Originally Posted by
gigaplex
Around Melbourne Australia I've run into maybe a dozen or so people who saw the track and started asking questions. Every time the question of price came up, they were gone. The only "new" faces I've seen on the track are either older people getting back into the hobby after a hiatus, or kids of people who are already racing. There have been a couple of people who have brought cars to the track to play around, but they're usually either monster trucks, drifters or cheap Walmart-style toy grade cars. We let them do their thing but we know they won't buy all new gear to start racing.
I'm the new racer in my group. And only 2 of us have stayed of 5 that started in June. It took 6 years for me to try racing. It's wasn't a track even. It was a group that setup their own parking lot races.
Been asked the cost question countless times. And get the same stunned reaction. Even worse when they ask how many vehicles I own or have owned. Thing is I also run in a open for fun 1/18 group. $1,000 Touring cars is intimidating, but how about a $100 brushed touring or SCT/buggy. We'd had good turnouts previous years. This year vehicles sell, just can't get them to come back and run.
The other question is how fast do they go.