Originally Posted by
CypressMidWest
1. Which is why, when this whole debate started, many of us asked ROAR to leave the pan car classes alone. In their infinite wisdom, they declined to do so. I just don't believe that when all is said and done blinky will keep more new people racing. It will become motor of the month, and battery as well. That is the always the way of untunable "spec" classes.
2. Exactly!!! I'm not the one that listed that moving up to mod as a reason why blinky was the new rule, Steve Pond stated that. Which is why rather than dumbing down the tech, a SLOWER motor would have been the more reasonable choice IMO. Drop 17.5 to 21.5, and there's your new "STOCK" sedan. You can still tailor your ESC to the track and your driving style, but now you're not ridiculously fast anymore. Hell, make it 25.5 like VTA. Another route would've been to go from LIPO to LIFE in the sedan classes and drop the voltage, which would also slow the cars. There were several roads that could've been taken that would have left a little tuning and still made the cars reasonable. A logical progression the way I see it would be to start in VTA, then go to USGT, Then "Stock sedan", Then SuperStock Sedan, then Mod. You know a logical progression that gradually increases the technical expertise required. Just seems to me there may be too many racers that should be running USGT or VTA, that are too proud to enter a class they can handle, so therefore all "Stock" classes should be drug down to their level.
It's this kinda crap that drove me out of TC to begin with.........
Sorry for this deluge of off topic posts in this thread….
This will be my last post on this off topic stuff….
Ian…racing will always be motor of the month or battery of the month no matter what. So in regards to your comment about blinky making it motor & battery of the month I couldn’t disagree more. Racing will always be this way that’s just how racers are. If there is a faster motor people are going to want it. Your motor and your battery are just as important in boost as it is blinky so for you to say blinky is this way its very short sighted. The only way around it is to spec just 1 motor and or ESC….and if you want to know how well that will fly with people just ask the USVTA. There is always going to be new motors and new everything its up to you the racer to buy them. No-one is forcing anything on anyone when something new comes out. So really in the end if you can “dumb” it down like you say to get more people racing then so be it. Because really racing will still be racing and racers will still do what racers do this will never change but if more people can do it easier than it might be a step in the right direction to making things grow again.
As for there being some sort of progression I agree 100% with you. However…taking voltage away is never the answer to anything.