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I believe that Simpson may have said something to some of the drivers about the mounting of belts but what did he exactly say and what did he say would be the consequences of mounting these against specs? If it was a bid deal and very dangerous, why didn't Bill Simpson write a letter addressing the issue and then send it certified mail to Bill France, Gary Nelson and Richard Childress? That way he would have some record that they received this information and it would also pretty much prevent him from having to pay out damages in a lawsuit.
I don't think that Simpson ever thought that his belts would break the way Earnhardt had his mounted. He said in the very beginning that his belts would not break and that never had one break before in the past. Then later when it was proven that they would due to this phenomenon called dumping, he backtracked and then qualified his statement with, "so long as they are mounted correctly."
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