“Extremely Sad and Frustrating”: NASCAR’s Unknown Change Leaves Racing Icon Furious, Getting Fans Rallying Behind Him

Change is the nature of NASCAR. In a sport where drivers aim for something other than the top spot, it can be challenging to adapt to the changes. Moreover, sometimes, some drivers cannot even notice changes brought into the sport by the governing body. Such is the case for CARS Tour driver Landon Huffman. One of the many things the driver loves is winning races in embroidered fire suits.

However, his second interest is under doubt after interacting with a Twitter fan. The 27-year-old driver and team owner of Huffman Racing has been an admirer of old-school, embroidered firesuits for a long time. As Landon Huffman expressed his opinion about the dying breed of such attire in stock car racing, one of the fans tried to correct him. While Huffman didn’t know about the factual accuracy of the statement, he stated that it would be sad if true.

Landon Huffman investigates the presence of embroidered fire suits in racing

Yesterday, the Jimmy Mooring Racing No. 37 Chevrolet driver tweeted about his love for a peculiar style of attire in racing. He wrote, “Everyone is switching to the printed fire suits, and now that I’ve had both, I’ll tell you this… There is nothing that beats an old school, fully embroidered driver suit.”

While embroidered fire suits will last longer and could be more comfortable for a driver with an affinity for them, they are also at continuous risk of catching fire. Being an embroidery, the increasingly high temperatures inside a stock car can cause it to burn, which could be a potential catastrophe for the vehicle and its driver. One of the fans wrote about the same, and he replied, “Embroidered ones are banned in NASCAR now due to them being a “fire risk.”

Landon Huffman responded, unable to fathom this surprising development, “Can someone confirm this? If so that’s extremely sad and frustrating.”

A few hours later, Huffman returned to the tweet with a confirmation. The former Truck Series driver wrote, “Confirmed this is not true.”

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While some fans argued about the legitimacy of the opinion by bringing up instances where the removal of embroidered fire suits was discussed in NASCAR, many came to defend Landon Huffman. Even part-time ARCA Menards driver Brayton Laster joined the commotion in the comment section with an elaborate explanation of the situation.

An informative and engaging discussion in the comments

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The tweet attracted many drivers and insiders in the NASCAR community. Among them, SiriusXM NASCAR podcast host Dave Moody questioned Landon Huffman’s reason for the complaint. In his opinion, removing embroidered fire suits increases driver safety, which is a positive change. Moody commented, “Why would improved safety be sad or frustrating?” to which Huffman responded, “Because it’s not accurate”.

A rising youngster in the ARCA Menards, Brayton Laster, added some insight into the conversation as he wrote, “I haven’t heard anything about this, just checked NASCAR and ARCA rulebook, all it says it has to meet SFI spec, not a single mention about embroidered or not, although SFI’s newest spec sheet does say that any graphics, embroidered or iron-on, have to be put through additional testing to make sure it meets the same safety guidelines as the rest of the suit.”

Similarly, the fans followed suit, as one of them highlighted the contradiction in embroidered fire suits being unsafe, as he wrote, “That’s bs, the last one to actually catch fire was JRs… granted it was the leg and not the chest but that suit had printed logos, not patches.”

Another fan made a case for printed fire suit designs suffering from similar heat conditions in the car, as he referred to Noah Gragson’s time at JR Motorsports. “That is for sure frustrating and wondered why they are printing it on. Noah Gragson Bass Pro firesuit always had them wore off and looked weird,” he wrote.

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A particular fan came up with a conspiracy about the material being used to make these fire suits, as he explained, “So the theory is the thread and material made to sew the suit can be made fire resistant, but the thread used for logo embroidery can’t be? That doesn’t add up. While I’ve seen more drivers go to print, pit crews seem to have stayed embroidered. At least until a few years ago.”

The debate over the fire suit style might continue, considering that NASCAR has been improving driver safety for a long time. While drivers like Landon Huffman will make a case for embroidered ones, there will also be supporters of printed fire suits.