Most accessible class?

[Si2008]

What would the oople regulars, if being impartial to their chosen class, recommend to a novice as the most accessible class? A friend of mine who hasn't raced since the 80's was keen to get back into racing but wanted to know which class he would find the best value and most accessible without overt technical know-how being a pre-requisite. I was initially going to recommend electric off road but I'm not really sure that would be accurate anymore.

[Lee1972]

I too have started again in the last couple of years with my eldest son, we went straight into off road as there seems to be a lot more clubs in the North West which cater for off road than on road. If you decide to go off road we chose 2wd over 4wd as it's cheaper.

[bigred5765]

2wd off road
there some great rtr deals out there, always start with finding your local club go along and take a look, and have a good chat with 5-6 people

[CARB]

Hi
if it is on road super stock with the Schumacher superstox and the core speed controller package for a tad under £200.00 you can be a race winner, dead simple to set up and super cheap on foams.
Regards
CARB

[Col]

The most accessible class is whatever the local club runs.
Supastox may be "cheap an simple to set up" but there isn't a club within 60 miles of me, so it's not accessible.

[mattr]

Originally Posted by Col

The most accessible class is whatever the local club runs.
Supastox may be "cheap an simple to set up" but there isn't a club within 60 miles of me, so it's not accessible.

tbh, I can't ever actually recall going to a club that runs superstox. 10th scale buggies and TC are the "big" classes. As can be seen from the number of posts on here and many other forums.

[eyeayen]

Originally Posted by Si2008

A friend of mine who hasn't raced since the 80's was keen to get back into racing

You haven't got a location on your profile and maybe that would help people give opinions that are more local to you.

Personally I did Touring cars for 3 years, I didn't find it friendly and it got a bit bitchy so I got out of it. I desperately wanted to do 8th but the tracks are all too far away, I can't make evening clubs due to work so for me 10th off road on a Sunday is the best as I can get to it, after the initial out lay it's not overly expensive ( compared to 8th ), the kits are well priced and can be found on here 2nd hand. So why don't you take your friend along to your club, maybe let him have a go with your car at the end and see what he thinks ?