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RACING MEMO
DATE: April 29, 2010
NUMBER: RM 10-6.2
FROM: Club Racing Board
TO: All Participants
SUBJECT: SFI Decertification of Impact Racing, LLC. Products
Effective immediately, specific products manufactured by Impact Racing, LLC prior to 2009 are decertified and do not meet the criteria for SCCA competition as required by our General Competition Rules (GCR). Details are noted in an SFI press release dated April 21, 2010, Details about the decertification and the products involved can be found at www.sfifoundation.com.
Drivers who have purchased these items from Impact Racing, LLC that do not have a date in them should contact Impact Racing, LLC to obtain a letter confirming the manufacturer date of their items (info available at www.impactraceproducts.com). If the date of manufacture is prior to 2009, it is the driver’s responsibility to correct the situation.
SCCA technical inspectors will continue to inspect driver gear and perform annual technical inspections in accordance with the GCR. Drivers continuing to use these decertified items, do so at their own risk and will be subject to a non-compliant ruling when detected.
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RACING MEMO
DATE: April 22, 2010
NUMBER: RM 10-05
FROM: Club Racing Board
TO: All Participants
SUBJECT: SFI Decertification of Impact Racing, LLC. Products
Per the attached press release, products manufactured by Impact Racing, LLC prior to 2009 are decertified and do not meet the criteria for SCCA competition as required by our General Competition Rules (GCR). Drivers who have purchased items from Impact Racing, LLC that do not have a date in them should contact Impact Racing, LLC to obtain a letter confirming the manufactured date of their items. If the date of manufacture is prior to 2009, it is the driver’s responsibility to correct the situation.
SCCA is delaying enforcement of the decertification pending further evaluation. More information will be shared as it becomes available.
In the interim each driver should evaluate their personal use of the affected equipment.
Press Release:
SFI PRESS RELEASE
April 21, 2010 - SFI issues the following press release. Please review this carefully:
1. Impact Racing has withdrawn its appeal of the decertifications of its products bearing SFI 3.2A, 3.3, 16.1, and 16.5 specifications manufactured in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. The decertifications of these products are now permanent.
2. The decertifications are based upon a number of the affected products being noncompliant with SFI specifications concerning labeling and construction. In addition to the presence of non-compliant SFI tags and the absence of DOMs on products, 3.2A/5 suits made prior to 2009 have been constructed with non-compliant materials that, in SFI’s judgment, pose a safety risk to users of these suits.
3. Impact Racing is permitted to maintain the certification for products bearing SFI 3.2A, 3.3, 16.1, and 16.5 specifications manufactured in 2009 and 2010. SFI’s investigation of the labeling and construction of these products is ongoing. Impact’s participation in the SFI specification programs ends June 22, 2010.
4. Any Impact product with SFI specifications 3.2A, 3.3, 16.1, and 16.5 without a date of manufacture (DOM) is deemed to be a decertified product unless the manufacturer has provided the product user with proof that it was manufactured in 2009 or 2010. This proof must be presented to track officials upon request. Impact believes that its products made in 2009 and 2010 have the DOMs affixed to products to the extent mandated by SFI specifications.
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