CJ Wilson Racing driver Patrick Gallagher is a mechanical engineering student at Ohio State and naturally is a major Buckeyes fan. This is why when he decides to race in mid-Ohio he has chosen to wear this helmet.
According to Jalopnik.com:
That helmet is a replica of the red-and-silver Buckeyes football headgear created by Andy Blackmore, racing livery designer — and spotter guide illustrator — and painted by Tyler Cenarrusa of Censport Graphics. The twenty-year-old from Thornville, Ohio will wear the custom-designed helmet later this month (June 14-16) when he competes at the Mid-Ohio stop of the 2013 SCCA Pro Mazda Playboy MX-5 Cup.
Gallagher, a race instructor at The Mid-Ohio School, is currently the leading rookie and is in fifth in the overall championship standings. After the race, Gallagher will sign the helmet and it’ll be auctioned immediately after the event to support the Hematosis and Thrombosis Center at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus.
I’m sure it was a very difficult helmet to design and I’m fully expecting a Michigan Wolverines winged helmet to burst onto the scene in response to it soon.
