Both nice! Pink one yours?

Lol! Actually I do use pink in my paint scheme. Just not in VTA.

Looks good Jason. Bring them tomorrow.

We really wanted to go. But the grandkids wanted to come see us. Plus it’s Becca’s only day off. Good luck.

Don't forget to post them in the VTA paint area:

U.S. Vintage Trans-Am [PICS & PAINT Discussion ONLY!!!]

You can practice all you want, what it doesn't teach you is how to drive in traffic. It doesn't give you the opportunity to follow one of the fast guys and watch and feel his line for as long as you can (even if it's only a straight and a turn to start). It doesn't teach you how to be passed and what to do should you turtle yourself or another driver.

Set up has been mentioned a whole lot. Until you develop a feel for what the car is doing on the track, as long as your chassis is square, you're doing well. Work on getting around the track and being consistent. Then start working on "your" setup (which you'll chase for the rest of your hobby days).

Good luck to you. Make a lot of friends at your track and every track you visit. They will be lasting and some of the best friendships you'll develop in your life.

Thanks for the advice and encouragement. I've given up on the setup thing. I'm going back to the kit setup and focusing on driving. Maybe a tweak here and there to learn a thing or two. It's going to be a very long time until I can follow one of the fast guys around the track. However, until I get to that point I plan to do exactly what you said and make some great friends who share my passion.

Jim is still racing... Not sure if you ever raced at CORRA or NIRROC, but that was the 1/12th scale tracks shortly after that time period. Guys like Tyree Phillips, Ken Pepe, Temme's and several others are still at it, and some others of us that were kids back then (such as myself) are getting back in it and looking to get our kids racing.

My dad is 78 and just got back into racing, he's lucky enough to still be able to marshall. However, I don't want that or anyone else to stop racing for that reason. I can guarantee you there are others that feel the same way at most tracks. There are plenty of young kids to marshall for you, so please get out there and race if you want to!

If you move to the Sarasota area, you'll find a club that races on asphalt in Ft Myers. There's also another facility there that will be hosting the 2018 ROAR Nats. Also DDH Indoor complex is opening this month in Port Richey, just 1.5hrs north of Sarasota. The facility looks great so far. You'll also find covered outdoor racing at S&S Hobbies in Tampa.

In the center of the state, you'll find Full Throttle RC Raceway in Kissimmee, and Nuggets Ranch RC in Arcadia....both are great! Move towards the east and you have awesome asphalt facilities in Royal Palm Beach and in Valkaria (my home track). Then move further up and you have 386 Raceway in Daytona for more indoor carpet racing. Great group up there!

Then there's the FSEARA Series which travels the state and crowns the state champions. Lastly, the Snowbird Nationals every year in Kissimmee. I invite you to join in on the Florida Racing forum. If you like to race on-road, then here you'll be able to find whatever suits your taste. We're very lucky here. Hope to race with you in the future!

Never underestimate how much simple stripes can tune up a paint job. One of the other racers liked the result so much he got me to stripe his too. During the race day, yet another racer took notice. So I wound up doing a 3rd set

Sorry for my lack of Vta knowledge, but does hpi still make the Vta slicks or its just what's left in the hobby shops around the country(USA)?

Thanks for the info.

The answer is yes, maybe or no.

HPI and Hot Bodies were split up each acquired by a company about 2 years ago. HPI products dried up after their acquisition. Recently it seems that is resuming parts and supply. So VTA rims and tyres may become available again.

I don’t think HPI is making any new VTA...I think Protoform is caring the VTA torch for wheels and tires. What I see now is that the HPI old stock and the PF new tires are all VTA legal at this time....

joe? You didn’t know this!? Really? I thought you knew everything!?

PROTOform VTA Front Tires (26mm) for VTA Class

My latest paint job

The change in tire rules was made sometime around fall 2017, as of Jan. 1st 2018 the only legal tires are the protoform tires. The HPI wheels are still legal.