Rceron

I just bought some Carbon X stuff for XMAS and I noticed that my Bell racing gloves are only 65% NOMEX. Is this correct? Should it be a 100%?

911Königin

Don't know the answer to your question, but would love to hear about which gloves you like and why.

Circuit Motorsports

Do they have leather palms? If so that label could be % of total content.

996_C4S

I got these about a year ago and love them: http://www.sparcousa.com/product/tide-h-9. The grip surface is really nice & tacky w/ my leather steering wheel. Used to have leather on leather with suboptimal results.

Rceron

I might have worded my statement incorrectly. On any glove with either nomex or carbon x what is the minimal percentage of fire retardant material that should be used?

Bill Lehman

Karen, I'm using the original Sparco Tide and love it. It gives substantial grip on the wheel under all conditions. Also like the fit. Pricey but worth it.

J richard

As was stated by circuit it's probably the total content, so the nomex material is 100% nomex but the leather palm is 100% leather=80%nomex/20%leather....

DOUGLAP1

I would suppose this is referring to the % leather, which is limited to 70% maximum according to FIA Standard 8856-2000:

"The shape of each piece of leather is free inside an area but shall not cover more than 70% of the surface of the area concerned."

I just bought some new gloves from Stand 21, and they have patches of leather on the palm to comply with this rule rather than the full leather palm of my old Simpson gloves.