Yes, What site is offering this deal on OMP

 

http://www.ompamerica.com/

OMP's site...

 

ahhhhh mother effers the suit I bought is now $400. someone is going to get a damn good deal.

 

Some really good deals there, if more people knew about the deals they could move it all pretty quickly. OMP is coming out with a new Sport Line, simple inexpensive entry line, probably comparable to Lico, maybe a bit better.

 

Got me thinking, although the car is old and slow, as am I, with the cage, door bars, belts etc it takes me 5 to 10 seconds to extract myself. Why not at those prices? I had a minor burn on my forearm through a Racemark Nomex suit many years ago and still remember how much it hurt. I heard a rumor that Santa placed an order (also heard color choices and sizes are thinning).

 

Stand 21 are seriously the best suits, they''re like pajamas

 

I can't wait to get mine! Ordered a custom "Porsche Motorsports" one.

 

My take is this.

If you are at the track for the first time in street car with stock seat belts then a racing suit is over the top. However if you are running in DE what is pretty much a race car then no. Car fires can happen in DE just as easily as in race group.

The challenge is what if you car is some where in between. Still mostly street car? My feeling is that if the interior is stripped you should use a suit. The bare metal interior can really heat up and lets face it... nobody pulls the interior in a street car. If you have a roll bar, harness and seats with HANS. The next step is suit.

I guess if you chose to run around with stock seat belts then a suit is probably just for looks. Remember fires while the can happen a rare. Smacking a wall happens to be much more common and race suit only serve a nice bag keep all your bits togehter in wreck. Get the seat/harness first.

 

Update apparently the OMP site was not up to date so the order was cancelled due to no inventory......

 

suit is non-sense, but do get good shoes. saferacer.com right now sells discounted lico shoes for $39 - worth to look at if you do not have any yet.

 

Ever seen a fuel fed fire?
-fuel tanks on 911's are where?

rarely do I drive in any car on track without full fire gear.


dale Jr at sonoma :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGR0K...eature=related

 

Just make sure the suit meets current specs so if you want to go PCA Club Racing your covered. As far as 2 or 3 layer I think either is fine for DE, comes down to price vs performance.

 

Couple of things.

1) If you already have the gear you would kick yourself if you had it at home or in the paddok and needed it. Just because you aren't racing things still happen. I've seen racers not want to give the wrong impression at a DE and leave the gear off.

2) Vist the burn ward of any hospital. Then decide if you are going to make the choice. After my time in the Army burns are one of my biggest fears.

If you don't yet have the gear - it is a big expense and NOT required but a REALLY good thing to have.

 

To each his/her own. If the suit makes you feel better go for it. I wear one on track at DE's when it's not 90+ degree's. With that said, people do seem to get a kick out of the guy with the green wrist band wearing a suit at the drivers meeting.

 

Side Note: I used to tank up my 944 before a DE, and brag how I could do a full two-day event on a single tank of gas. How stupid is that? Why carry more fuel on board than you need for the session?

I see no reason to run more than 1/2 tank on track (or as much as necessary to prevent fuel starvation). If that means buying expensive fuel at the track, so be it. Carrying plastic jugs of fuel is an option, but then I wonder if your risk of a fiery crash is now extended to your trips to and from the track. ;-(