Originally Posted by
Randy_Pike
Blinky was originally designed for "sportsman" and "novice" not "Stock."
Currently Stock is 17.5, super stock is 13.5, and mod. These were the classes that were on schedule for the ROAR Paved Nats.
Offroad nats did not allow for any Super Stock class.
Blinky is easy and I get that. For the new guy just getting into it works. But for those of us that have been racing for decades stock to us was brushed motors, round cells, comm lathes,etc. Blinky is just another name for an "easy" button.
Eliminating this technology will not force others into the mod classes to find their passionately missed "mama speed." They will drop down and whup on everyone at the local track, still.
Tekin hasn't even tapped into this "Market" yet so we will be just fine...
17.5 and 13.5 at the ROAR nats were both blinky.
AS far as being the easy button...I dont remember having to bring a laptop to work on my ESC at the races when we raced brushed motors. So wouldnt blinky be more like it was back then....where you just turned your ESC on and tuned everything else? Racing isnt going to change if ROAR does away with boost...the racing will always be the same just that now 1 part will be easier like it was before boost.