Motorsport helmet maker with a long paper trail: the first Bell helmet, the model 500, was built in 1954 in a garage behind Bell Auto Parts in Bell, California. The brand now belongs to Racing Force Group alongside OMP, Zeronoise and Racing Spirit, and car and karting helmets are made at the plant inside Bahrain International Circuit, extended in 2024 to about 12,000 square metres. The catalogue runs from the HP77, homologated to FIA 8860-2018 ABP for professional open cockpit racing, through Snell SA2020 and FIA 8859 models such as the GTX3, to the youth KC7 CMR for karting.
Aimed at circuit drivers, karters and rally crews who need a valid homologation label, not at road riders. Money talks here: karting lids are affordable, while top 8860 models run into thousands of dollars. Shells favour an intermediate oval head, so trying one on at a dealer beats guessing online.
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