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11-06-2009, 11:52 AM
Bob,
I do understand what happened at the NASA event, and it's unfortunate the NASA Director felt the need to embellish the truth. Going forward, a bunch of us are on the way down there this weekend, the best we can do is abide the rules and hope they are correctly interpreted. FIA belts which are good for 5 years, so we'll see how it goes as we have these in the cup car. This is the NASA Spec I found in their CCR, which is what it seems they reference if you have harnesses at a DE:
I do understand what happened at the NASA event, and it's unfortunate the NASA Director felt the need to embellish the truth. Going forward, a bunch of us are on the way down there this weekend, the best we can do is abide the rules and hope they are correctly interpreted. FIA belts which are good for 5 years, so we'll see how it goes as we have these in the cup car. This is the NASA Spec I found in their CCR, which is what it seems they reference if you have harnesses at a DE:
10. All belts should meet at least one of the following:
A) SFI Specification 16.1 or 16.5 (for use with HANS only) and shall bear a dated label of no more than two (2) years old. At least one date label isrequired on belt sets.
B) A restraint system meeting FIA spec #8853/1985, 8853/98, or D-###.T/98,including amendment 1/92 may be used. FIA certified belts have a label that shows an expiration date. The belts cannot be used past December 31st of the year shown on the label. At least one date label is required on belt sets