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I have purchased a car with which to enter into the Midland Hillclimb Championship in the road-going production class.
The car was fitted with a 4 point harness by a previous owner. I am personally satisfied with said kits integrity.
However. The Harness does not appear to be dated, with manufacturer labels etc.
Now. I know I am not obliged to have a harness in the class. However, if one is present, does it need to be up to a certain standard?
Namely, will I be able to use it regardless, or do I need newer ones?
I have purchased a car with which to enter into the Midland Hillclimb Championship in the road-going production class.
The car was fitted with a 4 point harness by a previous owner. I am personally satisfied with said kits integrity.
However. The Harness does not appear to be dated, with manufacturer labels etc.
Now. I know I am not obliged to have a harness in the class. However, if one is present, does it need to be up to a certain standard?
Namely, will I be able to use it regardless, or do I need newer ones?
In road-going production there are no mandatory harness specifications and where fitted they do not have to be in date. Occasionally you might come up against a scrutineer who is only race experienced and you may have to point them to the blue book but it's pretty unusual. In classes where harnesses are mandatory it is recommended that they are FIA compliant.
An example of the fundamental difference between motorsport and the MOT. For an MOT if you don't need something (like an old car not needing a rear fog light) but have one fitted but it doesn't work, it's a fail. In motorsport if you don't need something (like a harness in a vintage car) and the harness is out of date or not FIA homologated at all it doesn't matter unless it's a hazard/dangerous.
I race in the Midland Championship and that does differ to most Hillclimb Championships in that you have to have an MSA logbook for the car - even in roadgoing.
My MX5 has race seats and harnesses fitted and at every event I competed last year, the scrutineers made a point of checking belt dates.
If I were you, I'd ask a scrutineer before your first event just to be clear; you don't want to fail and regardless of how right or wrong they might be, they hold your ticket to race at an event.
My MX5 has race seats and harnesses fitted and at every event I competed last year, the scrutineers made a point of checking belt dates.
If I were you, I'd ask a scrutineer before your first event just to be clear; you don't want to fail and regardless of how right or wrong they might be, they hold your ticket to race at an event.
P-1 said:
I race in the Midland Championship and that does differ to most Hillclimb Championships in that you have to have an MSA logbook for the car - even in roadgoing.
My MX5 has race seats and harnesses fitted and at every event I competed last year, the scrutineers made a point of checking belt dates.
If I were you, I'd ask a scrutineer before your first event just to be clear; you don't want to fail and regardless of how right or wrong they might be, they hold your ticket to race at an event.
Well my logic on this front is that it has an inertia reel seat belt and according to the blue book that is satisfactory - that's my safety net My MX5 has race seats and harnesses fitted and at every event I competed last year, the scrutineers made a point of checking belt dates.
If I were you, I'd ask a scrutineer before your first event just to be clear; you don't want to fail and regardless of how right or wrong they might be, they hold your ticket to race at an event.
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