Originally Posted by Tommy R

A real quick explanation....

Locally (in Austin) we had a class called GT10. It just so happened to have nearly identical rules to USGT with two exceptions: the motor was an Axial 27t brushed motor and the ESC was a Tazer brushed ESC. Other than those two changes it was nearly identical to USGT, but was around since before USGT was known (or started?).

I (and some others) loved the class, but hated brused motors so we asked the RD to allow the USGT class to run *in addition* to all other classes. It just so happened that it took off and many GT10 drivers got rid of their junky brushed stuff and bought brushless electronics.

Sadly, I had to sell my USGT when I was without a job. Got a new job and the car I bought was set up for 17.5 Blinky. It may be converted to USGT eventually.

Anyway, that's all there is to it. Not everyone in Texas is upset about the changes to the rules. I've said my peace about the tire width and am done with that topic.

Originally Posted by jagr68

Hey boys, what is happening here? bunch of drama for what? This is a hobby. I joined in this hobby to have fun. You boys getting rich playing with these toy cars? You guys that own these tracks getting rich? Changing rules costs money when it is done on a tight timeline. Hope I can wear out 5 sets of Xpatterns before they aren't legal to use, if not I'm stuck with them. It would be nice if there was a little more warning so that people could wear out the old stuff and switch over as they need to replace it.

Just my opinion, I could be wrong