As a racer, I hope your question is a sarcastic one. I can attest that his fatal injury was a result of his dislike of the safety equipment because it took away his edge of being able to “feel” the air in the side window. He has made comments to that effect.
The advent of the HANS device is undeniably the best life saving innovation since they started to put aircraft seat harnesses in racing cars. The best arguement for a harness is that it keeps you in a relative static position while the car and dynamic forces are going all over the place. This static position also keep the driver positioned to better control the steering, braking, vision and acceleration while everything around the him/her is wanting to fly in all sorts of directions.
After driving a racing car for a weekend of racing, I will get into my truck, put on the seat belt and I feel like I am going to fall out of the seat. But I do know even with that restraint system, I am far better able to effectively apply control moves when the unexpected and eventual event of an out of control moment arises because I am at the controls instead of being thrown around like a rag doll.