Vintage On-Road - Why Not???
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Vintage On-Road - Why Not???
Just thinking, given that we have Vintage Offroad Racing, why is there no Vintage On-Road?
I understand that there is VTA and GT this etc. etc.
But... How many of us have an old Tamiya F102, Duratrax Delphi, Kyosho F1, or an old TC such as an OVA or an YR4, even your old 4/6 cell 1/12 car, even a vintage Bolink, McAllister, TRC, AE Pro10? For our friends in Europe one could also consider the original TC Cars - the converted Schumacher Cats, YZ10's, TTechs that ran on road tires with Sedan bodies.
Given that Vintage Off-road started small perhaps the same can be said for the possibility of Vintage On-Road.
I am not saying we need another class, just do it like the VONATS guys / gals... meet up every now and then, and run your old stuff again!
Understanding Rules etc. would need ironing out, and that is not what I am trying to push for, but just to see what interest there may or may not be for such classes?
Thoughts,
I understand that there is VTA and GT this etc. etc.
But... How many of us have an old Tamiya F102, Duratrax Delphi, Kyosho F1, or an old TC such as an OVA or an YR4, even your old 4/6 cell 1/12 car, even a vintage Bolink, McAllister, TRC, AE Pro10? For our friends in Europe one could also consider the original TC Cars - the converted Schumacher Cats, YZ10's, TTechs that ran on road tires with Sedan bodies.
Given that Vintage Off-road started small perhaps the same can be said for the possibility of Vintage On-Road.
I am not saying we need another class, just do it like the VONATS guys / gals... meet up every now and then, and run your old stuff again!
Understanding Rules etc. would need ironing out, and that is not what I am trying to push for, but just to see what interest there may or may not be for such classes?
Thoughts,
#4
It's reasonably popular in the UK. The Iconic Cup is a national series for old Tamiya cars.
http://www.iconicrc.com/wp-content/u...c-Cup-2018.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq_cj6b2w7U
http://www.iconicrc.com/wp-content/u...c-Cup-2018.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq_cj6b2w7U
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Just thinking, given that we have Vintage Offroad Racing, why is there no Vintage On-Road?
I understand that there is VTA and GT this etc. etc.
But... How many of us have an old Tamiya F102, Duratrax Delphi, Kyosho F1, or an old TC such as an OVA or an YR4, even your old 4/6 cell 1/12 car, even a vintage Bolink, McAllister, TRC, AE Pro10? For our friends in Europe one could also consider the original TC Cars - the converted Schumacher Cats, YZ10's, TTechs that ran on road tires with Sedan bodies.
Given that Vintage Off-road started small perhaps the same can be said for the possibility of Vintage On-Road.
I am not saying we need another class, just do it like the VONATS guys / gals... meet up every now and then, and run your old stuff again!
Understanding Rules etc. would need ironing out, and that is not what I am trying to push for, but just to see what interest there may or may not be for such classes?
Thoughts,
I understand that there is VTA and GT this etc. etc.
But... How many of us have an old Tamiya F102, Duratrax Delphi, Kyosho F1, or an old TC such as an OVA or an YR4, even your old 4/6 cell 1/12 car, even a vintage Bolink, McAllister, TRC, AE Pro10? For our friends in Europe one could also consider the original TC Cars - the converted Schumacher Cats, YZ10's, TTechs that ran on road tires with Sedan bodies.
Given that Vintage Off-road started small perhaps the same can be said for the possibility of Vintage On-Road.
I am not saying we need another class, just do it like the VONATS guys / gals... meet up every now and then, and run your old stuff again!
Understanding Rules etc. would need ironing out, and that is not what I am trying to push for, but just to see what interest there may or may not be for such classes?
Thoughts,
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single car competition would be fastest lap time of say 3-5 laps. for really valuable cars. still very few would risk kissing the track walls.
another problem with single car laps is it will eat up Time for a competition. even at 2 minutes allowed per car if you have 20 people show up, you have a minimum of 40 minutes required and as you know that would be impossible since setup would be 5-7 minutes per run giving at least over 2 1/2 hours of dedicated track time taken from another event.
then the issue of the Lap tracker, a lot of people would have a fit with them on the old cars and say they want it timed with a stop watch like the old days. then you have to have somebody experienced with how we used to do that but it will be simpler since we used to stopwatch and track over 10 cars at a time on a track manually. with a timer board.
point is the earlier you go the less likely they will attend the event.
then it comes down to the same issues at other vintage events. people that want to use Blinky/brushless and a battery with an LIXX in front should just be shot in the face and thrown in a dumpster at the end of the event is the annual BBQ roasted on all the failures, TEE HEE
another problem with single car laps is it will eat up Time for a competition. even at 2 minutes allowed per car if you have 20 people show up, you have a minimum of 40 minutes required and as you know that would be impossible since setup would be 5-7 minutes per run giving at least over 2 1/2 hours of dedicated track time taken from another event.
then the issue of the Lap tracker, a lot of people would have a fit with them on the old cars and say they want it timed with a stop watch like the old days. then you have to have somebody experienced with how we used to do that but it will be simpler since we used to stopwatch and track over 10 cars at a time on a track manually. with a timer board.
point is the earlier you go the less likely they will attend the event.
then it comes down to the same issues at other vintage events. people that want to use Blinky/brushless and a battery with an LIXX in front should just be shot in the face and thrown in a dumpster at the end of the event is the annual BBQ roasted on all the failures, TEE HEE
Love to see some old Tamiya RM Mk. 02's (my fav 1/12 ever) I could push that front end so hard. Please re-release Tamiya, lol.
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