SFI Foundation Inc. and Impact Racing LLC Release a Joint Press Release

The latest in the SFI decertification of Impact Racing products has culminated in a joint press release from both parties issued on April 1st.  Quoting the suit filed by SFI against Impact Racing in the District Courts in Indiana, the press release states that Impact Racing has given their word that no counterfeit SFI labels were used in 2009 and 2010, and that all Impact Racing products sold during that period met SFI specifications.  Decertification of Impact Racing products made in 2009 and 2010 has been lifted but the decertification of products made prior to 2009 are still in effect.

Any user of Impact Racing products that do not bear a manufacturers date should contact Impact Racing for verification of the manufacture date.

For more information concerning the status of Impact Racing and the decertification of their products, please see the press release below:

JOINT PRESS RELEASE

April 1, 2010 –  Impact Racing, LLC and SFI Foundation, Inc., in the litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, have agreed that:

1. Impact Racing, LLC has provided sworn testimony that, upon review and investigation, no counterfeit SFI Conformance Labels have been used on Impact Racing products during the production years of 2009 and 2010.
2. Impact Racing, LLC has provided sworn testimony that, upon review and investigation, all Impact Racing products manufactured and sold during the production years 2009 and 2010 meet SFI specifications.
3. Based upon this sworn testimony, the decertification against Impact Racing products for the production years 2009 and 2010 is lifted. The decertification of the production years prior to 2009 and 2010 remains in effect. The parties will continue to work cooperatively in an effort to resolve the issues relating to decertification in these years.
4. Impact Racing stands behind the safety of all products it has manufactured and to which SFI Conformance Labels have been affixed. SFI will continue to monitor compliance with product specifications.
5. Impact Racing, LLC and SFI Foundation, Inc., will cooperate in determining whether any Impact Racing product bears a counterfeit SFI Conformance Label and if any safety issue exists in regard to products manufactured in years prior to 2009 and 2010.
6. If any Impact Racing product does not bear the date of manufacture the purchaser or user is instructed to immediately contact Impact Racing who will provide verification of the date of manufacture. Impact Racing, LLC will immediately notify SFI Foundation, Inc. of this occurrence. Impact Racing, LLC and SFI Foundation, Inc. will work with the sanctioning bodies to determine the best method for product users to present verification of the date of manufacture.