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RR40, the issue with yet another class is very simple:
At our track we have 3-4 classes show up each week. Several months ago a mini class began to grow at our track (7-8 racers each week.) Then trans-am began to get popular and the majority of the mini drivers switched to trans-am. If 1/10 pan car grows, what do you think will happen?
The problem with almost any new class is that it simply canabolizes drivers from other classes, because most racers at our track only run 1 class. This can be because of cost, time, dedication, etc, but it still the rule rather than the exception.
The biggest gripe that most racers have with r/c is cost, so how do you help anything by continously introducing new classes, and encouraging racers to enter those classes (I say encouraging because nobody is forced to do anything, but if several racers start a new class, others will follow, that's human nature.)
I am longing for the day of a porche spec class with mandated brushless, lipo, premounted slick tires, and porche 911 bodies (specific motor (not wind) but brand, specific battery, specific body, specific tires.) Anyone for making another class?