Bill Simpson
1988 Inductee
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Biography
From dragstrips and Daytona to the Indianapolis 500,
virtually every driver in racing competition wears protective clothing and a
helmet designed and produced by Simpson, a company founded and operated by
Bill, a racer himself. Simpson went on to innovate other safety products,
notably the Nomex fire suit, which Bill developed after friend (and early
astronaut) Pete Conrad introduced him to the fire-retardant fabric then used by
NASA. Bill was also the founder of Impact! Racing. He was inducted in to the
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2003.