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The basic design was revised with fewer air slots and renamed the "Bandit." A number of different Bandit versions have followed. The current Bandit helmet lineup from Simpson includes a Carbon Fiber Bandit, introduced in 2012. The X-Bandit Pro is a full carbon Super Helmet, Snell 2010, and FIA 8860 approved.
He evolved his business into a number of other safety items, such as gloves, helmets, restraints, and shoes. Simpson designed NASA's first umbilical cords, where he met Pete Conrad. [3] Conrad introduced Simpson to DuPont product Nomex in 1967. Simpson used the product to create the first fire suit to be used in racing.
Mears was born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Bakersfield, California.He began his racing career in off-road racing.In 1976, he was recommended by a representative of Bill Simpson's helmet company, and Simpson gave him a ride at the USAC Champ Car's California 500 on an old Eagle-Offenhauser, finishing 8th.
Bandit is a 1994 American television film series based on the Smokey and the Bandit franchise.All four episodes – Bandit Goes Country, Bandit Bandit, Beauty and the Bandit and Bandit's Silver Angel – were produced for Universal Television's Action Pack programming block from original Smokey and the Bandit director/writer Hal Needham.
The show, released just a few days before Super Bowl XXVI, depicts the Washington Commanders defeating the Buffalo Bills. Sure enough, Washington earned the trophy during the real game.
The plot centers on Bo "Bandit" Darville (Burt Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman" Snow , transporting an elephant to the GOP National Convention, with Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) once again in hot pursuit. Smokey and the Bandit II was the eighth-highest-grossing domestic film of 1980 in the United States. [3]