Best racing suit? Logos on suit?

Best check with the sanctioning bodies you are likely to run with. The groups I run with require Nomex underwear with 2 layer suits, and that will be much hotter that a 3 layer without underwear.
Some sanctioning bodies require Nomex underwear no mater what the suit, but many don't require it with a 3 layer rated suit.
It all depends on who you run with.
If all they want is any old suit, I'd be inclined to go with a light single layer, without knit cuffs, and take my chances on a fire.
The chances of a late model Ferrari catching fire is fairly remote, and the best suit only provides a few seconds of protection.

PS, all Stand 21 suits are 3 layer rated.

 

I've heard it said more than once that more racers die from heat stroke every year than from fire. I don't know a source for that stat though.

 

If you embroider your overalls the embroidery must be done with fireproof stitching only going through the first layer of the suit. and if you add patches to be by the rules of most series you have to stich them only through the front layer of the suit, not all the way through as this adds tiny holes and puts un fireproof material into the suit..

Even though I have many F1 driver suits, such as Schumacher, Hakkinen, Dc etc and every now and again they even go against this when sponsors change at the last minute and sew all teh way through the suit, so i guess the rules are not always strictly enforced!

thanks, MC
http://www.f1gp.tv

 

i use the OMP TECHNICA LIGHT SUIT and am very happy with it. it is light, comfortable, and i like the feel of it. i paid $ 1,300 for it.

i also had a Simpson, cheap model, that was itchy and uncomfortable.

edwin

 

I wear a fire suit when ever I'm working around race equipment or near the track. I feel better safe then sorry. You never know when or where a fire will happen. In my 25 years as a motorsports photographer, I've seen or been near the unexpected.

 

Our Southeast chapter only requires an up to date helmet. I always wear a suit myself. Why take chances? I have seen more than one Ferrari burning on the side of a track in my 13 years of FCA membership.

 

At the FC Event in Las Vegas this year, there was a 360 challenge car that caught fire just pat start finish. Diver belled and was ok.

Ferrari do catch fire just any other car - race car or not.

 

I've always gotten my racing equipment from Demon Tweeks out of the U.K. They have fantastic prices and ship world wide.

When I first started racing I got, and still have, a Stand21 suit. It's nice but if I had to get a new one I'd probably go with SPARCO.

Demon Tweeks also will have the suit custom made to your measurements at a very nominal cost. And yes they use NOMEX thread as it comes directly from the factory.

Even with the exchange rate and shipping it's less expensive than buying here in the states.

For example Christmas special, SPARCO Sprint 5 Suit (two or three layer nomex)
$347.31 - $409.18
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MSPORT&pcode=SPA108548B

Other FIA approved suits here:
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductList.asp?cls=MSPORT&grp=MC001&pgrp=MP001&tlgrp=M001

 

I went to a seminar given by the CEO of S21 hosted by the Racer's shop in Redondo beach , Ca. . He had a very constructive lecture on thermal problems/heat exhaustion in the race car. He is acutely aware of what the driver faces in the cockpit and shows some very convincing data for the positive benefits of S21 suits. Me...I just go fishing in the summer and put the car away until winter. I'd rather race in the rain than bake in the sun.