HANS Performance Products HANS Performance Products is one of the most respected leaders in head and neck restraint systems technologies. Championship drivers in all levels of motorsports choose the HANS Device to keep them safe. In 2007, Bob Hubbard and Jim Downing, inventors of the internationally award winning HANS Device, received the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association’s inaugural Auto Racing Safety and Humanitarian Service Award. Accepting the award, Bob Hubbard said, “We entered this business over 25 years ago on a personal mission to improve safety.” Jim Downing added, “We are tireless in our desire to help all racers and rule makers understand the safety benefits that head and neck restraints, such as HANS Devices, can provide. We appreciate the AARWBA recognizing our hard work and dedication to the safety of racing.”