Interestingly, according to that criteria, the AM General Hummer
would be an autocrossable vehicle. Despite its amazingly high
ground clearance, it's so wide and the suspension is so stiff
that it has very little body roll, and slides rather than rolls
when you reach cornering limits (of around 0.65 G). Of course
with 6,000 lbs. and 195 horsepower it would need a category all
its own.
Scot Zediker wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vernon Head" <vhead@fuelrtm.com>
> To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 10:17 AM
> Subject: Re: Vehicle eligibility
>
> > Trucks are most certainly allowed. And competitive. Check out the
> Nationals results in FSP.
>
> I think what isn't allowed is a vehicle with a high center of gravity or,
> perhaps more to the point, a high propensity toward rolling over. Not all
> trucks would fit this category, but a large number of them do. BTW, I seem
> to remenber hearing that Rick Brown's Cherokee was lowered; anyone out there
> that can confirm this (especially Rick :)?
>
> Scot
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