Originally Posted by Scrubb
Its just funny that some people believe that "sponsored" or "pro" drivers set the racing bar so high, they they would want to kick them out of a class instead of beat them fair and square. If this is how it should be, then perhaps the pro drivers that have been world champions should be seperated from the average pro drivers.
This hobby has become really really sad. ROAR tried making a 10 turn motor limit so you slow losers could keep up in modified,
Wrong, a bunch of motors blew windings or became unbalanced on long asphalt tracks. They wanted to try to keep the motors together, but a 10 turn @ 45 deg. of timing blows up even faster. Once they started changing the wire gauge and Kevlar wrapping the arms, things were fine.
Originally Posted by Scrubb
but you guys still lost to the pro's, and you complained again. Then you guys made the 19 turn class popular (what is the difference between a 10 turn spec class or a 19 turn spec class anyway?),
Uh, about 9 winds on the arm, also the 24 degrees of timing that is built in.
Originally Posted by Scrubb
and the pros beat you agian. So now you guys are complaining about the stock class and getting beat by the pro's once agian.
This is how it will be, refer "Stock" class to "Amature" 27 turn class from now on. Anybody racing in the amature class will be considered an amature driver. Any company sponsoring an amature driver from this point on will be looked down upon and its products will be boycotted. Any amature that accepts sponsorship shall race "Intermediate" 19 turn class.
Now, as long as your ego's can handle being called an "amature", and you can resist buying the fastest stuff to boycott a company, everything should work well.
Guess what, there does need to be a class to start racing in.
Personally, I will race anyone who enters the class. But if you think the hobby grows from the current situation, you are insane. Esp. at the local tracks, where the beginner gets run over, and feels intimidated. Unfortunately there is no effort to rectify this situation. However most people here can't see six inches in front of their face, let alone the trees for the forest, so I don't have a lot of faith.