I was lucky enough to get chosen to drive some Prototype SXSs this week. I can’t disclose the manufacturers, vehicles and to be safe even the research company. That’s not important. It was my third drive over a course led by a research driver. I was near the back of the group and was told we could hold back and drive at our own pace as long as we kept up with group. So I was stopping and letting the group go ahead and then hammering it to get a feel for acceleration and handling in high speed curves and then catching up. Part of the course went through a sand wash with some pretty big woops. Been there twice and no big deal. I hammered it and next thing I was airborne and lawn darted it and did an endo and landed wheels up. So here is the experience. I shut off the engine and tried to get out. I was hanging by the 3 point seat belt upside down and couldn’t unlatch it. Had it caught on fire I would have been barbequed. I did a hand stand and someone reached in and undid the belt latch. My XP has a 5 point harness and one rip on the latch and I would have been out. Well I tore up their test vehicle pretty good but glad it wasn’t mine! Moral of my lesson is I wouldn’t even think of driving aggressive without a 4 or 5 point harness that you can get out of in a hurry. And yea the helmet probably saved my bacon too!