Racer Suspension

[jmcarter]

Was shocked to read this; Bob is so experienced and knowledgeable as evidenced by his number of #1 qualifiers. I personally think the seat belt rule is pure BS when you consider other sanctioning body rules on safety equipment (i.e. SCCA) have much less stringent time limits but it's kinda like NASCAR, messing with safety equip rules is a sure bet for major penalities. Really sad to see great racers put on the sidelines like this...

http://www.nhraracer.com/content/gen...875&zoneid=175

[Robert Simpson]

What the????? Was anyone else there to see this?

[Toby Lang]

Wow. A $5000 fine. He can't race again until he pays the fine. Those are some expensive belts.

[Bobby Lundholm]

What benefit would it be to have fake certification tags?

[Toby Lang]

Originally Posted by Bobby Lundholm

What benefit would it be to have fake certification tags?

The benefit would be to the person selling them. They can take old belts and sell them as new.

I highly doubt Bob would knowingly do something like this. Definitely not worth the trouble over a $50-100 item.

Looks like the fine and suspension was mainly because he didn't allow NHRA to confiscate the belts and the discussion between him and NHRA may have got a little heated.

Originally Posted by Andys dad

I thought I read it says he got a one year suspension as well

Correct, but I was referring to after he serves the suspension. Maybe he will appeal and it will get reduced.

[art leong]

I hope after a cool down period. He appeals it and it gets reduced or taken away completely.
Bob is a great racer and a real nice guy. I'm sure there are 2 sides to this story.

[Stocker 2]

Originally Posted by Toby Lang

Looks like the fine and suspension was mainly because he didn't allow NHRA to confiscate the belts and the discussion between him and NHRA may have got a little heated.

I think Toby may have gotten it correct. NHRA and SFI take counterfeiting those tags seriously. Bob should probably have simply given up the bogus belts and told the tech dept where he bought them. NHRA and SFI could have followed up on it from there. It makes one wonder why he did not want to give up the belts.

[Andys dad]

Originally Posted by Toby Lang

Wow. A $5000 fine. He can't race again until he pays the fine. Those are some expensive belts.

I thought I read it says he got a one year suspension as well

Ron

[Eric Merryfield]

Originally Posted by Andys dad

I thought I read it says he got a one year suspension as well

Ron

It did ouch....wouldn't it be more effort and time to "fake" a sfi tag, than just replace the belts.