Helmet

I found this on the easytrack website

"From 2003 most of the circuits in the UK will be insisting that
all trackday drivers wear a TYPE A helmet. "

 

Grand Prix racewear has a good selection, with BS hats (Bell) starting at 150 notes - that's where I'll be shopping in a couple of weeks.

Open face might be worth considering too don't forget.

http://www.grandpri.com/

i'd look at the sparco ones from demon tweeks they do them for around £150 and i think they are fire retardant as well. i use a motorbike one, shoei in white cost me £180 and it is BS rated (they don't use type A etc anymore) and has a british motorcycle motorsport sticker on it, so i;d think if it was passed for bike motorsport it should be good enough for track days. and i can also use it on a motorcycle if i need to then.

earlier in the year I bought a AGV Demon Top Hat Helmet which is ACU Gold & Snell M2000 certified. Normally they are around £150 but I got mine for £99 (it's last year's model sir). The colour scheme is a bit bold but when I'm wearing it I can't see that. I also subscribed to the theory that if it's good enough for a bike then it must be fine for a closed car on a track (opps Better Driving) day, I hope I'm right.

I agree with Andy, try it on to make sure it fits even if it's from the same manufacturer, I was amazed at the variances.

This is the snell website http://www.smf.org/certlist/m20cert.txt , maybe useful to confirm it's ok.

Kevin

For a cheap ACU Gold Approved helmet.... NITRO 600V

http://www.dexdirect.com/acatalog/Shop_Entrance_Nitro_N600V_helmet_296.html

You can get them for less than £100.... delivered to your door. Mail me for a price if you want.

Tom

Nick - Sorry about not booking Croft, but Cadwell and Hethel are reasonably close to where I live.

Went to my local motorbike shop and tried on loads of helmets. They told me that helmets with an "E" marking and a number beginning in "05" are to ECE 22.05 which is the equivalent of Type A. Is this true? I have ordered a helmet (fit was good, colour wasn't; so they are getting a plain black one in for me) but could cancel if they are telling porkies or if this won't be accepted at the Better Driving Days.

Thanks for the link, but now I'm even more confused!

As far as I understand it, there are different regulations for (a) Road Use and (b) Motorsport - possibly including "Better Driving" track days.

a) For Road Use, the Department for Transport site seems to suggest that either BS 6658:1995 or UN ECE 22.05 is acceptable.

b) For Motorsport/Track use, I guess it's down to the organisers of the event as to what they require, but this could be BS 6658 and/or BS 6658 Type A and/or ACU Gold and/or Snell and/or ECE 22.05.

Today I ordered a Caberg Just One Plus and my wife ordered a Caberg Katana. These helmets are both ECE 22.05 rated (but have no other ratings.) I still don't know if they are acceptable for Cadwell or Hethel :-(

Any assistance or clarification appreciated; until a week ago I just thought that a helmet was a helmet was a helmet!

From what I understand, the likes of Octagon and other track day organisations are happy with EC22-05 therefore these are fine for trackdays (and better driving days I guess), the Motor Sports Association (MSA) say that for clubman type sprint events the miniumum they accept is yer type A BS6658 and Snell SA95 or 2000 is good for all.

So any of these should be fine for trackdays but not all are okay for bike use.!

So something like Sparco formula or Bell M5 are BS 6658 for £150 or £200 respectively or Bell sport 3 or K1 sports for a little over £200 are Snell approved. I'm going to get one of the above - all depends on which fits the best!