This is getting ugly.
This first link is to the SFI Foundation press release from 4/21/2010, in which they explain that Impact Racing products suits made in 2008 and prior years are to be permanently decertified. The SFI Foundation believes that non-compliant materials were used in the manufacture of the older suits, and that these suits present a safety risk.
Impact responded the following day with a press release, which may be found
Here (I'll change this to a PDF link when one becomes available), arguing that the SFI process is unfair and that SFI standards are flawed.
This
third link is the SFI Foundation response to Impact's 4/22 press release. The accusations leveled against Impact are quite serious. If true, then there is no choice other than decertification.
Two notes to add on this issue: the SFI decertification does not impact any parallel FIA certifications. For those items where the SCCA accepts FIA certifications, an Impact Racing products item that has an FIA label remains (for the moment) acceptable pe
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