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Re: Vehicle eligibility

To: mrc01@flash.net
Subject: Re: Vehicle eligibility
From: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:15:59 -0700
I think it work best on very heavy duty concrete; probably would tear up 
asphalt.
--Pat K

"Michael R. Clements" wrote:
> 
> 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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