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Ok, so we have 6 junior entries at the moment. Which means the class is definitely a goer. I'm hoping we can make this a bit more of an experience for them rather than just a race meeting, so if you have any ideas feel free to suggest them.

So far I'm thinking things like mini Mars bars every race for the best marshal and stuff like that.

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Under 16. It's the AARCMCC definition we're using.

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Daniel it's great to see support for the Junior class not only locally but interstate as well. It seems many club members think along the same lines of supporting juniors in development in RC. personally I hope to see a Junior class added to the Club Series events and maybe even a State Titles. It's important to foster the development of the Juniors as they are the life blood of the sport. However I don't agree with the mini mars bar thing, these Junior drivers are not pre school kids at a birthday party. I think it would be more appropriate to ask some of the top drivers at the race meet to donate some time and support to a Junior for the day, you know pass on some of those years of experience and knowledge. Give the juniors some race tips, look at the setup of their car, watch their race and give some race advice where possible and overall make it a day for the Juniors to remember. Each driver is only racing in one class, they would have plenty of time between heats and I think the Juniors would be tickled pink to be look after by some of these drivers who they look up too.

Out of the Top Drivers attending who's up for it ?

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It would be great if we could have a mentor for each junior driver on the day. I've had a couple of Maitland guys say that even if they weren't selected to run for the club they would be there to help out, so mentoring is one thing they could help with. We may need a few more, but this isn't a high pressure race, and everyone is only running one car, so maybe some people racing the Shield would like to volunteer?

A couple of the entrants are primary school age so I thought the mars bars thing would be fun. I wish someone would do that for the adults! But if the other parents agree with you then obviously I'll defer on that one.

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Find someone to lend him a 2WD Buggy Richard.

I'm lending out my 2WD to a Junior for the meeting. There will only be 4 2WDs from Castle Hill in use during the day, so there will be plenty of spares other members can loan out. The person who loans the car would make an ideal mentor for the Junior too.

If I say yes to one 4WD there are others who will want to run 4WD too (a couple of kids have both) and then it will spiral into a "this isn't fair" thing.

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Im with u bagz its only a demo class so its shouldnt matter what he runs

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You asked, I gave you an answer, I explained the answer.

The point here is to give racers of a similar age and ability a chance to race against each other under the same conditions. The rules are the same for everyone.

There is another 12 year old racing who has only raced Rookie a few times as well. Another of the entrants has never driven electric before let alone a 2WD.

Lend him a car. I'm not asking you to do anything I'm not already committed to doing myself.

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Thanks for your support.

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Please do, I think I have some MAITLAND drivers who are willing to lend their cars. I'll put him on to one of them since you don't seem to think anyone from Castle Hill will be willing to help.

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