Originally Posted by
robk
Like a lot of guys have said, there's no reason to run off new people. I think that the rules are there for a very good reason, but you have to cut people some slack when they first show up. That's the sort of thing that keeps people involved.
As far as the tires, on carpet they last a really long time. In fact, when they start going bald the cars usually want to start traction rolling. So guys out here save them for asphalt, where they are perfect. Asphalt is a lot harder on tires, so it's pretty much a run them till they explode thing. For the most part, the tire deal takes care of itself.
That being said, a ground down tire is fairly obvious, since tires that are worn out will usually be softer due to tire sauce, and the "wear" factor is much different than a ground tire.
Our track has a newcomers addendum to our VTA rules for newcomers starting out. This is mainly to allow someone to purchase the HPI Sprint 2 69 Camaro and allow them to get their feet wet with VTA racing without having to drop another $200.00 to make the Sprint 2 VTA legal.
NEWCOMERS ADDENDUM:
If you have recently purchased a RTR HPI Sprint 2 from Mikes and are new to VTA we welcome you to race with us! You are welcome to use the car straight out of the box! Once you have finished in the top 3 during a qualifier or a main event where 4 or more people finished racing at Mike's, we expect that you will then bring your car into accordance with the rules above. The RTR HPI Sprint 2 will require a new lipo, motor, and ESC as listed above to be compliant.
When VTA was started at
Mikes Hobby Shop in Carrollton, TX, they were a little more relaxed on the rules to get it started (any 25.5 motor, no mAh limit, 1450 grams and no driver figure required) but 90% of the rules are current VTA. All rules other than those 4 changes mirror national USVTA rules. Most of the cars running at Mikes are current national rules VTA legal except for driver figures. There is currently a discussion on bringing the local club rules 100% inline with the current National USVTA rules except that we will keep the newcomers addendum.