We just wrapped up the fifth Light Truck Tire Seminar this past Friday for Michelin and BFGoodrich Tires. Along with organizational duties and demonstration driving, I get the fun job - driving participants on a "hot lap" in one of Rod Hall's "rolling stock." The vehicle is Rod's original H1 HUMMER race truck that debuted at the 1993 Baja 1000 and won the Full Stock class.
The truck is a GM 6.5 Liter Turbo Diesel equipped with a set of BFGoodrich Mud Terrain KM2s and a suspension package that Rod Hall Products developed and distributes to the military. H1s with this suspension package can be driven at the same performance level that we push the truck on the hot lap course, but with approximately 16,500 of total weight. This is critical for soldiers' safety who need to load their vehicles with armor, artillery and gear. The truck's purpose when it isn't racing around the course for the LTTS program is to test durability and handling of new parts in severe conditions.
The "durability demonstration" - another term for "hot lap" is the best part of the job and great to see people's faces as we zig-zag across the course at speed and hit the new little table top jump. Most comments range from how surprised they are the truck handles so well or how big the truck is and how small I am. Some laugh, some yell, some sit quietly white knuckled, but most everyone walks away wanting more.
Posted by Emily Miller
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