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Old 07-11-2007, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by or8ital
We use it locally and it works well. We have more racers then ever. For TC we have two classes:

Sportsman: rubber tires, any motor, any body, any car, etc. This has a breakout lap. It allows someone to go into the hobby shop, buy a TC4 with a 15T motor and race that day. Or the guy that wants to run the authentic bodies or whatever else someone wants to run. It gives people new to the hobby a place to race and not be completely overwhelmed. It also encourages people good enough to move up to the "pro" class once they learn how not to hit the wall every other lap. We do breakout lap times. We measured how long an above avg driver takes to get around the middle of the track with a stock motor to determine the time. If you have a lap that is faster it doesnt count.

Pro: 19T rubber tires with ROAR-ish rules.

Like I said, locally it works really well.

Tim is right on. We had a great main this past Saturday. This keeps the faster guys out. It is a great tool our track is using to help the sport grow in our area.
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