[DeTomaso] Dumb question: old helmets

[Jim Hendrickson]

BMW Club and PCA use the same requirements for track and SOLO - 10 years
max. SCCA SOLO uses the current Snell rating and the previous two Snell
ratings - 15 years max. That is one Snell generation more than track
requirements.



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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Sean Korb
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:32 AM
To: Charles Engles
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dumb question: old helmets

Sometimes a local Solo II operation will take old helmets as lenders.
They're out of date for track events, but speeds are slower in autocross so
they may have lower requirements for safety; most will take motorcycle
helmets with snell dates as low as M95.  Ask your local club if they are
interested.

If not, they are almost as much fun to shoot as 2L bottles :)  The 4th is
coming up, so maybe it's time to scar your nephews by showing them what a
couple of M-80s do to a helmet.

sean

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

> Dear Forum,
>
>
>                Really dumb question:  what is the best thing to do with
old
> out of date racing helmets?
>             I have accumulated three over two decades of track
shenanigans.
>   I hate to throw them out.    I shouldn't give them to my nephews
because,
> well, the helmets would probably be used for very creative and
unauthorized
> purposes.
>            Any ideas?
>
>
>                            Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
>
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