LeMons Gear: Third-hand Fire Suit

By Katherine Helmetag

Atomicalex

Racing used cars is cool and all, but wearing used safety gear while doing it just raises the bar. My goal: an SFI 3.2/1 rated racing suit and the required longjohns and collar for $125 or less. I had complained to Jay Lamm about the lack of Ladies’ gear in the Pyrotect line, and he told me to take a spool of Nomex thread to my tailor. I saved that email: I can tailor, and I can get Nomex thread. That opened up a lot of options for me, including this stylish Speed Sport Uniforms piece in slimming black Nomex that Rob’s wife (ex-wife?) was selling for my magic price. Even better – it’s a two layer suit, which means SFI 3.2/5 and no longjohns required. The full SFI 3.2/5 kit from Pyrotect is LeMons-priced at $635, so I’m officially WAY under budget now. I got it home and discovered that Rob had bought it from some guy named Matt, who had enough money to pay for embroidery. I washed it twice, once for each of them. I’ll get it tailored in the next few weeks so I can rep CarDomain and Team Trailing Throttle Oversteer in style.