Gas Truck?
03-17-2010, 07:03 PM
#17
1/10th and 1/8th can run on the same track. I'm a Race director and build tracks that electric and nitro both run on. A few of us down in the Carolinas will begin to rebuild the class. I just hope others pick them up to.
03-17-2010, 09:09 PM
#18
Viva la Gas Truck! My favorite class by far. 1/10 gas and 1/8 can run same track, just fine. Sometimes faster!
03-18-2010, 06:53 AM
#19
Well for the most part, yes they can, but here in CO they make BIG tracks and last year, I have seen a few races with 10ff on track built for 8ffff. and it was not pretty for the broken 10fffff.
03-18-2010, 02:40 PM
#22
Should gas truck come back? absolutely
Will it come back? not going to happen
Let me preface this by saying that gas truck is also my favorite class. I tote my truck and all the gear to every race just in case a class breaks out.
The demise of 1/10 truck was not the advent of brushless motors, but rather the introduction of RTR buggies and truggies. Originally the nitro truck class was the entry level vehicle to break into a nitro racing class. Not only could you learn the mechanics of a differential, shocks, suspension setups, but also learn how to tune a nitro engine that would only cost $75 to replace if you toasted it (we all have engine parts that cost more than that). It was the perfect place for a nitronoob to learn how to race, pit, tune, and last-but-not-least... DRIVE!
When the RTR buggy came out, and later the RTR truggy, it gave a noob the opportunity to go out and buy a high powered, fully assembled race vehicle that they didn't have to learn a thing about and go throw it down and expect to drive it like Adam Drake.
The pedigree of a nitro racer is now gone.
Will it come back? not going to happen
Let me preface this by saying that gas truck is also my favorite class. I tote my truck and all the gear to every race just in case a class breaks out.
The demise of 1/10 truck was not the advent of brushless motors, but rather the introduction of RTR buggies and truggies. Originally the nitro truck class was the entry level vehicle to break into a nitro racing class. Not only could you learn the mechanics of a differential, shocks, suspension setups, but also learn how to tune a nitro engine that would only cost $75 to replace if you toasted it (we all have engine parts that cost more than that). It was the perfect place for a nitronoob to learn how to race, pit, tune, and last-but-not-least... DRIVE!
When the RTR buggy came out, and later the RTR truggy, it gave a noob the opportunity to go out and buy a high powered, fully assembled race vehicle that they didn't have to learn a thing about and go throw it down and expect to drive it like Adam Drake.
The pedigree of a nitro racer is now gone.
03-18-2010, 02:45 PM
#23
and it's boring to watch for the average person. RIP
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