<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">My advice would be to purchase belts that meet or exceed the racing organization's rules and then install them to follow exactly the specifications of the manufacturer.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">I bet that one anchor point for 2 sub belts is not per manufacturer spec to offer the protection of a 5-point harness only.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Greg in Oakland, CA</span></div></div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 9, 2020, at 12:41 PM, Gary Schneider via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" class="">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="ydpe1ed8529yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div class=""></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">Tony,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">Gretchen's Mini for 20 years has always had two crotch straps run thru the one seat hole, both secured to one central eyebolt in the floor. No one's ever questioned it (altho I'll grant you an MC tech is not the most persnickety I've ever seen.)</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">I notice MC, SCCA, VSCDA, VARA, VRG, RMVR rules all specify 5 <u class="">or</u> 6-point harnesses. SCCA only includes 7-point. Most recommend above 5 points but none require it. <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">Interestingly, I find no reference in any of the above rules to 6-point harnesses requiring two individual anti-sub attachment points. SCCA specifically allows attaching anti-sub straps to the same two attachment points as the lap belts but does not require it. Only lap and shoulder belts require individual attachment points. (12-2020 GCR p. 76) You might verify with any other organizations you run with.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">Cheers,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">Gary Schneider<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>
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On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 1:56:57 PM CST, Tony Drews via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" class="">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:
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<div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">The talk of helmets and suppliers reminded me to ask this question... <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">My FIA seat belt 5 years is up, so I need to replace them. I have a 5 <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">point harness. Everything I'm seeing FIA or SFI is now a 6 point <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">harness with two crotch straps. Of course I have ONE hole in my seat <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">and one eye bolt for the crotch strap currently.<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">How are folks doing the revised crotch strap situation?<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Thanks, Tony Drews<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">fot@autox.team.net</a><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/archive </a><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot</a><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/garygret@sbcglobal.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/garygret@sbcglobal.net</a><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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