Originally Posted by
Smittydidit
Made the 1.5 hour trek to OCRC yesterday with 3 of my racing buddies. Got there and set up in the pits,All was ok. Went out to run the first pack when we realised that the caliber of drivers there was quite low. You would have thought we were at the "Worlds" or some other huge race. This is a practice day. The biggest probelm was most were driving with blinders on. Didn't care what other vehicles or turn marshals were on the track. Rookies trying triples they had no buisness trying,Hot shots trying to drive like they were one of the Ryans. Out of 100 people, There was maybe 20 who new what the hell they were doing as far as driving goes. Then comes the turn marshall issue. Does anybody not tell these chowder heads that it is customary to marshall after you drive as if you had just finished your race???. Not to pull your tires and run to the wash basin?? REALLY, Wash your tires after each battery???.
I, at 56 years of age, marshall after running. Done that since I started playing with these "Toys" As my wife calls them, 30+ years ago. Got hit in the shin while marshalling by a 2wd buggy.Looked up at the kid and said "Didn't you see me"?? I'm 6'1 - 200 lbs and I'm out here fliping your cars for you, PAY ATTENTION!!!
Also had problems with the 1/8 scale buggy crowd. They drive through or over you like you don't exist! Is it just me or is the mentality of these new drivers as such that they just don't care?? NO Class?? No protocall anymore?? What the hell has happened to our sport???
Sorry for the rant but it just pisses me off that a very small percentage of the "New" R/C crowd has a clue!!!
Any thoughts on this,Lets hear it
Mark Smith
Anybody fast was at WCRC for the ROAR super nationals this past weekend. OCRC is usually not amateur hour, but you got unlucky on your choice of race days.
I clean and sauce my tires after every run in OCRC type conditions, but that doesn't absolve me of turn marshaling.
Btw, I won't turn marshal 1/8 scale. At all. Ever. The drivers are discourteous, and the cars are dangerous. That's the whole reason I don't race that class.
As a marshal, your #1 responsibility is to not mess with the car on course that hasn't crashed. Im sorry to write this, but it's your fault you got hit in the shin - the driver of the 2w buggy is not responsible. The cars have the right of way to the driving line on the track, as a turn marshal it's your responsibly to get out and get back without impeding the car on course. If you can't do that safely, don't go out on the track. I know you don't see it that way, but it's true.