Originally Posted by
jpcopeland1
I wish there was a consitent class of 4-wheel drive buggy around here, Would love to run a B44.1 again, love 4-wheel drive speeds and maneuvarability.
Originally Posted by
rigor
I've seen some 4WD buggy chatter on the OCRC & WCRC threads. Perhaps we can rally and organize a race day at least once every few weeks with everyone to give the class a shot in the arm again. As more racers see more of them out in force, it should only raise the class popularity again.
We got it going for a while in SD, but too many Durangos and broken cars (earlier this year a broken rear drive shaft hoop (?) on a Durango would put them out of the game for months waiting on back-order parts) pretty much killed it.
Surprisingly, I see 4wd buggies out at practice fairly often at OCRC. What I think it needs is not just a day and place, but a spec, like 13.5 blinky/17.5 boosted to keep it cheap (less broken parts, which is what scares off new drivers) and new driver accessible (most people that have been racing long enough to buy a 4wd buggy probably have a spare 17.5 somewhere). WCRC ran a poll for a new class and interest in 17.5 4wd Buggy got more than twice the votes of all the other classes listed... The current layout at OCRC is also extremely friendly for 4wd buggies.
I don't think this is the right thread for this discussion, though.