SFI frowns on Impact Racing

[Walter]

Wow.

http://www.sfifoundation.com/DecertificationNotice03-26-10.pdf

[MFIELD]

Holy Crap!!!

[7721Cobra]

Thats f'ed up. Wonder how many people were hurt using this stuff?

[Mista Bone]

No one was hurt, the equipment passed all tests.

Just Impact wasn't buying the labels from SFI.....so SFI gets pissy and pulls the certs.

[Walter]

^^^Is this the inside scoop from yellowbullet? lol

[k062693w]

That would give you a warm fuzzy feeling inside if you had one of thier parts !!!
Watch and see the Lawsuits that ensue from this !!!

[Mista Bone]

^^^Is this the inside scoop from yellowbullet? lol

No, from SCCA BoD.

[Jeff88coupe]

I have a Impact jacket and pants....I'll continue to wear it just like I have for the last 2 years. This seems to be a legal pissing match between sfi and impact.


Here is the statement from SFI

http://www.sfifoundation.com/DecertificationNotice03-26-10.pdf

[Mista Bone]

from Impact......

http://www.impactraceproducts.com/images/2010/Statement_03262010.jpg

[Walter]

Bottom line is SFI sets the standard and Impact is decertified. Cant race with their products without the cert.

[Gene]

Looks like Bill Simpson is now 0 for 2.

Personally, I would love to see SFI go away and just require equipment to meet FIA standards like in every other country in the world.

[Jeff88coupe]

Personally, I would love to see SFI go away and just require equipment to meet FIA standards like in every other country in the world.


x2

Certification tags = Control. Control = revenue. Revenue = the goal of SFI

[Timido]

i have been reading slot of web forums about the impact stuff because I have a few dollars worth of the stuff that wont be worth anything. someone mentioned a court hearing on the way

[pegasus]

No one was hurt, the equipment passed all tests.

Just Impact wasn't buying the labels from SFI.....so SFI gets pissy and pulls the certs.

just like UL...

if you pay UL a mil they will let u put a sticker on anything

[Timido]

http://www.impactraceproducts.com/pdfs/2010/SFI%20Press%20Release_04012010.pdf

Sounds like SFI got paid and they are working out everything

[Kwik92GT]

The Impact harnesses are very good unless they've changed things over the past few years. I worked at a place that did a lot of testing of safety equipment for several Nascar teams and the Impact stuff tested better than anything else out there, so I wouldn't worry about the quality of their product. It's just a money issue IMO.

[Timido]

Greg I really like Impacts harness. It stays TIGHT. The webbing is real nice

[Kwik92GT]

Greg I really like Impacts harness. It stays TIGHT. The webbing is real nice

Yeah Tim, their stuff is top notch. You won't have to worry about being safe with them. I bought my Impact harnesses after seeing the results of the testing, had been using Simpson prior to that, who BTW, didn't test nearly as well. The Simpson stuff didn't do bad, it just didn't do as well. Funny thing is, same guy started both companies.