Admittedly we’re a little late in getting you this info, but Impact Racing products has had a couple of their firesuits decertified by SFI. This is bad news if you have one of those suits.

Knowing how many of the BangShift.com readers are racers—and that some in the LSR community are thrashing to get to the Loring, Maine, meet and to Bonneville—we wanted to get the word out as soon as we got it. We’re not piling on Impact with this info, we’re jusy trying to save racers a hassle in tech and keep everyone abreast of the most up to date info on safety equipment they may be using.

Here’s the wording directly from SFI:

July 19, 2009 – NOTICE OF TEMPORARY PRODUCT DECERTIFICATION. Effective July 9, 2009: Pursuant to SFI Test Laboratory reports, SFI Foundation, Inc. has reason to believe that certain Impact Racing products manufactured in the year 2007 do not fully comply with the minimum standards set forth in the SFI Specification 3.2A Program. Therefore, pursuant to Section 12.0 of the program, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, and UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, any and all driver suits, pants, and jackets manufactured by Impact Racing pursuant to SFI Spec 3.2A/15 and 3.2A/20 at any time during the year 2007 are hereby TEMPORARILY DECERTIFIED by SFI Foundation, Inc. This temporary decertification applies to all such products whether or not they have been updated, upgraded, rebadged, or recertified by Impact Racing. This temporary decertification applies even if the product now has a 2009 SFI label affixed to the product. The date of manufacture of the product is determinative.

This decertification is temporary and will remain in effect until further notice from SFI. The manufacturer has challenged SFI’s findings in this matter and is conducting its own review of the findings and the full compliance of the products in question. SFI’s investigation continues. This decertification may be modified, withdrawn, or made permanent.

Updates can be tracked on the SFI website.