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As stated in an April 7 Pit
Board announcement, no Impact helmets are among the products involved. This
situation pertains mainly to WKA champ-kart racers, who are required to use
SFI-rated fire suits and safety belts per WKA rules.
WKA will continue to update racers on the future legality of Impact products
via Pit Board and Web site announcements.
1. Impact Racing has withdrawn its appeal of the decertifications of its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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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
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