It's NOT something we've addressed on the Solo Safety Committee, Randy!
And, as Mark said, the SEB hasn't addressed it, either. Me thinks this
salesman was ill-informed!!! Still, it would be good to hear from Pete.
John (Old Fartz & TLS #37) Lieberman
Randy Walters wrote:
>
> A local club member here in So Calif walked into Sube Sports in Huntington
> Beach last week to buy an autocross helmet and inquired about the difference
> between SA2000 and M2000 because he was going to use it for autocross only,
> not track events. Well the salesman there said to get the SA2000 because
> "starting in (or around) January of next year, all autocross events will
>require
> SA-rated helmets." He asked if this was an SCCA specific ruling, to which
> the salesman replied "ALL autoX events."
>
> I have never heard this and nobody i've asked has heard it either. I've
>looked
> at all my Fastracks again and found nothing about it. Since he said it wasn't
> just an SCCA thing i was thinking maybe the insurance companies the various
> clubs use might be requiring this for next year but still you'd think we
>would have
> heard about it if it were true. Sube is a good company and usually knows
>their
> stuff so before i say that salesman was full of crap or misinformed i want to
>make
> sure there isn't a movement to disallow M-rated helmets next year. Any
>officials
> out there know any more about this or is it just another unsubstantiated
>rumour?
>
> Randy
> 89 325is DSP
> L.A. & S.D. regions
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