Impact Racing Products no Longer to be SFI Certified?!?

[gt40]

Found this on the NHRA site

http://www.nhra.com/story/2009/3/19/tech-alert/

NHRA tech alert: Product recall
Thursday, March 19, 2009

NHRA has received notice from SFI Inc. that a Notice of Decertification was issued today to Impact Racing Products Inc. regarding certain products (listed below) and that Impact will issue a Notice of Recall of such products. Therefore, effective immediately, the products listed below will no longer be accepted for use in NHRA racing. We understand that Impact will issue a recall notice tomorrow, March 20, 2009.

Please log on to www.impactraceproducts.com for information or contact Impact directly. The products are:

• Driver suits, pants, and jackets manufactured in 2008 identified as compliant with SFI Specification 3.2A/15 or 3.2A/20
• Driver shoes and boots manufactured in 2008 identified as compliant with SFI Specification 3.3/15 or 3.3/20

SFI has informed NHRA that products manufactured in 2007 and 2009 are being further evaluated by SFI.

Note that Impact is disputing the decertification and NOT issuing a recall per their website (at the link above).

That's a different issue. The date for that is back in 2009.

[mitchntx]

Found this on the NHRA site

http://www.nhra.com/story/2009/3/19/tech-alert/

NHRA tech alert: Product recall
Thursday, March 19, 2009

NHRA has received notice from SFI Inc. that a Notice of Decertification was issued today to Impact Racing Products Inc. regarding certain products (listed below) and that Impact will issue a Notice of Recall of such products. Therefore, effective immediately, the products listed below will no longer be accepted for use in NHRA racing. We understand that Impact will issue a recall notice tomorrow, March 20, 2009.

Please log on to www.impactraceproducts.com for information or contact Impact directly. The products are:

• Driver suits, pants, and jackets manufactured in 2008 identified as compliant with SFI Specification 3.2A/15 or 3.2A/20
• Driver shoes and boots manufactured in 2008 identified as compliant with SFI Specification 3.3/15 or 3.3/20

SFI has informed NHRA that products manufactured in 2007 and 2009 are being further evaluated by SFI.

Note that Impact is disputing the decertification and NOT issuing a recall per their website (at the link above).

That's a different issue. The date for that is back in 2009.

But probably an indication of how Impact will respond on THIS issue.

[BlueFirePony]

That's a different issue. The date for that is back in 2009.

Correct. I was just noting that this is not the first time Impact and SFI have had a dispute.

But probably an indication of how Impact will respond on THIS issue.

Yep. They are clearly disputing this current issue.

[jeremiahkellam]

http://www.impactraceproducts.com/pd...e_04012010.pdf

[mitchntx]

http://www.impactraceproducts.com/pd...e_04012010.pdf

LOL ... I like Bill Simpson's smiley face signature.

[kbrewmr2]

April, 2010

JOINT PRESS RELEASE

April 1, 2010 - Impact Racing, LLC and SFI Foundation, Inc., in the litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, have agreed that:

1. Impact Racing, LLC has provided sworn testimony that, upon review and investigation, no counterfeit SFI Conformance Labels have been used on Impact Racing products during the production years of 2009 and 2010.

2. Impact Racing, LLC has provided sworn testimony that, upon review and investigation, all Impact Racing products manufactured and sold during the production years 2009 and 2010 meet SFI specifications.

3. Based upon this sworn testimony, the decertification against Impact Racing products for the production years 2009 and 2010 is lifted. The decertification of the production years prior to 2009 and 2010 remains in effect. The parties will continue to work cooperatively in an effort to resolve the issues relating to decertification in these years.

4. Impact Racing stands behind the safety of all products it has manufactured and to which SFI Conformance Labels have been affixed. SFI will continue to monitor compliance with product specifications.

5. Impact Racing, LLC and SFI Foundation, Inc. will cooperate in determining whether any Impact Racing product bears a counterfeit SFI Conformance Label and if any safety issue exists in regard to products manufactured prior to 2009 and 2010.

6. If any Impact Racing product does not bear the date of manufacture the purchaser or user is instructed to immediately contact Impact Racing who will provide verification of the date of manufacture. Impact Racing, LLC will immediately notify SFI Foundation, Inc. of this occurrence. Impact Racing, LLC and SFI Foundation, Inc. will work with the sanctioning bodies to determine the best method for product users to present verification of the date of manufacture.

For a downloadable .pdf of this press release, please click on the following link: Joint Press Release 04-01-10.

[mitchntx]

From the NASA National site ...

April 20, 2010 1:26 PM — Impact Racing has released the following statement on April 20th:

Be advised that SFI has made the decision that as of April 27th, 2010 our products manufactured in 2008 and previous years are decertified. Impact strongly disagrees with this decision. SFI's decision does not apply to products purchased in 2009, 2010 and forward.

In light of the decertification, if any of our customers have to replace their products we can offer firesuits at a discounted price based on date of purchase, restraint systems at the trade-in price and free shipping.





April 22, 2010 12:45 PM — SFI has issued the following press release. Please review this carefully:

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.

The decertifications are based upon a number of the affected products being non- compliant 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.

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.

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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