Originally Posted by
NJA82
Hi guys,
I will give my opinion that is based on racing pretty much every class that you guys have mentioned there.
First off i think that when the decision is made it needs to be stuck with, no exceptions to the rules, just adds to confusion and makes it less likely for newcomers to return.
2wd, i personally think that stock/17.5 brushless is fine and plenty of power, running on lipo is plenty fast and there is no need for mod motors, haven driven both and can tell the non believers that there is 10th`s of seconds difference in lap times for stock vs mod at a high experience level, having a spec class will make it cheaper for new guys to join the ranks and easier for them to learn, and is still fast enough for the experienced guys, this class is a small class these days as well which means numbers are more important and stock will draw more numbers long term.
4wd, as stated above can be an open class, the cars are a lot easier to drive and are a bit expensive and arent a type of chassis the new comer would buy. So making it an experienced class wouldnt be a bad choice.
1/10 truck, once again i think stock/17.5 brushless or 19t/10.5 brushless is a good idea, it is a chassis that will attract new comers and is avaliable as a RTR from a lot of manafacturers as is 2wd buggy.
Im not going to comment on the short course trucks as i havent got experience with them or follow them much.
one thing i will say is that IMO we need to simplify the hobby, i can totally understand the point of this thread and the frustration in making decisions regarding this, it is confusing for the consumer/racer on what class to run, and agreed it is no fun racing with just 2 cars, i would rather race stock even though im experienced with modified motors if it means i will have a decent field to race against and have some fun. Simple = fun, less work, less money and less time consuming to enjoy racing, a bit of this has gone out the window these days with so many motor and chassis class options, but i say make a rule, stick with it, people will get used to it and the numbers will grow along with people having fun with a simple bunch of classes.
Some very good points in there. Having stock classes can be fun for experienced drivers where it comes down to drivers ability and not nice fast motors to race with. Stick with a rule for stock and don't go changing it so that the stock cars can go faster as we have modified for that, we just need to get the numbers up to race stock. What most clubs are missing at the moment is stock racing. Any newcomers to the sport don't really get the choice to race in a novice or stock class, they get thrown in with the experienced drivers and then those experienced drivers can get a bit agro towards them because they got in the way, or crashed into them etc. Clubs need to get back to basics and get those novice or stock classes up and running to encourage new drivers to the clubs.