“We stitch your name on it for free,” the man said, just one more service of Simpson Racing Products, founded by safety guru Bill Simpson, who died Monday at age 79, following a strok ...

Simpson Racing Products Nomex, as Simpson learned, wouldn’t offer a truly fireproof solution. But the fabric’s properties bought drivers crucial seconds of protection, often enough to climb ...

But one incident attributed to his products initially tarnished his name. After Dale Earnhardt’s fatal crash at Daytona in 2001, NASCAR blamed a faulty seat belt made by Simpson for the racing ...