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1993 - Simpson Race Products opens 10,000 sq. ft. factory for shoe production in Speedway, Indiana. 1991 - Simpson Race Products named Car Craft Manufacturer of the Year. 1979 - RX-1 Helmet introduced – 23 of 33 qualifiers at the Indy 500 wear this helmet. 1968 - Simpson products are being sold worldwide.
Elwood Jesse "Bill" Simpson (March 14, 1940 – December 16, 2019) was an American racing driver, best known as a pioneer in the racing safety business with his company Simpson Performance Products. Later during his business career he branched into developing equipment for football safety.
Jeff Gordon's racing helmet. A racing helmet is a form of protective headgear worn by racing car and rally drivers. Motor racing has long been known to be an exceptionally risky sport: [1] sudden deceleration forces on the head can easily occur if a racing car loses control at the very high speeds of competitive motor racing or the rough terrain experienced in rallying. [1]
Richter produced his first race car helmets in 1954. The "Bell Helmet Company" was established as a division of Bell Auto Parts in 1956. [2] Bell introduced its Star model, the first full-face motorcycle helmet on the market, in 1968. [4] In 1971, Bell produced the first full-face off-road motorcycle helmet. [5]
In February Simpson entered the SCCA Super Tour race at Circuit of the Americas. Simpson raced a Swift 016 prepared by K-Hill Motorsports. He finished with victories both Saturday and Sunday against a field of 19 Formula Atlantic cars. Simpson continued in March with back to back wins in the Formula Racing Promotions Pro Series in the Formula ...
Simpson driving the Simpson Racing Honda Civic at Silverstone during the 2018 British Touring Car Championship season. (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)