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The OMP Racing Spa company was founded in 1973 by three brothers: Claudio, Piergiorgio and Roberto Percivale. It initially produced only rally car accessories such as rollbars and tailpipes . In the 1980s, the company began producing equipment for drivers (suits, gloves, boots, helmets etc.).
The company was founded in 1977 in Italy [2] and today the ownership is still Italian; the company is one of the leading manufacturers of racing safety equipment. In 1977, FIA decided to restrict their safety standards, in order to decrease injuries during races: the first product that brought fame to Sparco, was a fireproof racing suit , [ 3 ...
OMP may refer to: OMP Racing, an Italian manufacturer of racing car equipment; Ontario Model Parliament, a model parliament for high school students in Canada; OpenMP, an application programming interface; Oregon Mozart Players, a professional chamber orchestra based in Eugene, Oregon
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A racing suit or racing overalls, often referred to as a fire suit due to its fire retardant properties, is clothing such as overalls worn in various forms of auto racing by racing drivers, crew members who work on the vehicles during races, track safety workers or marshals, and in some series commentators at the event.
Simpson used the product to create the first fire suit to be used in racing. [1] [3] He took the suit to the 1967 Indianapolis 500 where it was worn by 30 of 33 drivers. [1] Simpson had developed over 200 racing safety products, including three generations of fire suits. Simpson demonstrated the suit's effectiveness in 1987, when he was set on ...
Sabelt sells ultralight racing suits, carbon fiber seats that adapt to the driver and seat belts for cars of all types of racing. From the world of motorsport, it has developed a range of sports seats for car manufacturers. Each seat is designed and created exclusively by Sabelt in collaboration with its customers, the car manufacturers.
MOMO was the official steering wheel of the Champ Car series from 2004 to 2007, before Champ Car merged to Indy Racing League. MOMO are also suppliers of the official steering wheel, racing seats, clothing and racing accessories of the Speedcar Series. MOMO also sponsors Lira Motorsports in the ARCA Racing Series and the Camping World Truck Series.