katie,
my helmet (also from bell motorsports) has a lining that you cant pull up.
there is no sticker inside, but there is a cloth tag sewn into the chin
strap that looks just like the snell sticker on the inside of most helmets.
perhaps you overlooked it- mine is hard to see.
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly, Katie <kkelly@spss.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:12 AM
Subject: HELMET QUESTION
> A couple of months ago, in need before our Divisional, I bought a Bell
> something-or-other-bottom-of-the-line full faced helmet from Bell
> Motorsports in Oakland. They know me, and my father much better.
>
> Although on the back of the helmet it says Snell M 95, the tech inspector
> almost didn't pass the helmet because of the necessary Snell sticker
inside
> the helmet, under the lining. There is a possibility that the sticker is
> there, but the helmet is such that you can't move the lining to see what's
> there. Because of this, I was warned that although he'd pass this helmet
for
> the Divisionals, despite his suspictions that I fabricated the sticker on
> the back of the helmet, I'd probably run into problems with this helmet at
> Nationals, to which I boasted, "Well, I'm not going to Nationals, so
neener
> neener neener."
>
> So, I'm flying to Nationals this Friday, and I've found a back up helmet
> just in case. On the back, it again says Snell M 95, and when you lift up
> the lining, there is indeed a Snell sticker. Are the odds are that this
> second helmet is legal?
>
> I'd never run into this type of problem with a helmet before. I told the
> guys at Bell Motorsports that this was an autocross specific helmet, and I
> just assumed that they'd be selling me the right product. Looks like not,
> and now I've got a worthless helmet with a big ol' daisy on the back.
> Bummer.
>
> Katie Kelly
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