Comments on: SFI Decertifies All Impact Racing Products

By: Marko

Marko — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:26:34 +0000

I LOVE the Pro Mods! The IHRA Pro Mod program was just aemsowe! For whatever reason they don’t do TV this year. That left NHRA in typical NHRA form I think they limited the motor size or did something to tone them down. I could be wrong about that but in the IHRA the Pro Mods were far more radical, regularly overpowering the race track, coming out of the groove, barely keeping it out of the wall or their fellow racer. Maybe not the safest situation but VERY exciting for the fans. Maybe the sanctioned NHRA tracks are in better condition, maybe they’re prepped better. But, they’re far less exciting. Then Personette figures out how to make a turbo car competetive. Instead of making the rest of the field work harder, or go with turbo cars, they reduce his turbo size. Typical NHRA. I have to wonder if Pro Mod racing will continue at NHRA, they only want cookie cutter cars that are easy to tech and leave no room for inovation. But hey, that’s NHRA, been that way for a long time now. The IHRA Pro Mods were also great in that there was a constant battle between the nitrous oxide cars and the supercharged cars. Back and forth IHRA would go, trying to keep up with everyone and have some pairety sp But again, the battles made for a very exciting class of racing. I’d love to see a sucessful Pro Mod class in ADRL. But I’m a little worried. You already have Pro Extreme class, pretty similar. Plus you have the Pro Nitrous class pretty darn close to the Pro Mod’s nitrous oxide cars. I really truely hope to see a Pro Mod class included in the already busy events. I just have to wonder if there’s room for it given the similarities between existing classes. Who knows, maybe Pro Mod will catch on so well and wow the crowd and the sanctioning body. I hope it doesn’t end up bumping out an existing class in the process. I hope there’s room for everyone at the events. I’ll still follow NHRA racing because I do still like quarter mile racing, even though the fuel cars only run 1000ft. I would still follow the IHRA because again I still like quarter mile racing and even though the Pro Mods are, or where anyway, only running an eighth of a mile, I just love the Pro Mods, I like their fuel classes and over there the alcohol funny cars where a pro class. Atchenson and I forget the guys name that was a corn farmer and had ALCOHOL and corn on his body. Then they added the Nitro Funny Car class. That was the last I saw them on TV. AND evidently they’re not going to televise ANY events this season! Damn shame. So, you guys, ADRL is really filling a vacuum and I for one think it’s absolutely kick ass great! I prefer 1/4 mile racing but as long as everyone runs the same distance, I’m ok with 1/8th mile. Hell, I run it myself here in Northwest Dallas at the Lonestar Dragway. Little plug LOL, they deserve it, great people, fabulous launch pad, no real groove to speak of and the best part, my favorite part, the surface hooks like nobodys buisness! They’ve got just about everything the big guys have, other than maybe having a top knotch sanctioning body well for example ADRL maybe. Check it out, have someone go take a look and some pictures. Hey, maybe we’ll end up with a national event20 minutes from my house. Fingers crossed.You guys are really doing something special here. The sport of drag racing at small tracks are more and more going to 1/8 mile only, even on 1/4 mile tracks. Insurance higher speeds higher premiums. You guys are probably in a position the first to do what well eventually become the only game in town. I only recently found I get channel 361 I think it is and now, I’m able to watch ADRL National events! Soo cool! I’m going to start panhandeling at the gas stations to get money for the Ennis race LOL. I will do my absolute best to make it to the show.ADRL is rapidly becoming my favorite sanctioning body. You’ve got the best of everything. The other guys are either boreing or not televised. This is exciting, the fans tend to like that. Love it, keep it up!Wayne

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:08:53 +0000

Is all very nice, too bad they want it to be just american road and oval world chophiansmips, as the time of races is wed nights US time, thats middle of work/school day for aussies, 3am for euros.

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By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:24:07 +0000

I have an Impact Racing 5-Point harness that I purchased and installed in December 2010. Summit tells me these are fine and are not being decertified. Am I going to have a problem at the track with belts or not?

By: steve

steve — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:44:12 +0000

Rob – what’s crazy is your attitude towards this. YOU ARE GOING TO SUPPORT SOME CHEESEDIK THAT PUT YOUR SAFETY AT RISK AND PROFITED FROM IT? That is despicable – I hope Simpson and the whole bullsh*t company go bankrupt! I am disgusted and outraged by all of this…arent you?? look, I’m lucky enough never to have bought any cheesy Impact crap – but hey, I agree..IF YOU WANT TO WEAR THE SH*T by all means go for it, just don’t whine that you cant wear it in a LEGITIMATE race series that values the safety of it’s participants, and makes rules and regulations to insure it. If you are racing on THAT much of a budget that you can’t afford new gear and would prefer to save some $$ – if that is more important than your health – your spine, your skin, etc.. call me – I have some EXCELLENT penny stocks for ya….I also have some excellent opportunities in Florida real estate, Sub prime MBS, the list goes on and on. YOU ARE A IDIOT…..

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:44:45 +0000

I believe it deserves Bill Simpson right! Phony SFI lables is no laughing matter and the fact is if all you racers that own Impact stuff are pissed, you should take the time and drive to the headquartes and demand a refund in person because NO RACE GROUP, ASSOCIATION OR SANCTIONING BODY IS GOING TO LET YOU ON THE TRACK WITH ANY IMPACT GEAR….PERIOD!

Safe or not is not the issue…..he faked some stuff, put lives in jepordy and got busted.

Nothing would thrill me more than to have Impact go belly up and Bill Simpson have a class action lawsuit on his hands from a few thousand racers.

What he and his company did was not only illigal but morally wrong. What racer would want to race with his shit anymore anyway?

Face the facts, everyone with Impact gear wont pass tech and thats that!

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:49:48 +0000

All of this….is just another case of Bill SImpson….put’n to the racers again.
I feel for ALL you racers that bought his crap….over the last few years.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:56:14 +0000

I had a 3-layer race suit made by Impact just before Christmas, mine is FIA certified so I don’t have any worries with it.

Reading up on it all last night, it looks like Impact had some racewear made in Asia, and it’s this gear that carries the counterfeit SFI labels. The people responsible for setting up that arrangement were fired last year, and where they attempted to recall all of those suits, they did state that only 70% of people responded to the recall, which means that 30% of the suits/product were still out there, and if SFI have picked up on those. According to Impact’s statements last year, there was a problem with about 15% of their gear shipped in 2007/8. So if they shipped 1000 items, that’s 300 items still out there, and if SFI have picked up on those, then it’s unfair because Impact had already issued a recall, just that customers didn’t respond.

They have said that all 2009 production is correct, even SFI have agreed, so why they are decertifying EVERYTHING is crazy.

I guess the HANS issue will be something similar. They probably had a buyer that found a supply of them at a discount, and wanting to save the company money, unilaterally decided to buy them in.

The problem is that Impact didn’t own up to that soon enough, and they are no longer allowed to supply HANS posts. They can fit them, but can’t supply them.

With all of this bad publicity, I’m not sure if I want to wear my suit now! It’s got Impact’s logo across the front and back of it as I’d done a deal with them on a top-to-toe supply.

What I can say is that what I have is good quality, I’m pleased with it. One of the comments I read was that Impact’s suits were lighter than others because the material was allegedly thinner, well this one is heavier and thicker than my old AWS 3-layer FIA suit.

I do hope that there’s a swift and satisfactory resolution to this fight, and that we can all go about our business without the pain of having to buy new suits.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:35:18 +0000

I agree it is not the racer and/or the distributors that should pay the price here! If the product is safe they need to find a way to allow it to be used.

By: C.R. Krieger

C.R. Krieger — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:37:59 +0000

You should check with your individual race sanctioning body to see what action they decide to take. It may be that their rule is not directly tied to SFI certification, but is worded as meeting certain requirements, such as “two layer Nomex” without reference to a particular certification. It may be that the SFI or FIA rating is simply a ‘shorthand’ method of determining that a suit, for example, meets the standard of the rules.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:56:45 +0000

We are not a high budget race team, and we can’t afford as of now to reequip or race team with new suits and harnesses. We have a special designed suit and paid $1,900 for it. It was bought in 2009 and would like to know if it will be ok. It will be hard to get a new one even with refund in time for us to race due to our sponsors embrodering. This is going to hurt many teams and racers in an economy that is hard enough on all of us to race now.

By: Christer Brolin

Christer Brolin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:13:13 +0000

OK Nick. I understand and agree. As things will turn out me and all other racers that have Impact race wear are the ones who will pay the price instead of Impact. Impact will not be able to make refunds to all there customers.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:56:05 +0000

They are being decertified because of on going serious breaches of the terms of contract they signed with SFI. Do a little more research on SFI’s homepage (scroll down to last year’s news.. it isn’t pretty) and do a Google search for “Impact Hans counterfeit”. I doublt SFI would do something over a simple miss understanding. This has to be serious and SFI is trying to protect their creditability.

By: Christer Brolin

Christer Brolin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:14:17 +0000

I have an e-mail from SFI saying “All brand new 2009 Impact Racing suits, gloves, and boots are properly constructed and certified.” How can they decertifie just because there is a label that is incorrect. All of us are not pros that can afford buying new stuff just because the label is wrong. Christer Brolin Sweden.