Seat Belts

[Dave Ley]

The first National Event at Englishtown was the 1968 Springnationals long before there was any kind of seat belt rule !!!

Originally Posted by Jeremy

The reason this seat belt crap got started:
When they had the first national event they had in New Jersey there was a state law that said "race car's had to have seat belts that had been replaced within two years". It caused lots of trouble at the first Englishtown.
It was not long after that NHRA made the seat belt rule.

[James Perrone]

Originally Posted by Dave Ley

The first National Event at Englishtown was the 1968 Springnationals long before there was any kind of seat belt rule !!!

I believe the seat belt rule took effect after an accident at a Englishtown Divisional in the 1980s.A friend of my dads Jimmy Galuzi,[Spelled wrong]was driving a candy apple red angula in super comp.Car was powered by a injected small block.It was windy but he crashed badly and died.The family sued everybody .. car builders safety equipmenytNHRA Etown.Belts WAY OLD.But there was no rule .This is what I was told when I asked why we need new belt every 2 years. Could be wrong but that's what I was told...