The cabin fever has set in for me.....already!

I have to remove my MINT condition NEW belts from my car and buy new ones.


Now my mint condition helmet that has never even been bumped on anything.......is illegal.




Ive looked for days for a 3XL Snell m2005 helmet. I guess they dont exist. And no...im not buying a $300 F$#%##% n Bell or whatever helmet .


They sure stick it to us non-pro racers dont they ?

Whats next--SFI approved underwear ?? ALL RACERS MUST WEAR FLAME RETARDANT G - STRINGS IF FASTER THAN 130MPH !!

SFI G-STRINGS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT JEGS - $89.99 AND ARE GOOD FOR 2 YEARS. (insert jokes)







i just removed my Nhra patch and im headed out to remove my sticker off my truck.

CAN'T the belts be REsewn .... and a like new helmet be REcerted ?

If you had a normal size head...Your helmet would be cheaper...

yea, it's a little crazy with all the expense that we are required to spend. thats why i built a 10.00 car as to get out of some of the expense. everything is just so dam expensive. i just wonder if every generation before us had the same thoughts to the expense? i guess i'll keep doing it untill i just can"t afford it. i hope i don't get rained out this sunday at pomona with the two $65.00 tickets.

It's hard, not having the right head size...ordering on line sucks too cause you would be spending all your time sending em all back..

I think I'm sitting on a few pair of Simpson expensive belts..I think I will send them in for re-certification next year when I have the car ready...

sucks chasing numbers

HelmetCity.com

Started by racers. Saw an HJC in 3XL M2010 for 129$.
The M2010 will be good 5 years longer, so DO NOT buy a 2005.

Come On Guys, helmet good for like 10 years?
I get a free re-cert on my belts so I get close to 6 years out set of belts
something that saves you're head $130
something that keeps you in the car $85
something that keeps from blowing your legs off $300
Being able to walk around and talk act 'normal' and type on the computer, go hunting , drag race more,
PRICELESS !!!

Hungrey MOFO'ers

There is no good way to get around the seatbelts, they are stealing money there!

But as far as the helmet, all you have to do is have a helmet to pass tech.

That helmet dont have to fit you, just has to be in spec.

Where your normal helmet on the track. I know lots of people doing that.

I have not checked the rules lately but may need to. So far mine per NHRA rules have only been good for 2 years at a time,2+2=4 years for mine so far. My race-car sits in the shop and is hauled in a enclosed trailer,the only time it is out in the weather is at the track. Mine will have to be replaced for the 2012 season,and in a dragster those latch lock belts just don't work for me so it's going to cost me $149-$169 for new belts. Thank You NHRA I'm sure that will cause me to be unable to make a race or two.
How many of you have Muscle-Cars from the 60's and I know they are FAST that have no roll cages not even a 6 point cage and have replaced everything but the seat belts. I know you will be the 1st to tell us a couple of hundred $$$$ every 2 years is not much to spend. How would you like to have to replace your belts every 2 years. Not bashing anyone just trying to get the point across on what its like to have to replace items on you car before they are needed. We also have to replace good helmets and have our cars recertified,diapers for our cars.

But I'm hooked if that's what it takes to keep Racing then I will do it. I'm just a wanna be Bracket Racer,but I bet all of you knew that from all my about having to spend a few $$$$ on belts.

Another place for helmets is SafeRacer.com, that's where I got my last one and it was a good deal.

...and when this topic has come up before .... someone mentioned that the belts on FIGHTER JETS have a "life" of ... IIRC ... THREE TIMES of the mandate of the SEMA(NHRA).

And it was mentioned that these jets subject the belts to at least TWICE the G-forces that of a TF or FC.

It is just a big money-grab...

i have absolutely no problem with the nhra. i'm not a member anymore, so their antics don't bother me in the slightest. i will have to get new belts if i want to run at my local track next year. mine are two years old now, and in a dangerous state of decline. i'm quite sure that in an accident they would fail, and i would be ejected, and killed.

It's just a numbers game fellows,, the more they mandate that we buy more sfi equipment and change it out on a regular basis regardless of condition the the more numbers they see on their paycheck's, I let my membership lapse a couple of years ago.

When my last set of belts went out of date I moved them from the race car to the street car. The original 60's belts were pretty ratty. When I raced the 12 second street car I got dinged at tech for out of date belts. Had to take out the 2.5 year old SFI belts and put the 45 year old belts back in to be legal.

As I have stated before,The FAA althought they would not give me all their specs, because it is so they say classified, tell me, they only demand that seat belts in commercial airliners that travel at 600 mph be replaced if, they are tore or cut. Isn't that strange, that the NHRA tech people cannot say to you that these belts appear to be frayed-cut-or wore out, so you must replace them, it must be a money thing.
I would think that the NHRA tech people, would be more concerned if your slicks had threads showing or the wear holes were gone or have you ever had an NHRA tech guy look at your front tires to see if they were cracked or wore out. I understand that it is not uncommon for the inner sides of your front tires to go away because of the intense heat from the headers.

As for the helmets, I sold a lot of helmets when we were in the snowmobile business and I once had another salesman make a statement to a customer when asked what the difference was between the $10.00 helmet vs the $200.00 helmet, his answer was a classic! He told the customer if you have a $10.00 head buy a $10.00 helmet, if you head is worth $200.00 to you, then you should buy the $200.00 helmet. I do think NHRA is fair on the helmet rules. HEMI JOE