Seatbelt News: An Orange County(FL) firefighter will not recreate his efforts to unlatch Dale Earnhardt’s seat belt at the Daytona 500 because NASCAR would not allow it to be videotaped, his lawyer said Thursday. NASCAR lawyers had asked firefighter Tommy Propst to participate in the recreation after he disclosed that Earnhardt’s seat belt appeared to be intact after the driver hit a wall at the Daytona International Speedway. The racing organization, which is investigating the fatal accident, contends that Earnhardt’s left lap belt broke during the Feb. 18 crash. NASCAR has not displayed the belt publicly, however.(Orlando Sentinel), past news on the seatbelt on my Dale Earnhardt Tribute site, main page under news(5-11-2001)
