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Look for new rule book changes coming in March 2002 (SCTA / BNI) regarding
seat belts.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bennett" <benettw@earthlink.net>
To: "Gene Halvorson" <ghalvorson@earthlink.net>; "Landspeed list"
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: Seat belt update
> Gene,
>
> Don't take my word for the facts, but 2 things were mentioned in the
> original press conference after their long "in depth" investigation.
Causes
> for dumping where mentioned as mounting improperly. What was said was
that
> in improper mounting the direction of pull causes an uneven force on the
> knurled roller. An extreme example of this would be for the latch end to
be
> at a different angle than the tension plate. This would cause a different
> force to be applied at the top of the knurled roller than would be at the
> bottom. Another cause of dumping is the label on the belt itself. If the
> belt is too long or installed wrong, then when it is tighten the knurled
> roller is locking against the label instead of the belt. The roller can
not
> bite as well into this label as well as it can into the belt material.
Like
> I said don't take these as facts just some things I heard from inside the
> Nascar teams.
>
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Halvorson" <ghalvorson@earthlink.net>
> To: "Landspeed list" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 11:00 AM
> Subject: Seat belt update
>
>
> > I'm having trouble visualizing what "dumped" or "buckled"
> > means. Are we talking about the metal portion of the mount or the
webbing
> > itself ?
> >
> > GH
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