re: Dale Earnhardt was killed 19 years ago today. The final accident report

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If the left lap belt didn't fail

I remember Simpson was vigorously fighting that claim. How did that ever turn out?

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In reading the reports Simpson's engineers said the belt dumped as it wasn't installed correctly. I seem to recall Bill Simpson actually saying something to Earnhardt about how his belts were in the car sometime prior to the wreck.

I think all the arguments were about the negative publicity Simpson was buried under due to his death.

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Simpson Performance Products was involved in a controversy after the February 2001 death of Dale Earnhardt over whether the seat belt manufactured by the company had malfunctioned.[4][6] NASCAR's investigation into the crash in part blamed seat belt failure.[4] Simpson received death threats and bullets into his house, which led to his resignation in July 2001.[4] Simpson sued NASCAR for $8.5 million defamation of character suit in February 2003.[4][6] Simpson withdrew his lawsuit with an undisclosed settlement.[3]

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