Racer Suspension

[Dan Bernay]

There is something more here than meets the eye.
Mr Dennis has been racing to long to make such a mistake.
We can speculate all we want here but until all the facts are known that's all it is - speculation .

[Evan Smith]

Sounds like a lot of speculation and that leads to misinformation.

Sammy, stock belts may be strong, but they are not designed for a high-speed crash. The race belts we wear are designed to stretch so as to absorb energy and not cause us internal injury. I doubt factory belts would do this in a crash that is beyond highway speeds.

[Dan Wilson]

I an on suspension for a year so I wont make a comment on this until the suspension is over.
Dan

[Toby Lang]

I'm curious as to why both of them got suspended. Do they have to pay $5000 each or $5000 for the both of them?

[C and W Racing]

Originally Posted by Toby Lang

I'm curious as to why both of them got suspended. Do they have to pay $5000 each or $5000 for the both of them?

I can only assume that maybe she is listed as the car owner. In reading about it, it sounds like the total fine is $5000
Chuck

[Toby Lang]

Originally Posted by C and W Racing

I can only assume that maybe she is listed as the car owner. In reading about it, it sounds like the total fine is $5000
Chuck

Well, if you are driving a car that someone else owns and you get selected for teardown and you refuse to teardown, you get suspended for a year. The owner doesn't get suspended also, do they?

Or if you go to teardown and get caught cheating, only the driver is suspended, right?

[Tony Janes]

The owner is not suspended.

[SStockDart]

Originally Posted by Toby Lang

Well, if you are driving a car that someone else owns and you get selected for teardown and you refuse to teardown, you get suspended for a year. The owner doesn't get suspended also, do they?

Or if you go to teardown and get caught cheating, only the driver is suspended, right?

I am not so sure, Toby. In the case of Jerry Echman, I believe that the entire team was suspended........However, obviously, that was a completely different situation.
I was DQ'd for an engine infraction and we had conversation about suspension and a fine. NHRA chose to do neither due to the minor nature of the infraction......But, they could have. My wife is the owner of our car.......no mention was made of suspending her, even though her name is on the tech card as owner.

Regarding this suspension, I believe that you all have read the NHRA report......"Counterfeit" SFI tags............nothing more or nothing less. They didn't say that they are bad people (they aren't), or anything else.

[Tom keedle]

Originally Posted by Evan Smith

Sounds like a lot of speculation and that leads to misinformation.

Sammy, stock belts may be strong, but they are not designed for a high-speed crash. The race belts we wear are designed to stretch so as to absorb energy and not cause us internal injury. I doubt factory belts would do this in a crash that is beyond highway speeds.

so why bother to tighten them if they're going to 'stretch' anyway?

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Evan Smith

Sounds like a lot of speculation and that leads to misinformation.

Sammy, stock belts may be strong, but they are not designed for a high-speed crash. The race belts we wear are designed to stretch so as to absorb energy and not cause us internal injury. I doubt factory belts would do this in a crash that is beyond highway speeds.

Evan, with all due respect to your automotive knowledge, the seat belt material does not stretch to absorb energy; on the contrary, the webbing is tighter and the reason why they feel stiffer.

It is the design of the belt based on Biomechanics and the way is anchored that provides the protection during a crash. By design, it is one of the reasons why racing belts are wider than OEM.