Kevin K and myself have been talking over some ideas about "GT" style racing and maybe some ways to have a unique racing experience while still keeping the cars reasonable. This is going to be under the USVTA banner, and we would like to implement this for Sept.1, officially. There may still be some tweaks here, but it's 95% there.
USGT
Any 1/10 4wd or Fwd sedan with 4 wheel independent suspension.
4wd 1450g weight Fwd 1400g weight
Any 190mm or 200mm body….body can be any body that’s not on the ROAR T2 body list.
Any molded wings can be used. Lexan wings 10mm maximum height / side dam height
Tires-Any treaded (non–slick) rubber tire available 24 or 26mm, maximum non-sale street price of $12/pair at a USA retailer. Must used a non-molded (ex. open cell foam) insert.
Wheels- Any 24 or 26mm spoke (non-dish) type wheel
Motors- 21.5
Open ESC
6 minute qualifiers
8 minute mains
ROAR approved hard case batteries
Scale type race liveries encouraged
Driver figures
NOT required
We looked at a bunch of retailers, and realized you can get tires from HPI, Tamiya, Associated, Integy, etc. etc. for under $12. This doesn't lock everybody in to one tire, and if you can find something cheaper that goes faster, more power to you. Run 26mm vta tires all the way around, have fun
The other thing was keeping away from what is right now the most successful class, 17.5 sedan. Open speedo 21.5 cars will be plenty fast, but still be a reasonable speed. We're not locking anyone into a single ESC, or motor for that matter right now. This is meant to be something between VTA and sedan, but not the same as either one.
Edit: BTW the FWD thing is getting a lot of buzz, so we wanted a place for that too.