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I just got a new one a few months ago..$189 though with free helmet bag. A new company had just started selling these and were running a special. Snell 2000.
FTY, That's a Snell 2000 M which is a motorcyle helmet. Snell SA is for auto racing.
I haven't looked at the PCA rules for autox but SCCA does accept the M rated helmets for autocross, but not for racing. For that you need an SA rated helmet.
$40 is pretty cheap. I spent $130 on mine and it's open faced. After doing some DEs recently, I'm wishing I had gotten a good full faced like Ski's instead.
it is a snell2000 M which is a motorcycle helmet but metro ny doesnt care for autocross... i need to ditch mine and get a SA for next season when i do DE (although i have been to limerock with metro NY and a M helmet already)
At the last DE I went to, the tech inspector thoroughly inspected my helmet. I'm not sure if he checked for ratings, but he was intent on finding any weakspots or cracks.