000 leather jacket operates
without need of sensor kit fitted to the motorcycle,
instead the sensors, electronics and the GPS are
housed in the back protector.
The jacket which will be available, in two color
schemes, from November at the price of approxi-
mately $1700.
"With the Misano 1000, Dainese widens its
range of airbag products reinforcing its total com-
mitment to safety," said Cristiano Silei, Dainese
CEO. "The 1000 deployments of the D-air system
represent a true milestone in the adoption of
electronic air-bag systems for motorcyclists. The
future of protection is in D-air."
Andrea Wilson
Dainese introduced is latest version of its
D-air jacket, the Misano 1000.
PHOTO
COURTESY
OF
DAINESE
