Headrestmount: Review

Track day certified camera mount to capture those heroic moments (or embarrassing cock-ups)

From pro quality suction mounts that you could suspend your car from to bodged concoctions of zip ties and Gaffa tape there are a huge number of ways to mount a camera to your car to record those heroic track day moments. Sadly not all of them are especially safe and event organisers have, in many cases, banned anything other than fixed installations on the basis that even a GoPro could become a rather unpleasant projectile in the event of a big shunt. Worse than that you wouldn't even get a decent replay of it to share on YouTube.

No more faffing about with suction cups

Which is why Chris Dymond has come up with the self explanatory Headrestmount camera fixing designed with the approval of track day organisers. An anodised aluminium beam clamps over the headrest support bars, the camera hanging off the side and positioned between the seats for a viewpoint more or less equivalent to your line of sight.

Chris kindly sent us a Headrestmount to test but unfortunately all the cars we've driven on track recently had fixed-back seats with integrated headrests. He says he's working on a design to accommodate this but, clearly, making a universal one will be tricky.

We may have criticised our PH Fleet Clio 200 for losing the Recaro seat option of previous versions but at least the regular seats and the Renaultsport track day at Bedford last week gave us a chance to test the mount out. You can see from the vid below that the view with a GoPro is spot-on, the Superview format putting you in the picture too if you need a starring role. On cars with integrated seats you can always mount it to the rear headrests (where applicable) and use a more cropped viewpoint to avoid the angle being all interior and no track but it's best suited to front-seat use if possible.

MSV marshals at Bedford happy with mount

It's certainly a sturdy piece of equipment - the better for reassuring any track day marshals who didn't get the memo - and takes just a minute or two to set up. It's not cheap but it does the job and can handle anything from a GoPro to a DSLR via the standard quarter-inch tripod screw.

The standard Headrestmount costs £120, there being a single-pillar option and various other adaptors and extensions to vary the view as required. See the firm's shop page for the full range of options and pricing.

Headrestmount in the Clio, via GoPro