Originally Posted by
Dragonfire
I'll add to Kyle's post..
A feeder class.needs to be speed and.power limited (aka 540 silvercan). This allows a less.than perfect racer to come to grips with the driving aspect much quicker. Also limited speeds provide closer racing and.allow newbies.to be.closer to the front of the pack.sooner. This all.helps in keeping people interested in running the class. How.would you feel jumping into 12th mod and being lapped 15 times each.run. People get.sick of this real quick.
Yes, what you're saying is true. 540 Silver can is going a bit far with only 3.7V though. I've been investigating this for a while, talking to people etc. and I think 17.5 is the best option.
On the weekend the car running 17.5 had a best lap of 17.6 s in the final, managing 24 laps. Compare that to the first A final where Bradd did 34 laps with a best of 13.3 s. The ultimate pace of Stock is probably a bit quicker than 17.6 s, but for comparison that time is mid-field in the Mini A.
But anyway, basically we all agree this is something that needs to happen. I'm working on my club members, and am now going to try and initiate a class on club days. If you guys could get one or two to nominate too, we can get the class kicked-off here. Offer a spare car to someone if you can. If this doesn't launch at the first attempt we should keep trying, but hopefully we can get it off the ground.