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Re: Explain the rules to me...

To: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>,
Subject: Re: Explain the rules to me...
From: Daniel Wright <daniel.wright@genetics.utah.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:12:05 -0600
Hi
If you look at page 21 of the 2000 rulebook, it shows that for a SFI 3.3 
/15 fire suit, gloves must be SFI 3.3/15, boots must be SFI 3.3/5 AND 
headsock SFI 3.3.
I am sure that if you contact Jim Diest, 818-240-7866, he can answer all 
questions and provide the right equipment.  You may have to wait till after 
speed week as he was out on the salt last Tues.  I think that the helmet is 
ok only if worn with a nomex headliner.

At 02:14 PM 8/17/00 -0700, Smith, Simon-Pierre wrote:
>So I'm shopping for a burn suit for a streamliner motorcycle.  I can find 
>all sorts of SFI-15 suits around.  The rules require gloves and boots of 
>equivalent rating.  None of the gloves and boots I find have any rating at 
>all.  Any good sources?  Is there a different way of describing protection 
>levels on gloves and boots that I'm not getting?
>
>I'm not actually too concerned about my safety.  My little 50cc rig will 
>carry so little fuel I think I'll be overprotected by the rules, but I'd 
>hate to fail tech because I'm missing a tag.
>
>Another question.  I have a Snell 95 motorcycle helmet.  Is that OK for 
>streamliners or is a Snell car rated helmet required?
>
>Any advice is welcome.
>
>Simon-Pierre Smith

Dan Wright
Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Utah
dan@saltflats.com
Utah Salt Flats Racing Association
"It's amazing what you can do when you don't know it can't be done"


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