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SAFETY OVERVIEW:

The design team did this for two reasons. The first reason was to get the car up to the highest safety levels available in North America for a car of this nature.

The second reason was to get the car homologated for competition in SCCA events which would give owners more options of places to compete.

On January 14th, 2011 the SCCA accepted the FormulaSPEED2.0 into National Competition in the FA class.

The Formula Car Challenge, SCCA, & NASA also mandate the use of:

• Head and Neck Restraint Devices meeting SFI Spec 38.1 or FIA 8858

• Arm restraints

• Full face helmet with Snell Foundation rating of SA2005 or SAH2010

• 3 layers of Nomex fire protection meeting current SFI or FIA recommendations

• Fire resistant gloves

• Fire resistant shoes
  
  

Here are some of the places where the FS2.0 exceeded the safety requirements for Formula Atlantic:

Chassis: Requirement is mild steel. The FS2.0 is built with 4130 Chrome Moly Alloy Steel.

Side Impact Skins: Requirement is 2 layers of Kevlar - covering 800 square inches. The FS2.0 is built with 4 layers of Kevlar covering 1400 square inches.

Roll Hoop Thickness: Requirement is .08", and the FS2.0 roll hoop is .125".

Composite Front Impact Attenuation: Requirement is 15.75" from pedals. FS2.0 is 36" to 40" from pedals (pedal placement is adjustable.)

Additional safety items installed on the FormulaSPEED2.0 include:

• Fire suppression system: AFFF certified to SFI specification 17.1

• 6 Point HANS compatible driver harness: SFI specification 16.5

• FIA Certified Fuel Cell

• 1/8" thick floor riveted and bonded to chassis

• Intrusion side panels at fuel cell riveted and bonded to chassis

More information:

• Snell Foundation: http://www.smf.org/

• SFI Foundation: http://www.sfifoundation.com/

• FIA: http://www.fia.com/

• SCCA: http://scca.org/

• NASA Pro Racing: http://www.nasaproracing.com