New Durango

[Chris Doughty]

I have raced for ages, and raced with Karl Marsden (he was in my region) for ages too...

he was schumacher for ages and then changed to HPI.

[Lee Martin]

whats the ages thign all about?

[Lee]

I understand prototypes have to be raced but i think people complained about the fact hpi did not know if it would ever be released and that it was very very quick.

[Lee Martin]

so wat car did it turn out to be?

[Southwell]

Academy Griffin :P

[millzy]

academy sb

[Lee]

Originally Posted by pidge

so wat car did it turn out to be?

When it was released it was the Pro 4 which was release back around 2003, this was 2001 i think that Hara and karl had the cars

[millzy]

i remeber seeing that years ago, Andy G i think showed me and my brother it back when Markham held the 12th nationals

[Nick Goodall]

I always thought Prototypes were allowed - What about all the random things Schumacher used to do to their cars? Would some of those changes (even if never available to the public) not have classed the cars as prototypes? It's a bit of a tough one really as people modify their own cars all the time (Look at the BX) - So techinically does that mean the cars wouldn't have been allowed to race if this rule was in place? Just how different does a car need to be to be considered a prototype??

[millzy]

ellis ran the xxx4 for a year as a prototype remeber.
and the hotbodys was a prototype tc for a year as well

[Lee]

I think its fine and its obviously great for the future if people are always trying new things, if they dont work then fair enough but i think it becomes a bit unfair when you get someone who is obviously very bright and has a bit of cash then builds a few cars and gives it to the worlds best, how do you compete with that?

I know teams try different things but 9 times out of ten we find out anyway.

[millzy]

if there the worlds best then they will win any way

[Lee]

yeah i know what your saying, but it would be nice to see them do it with a production car, otherwise people will always be saying he was using a one off car etc

[_sleigh_]

http://www.redrc.net/2007/07/joseph-...joins-durango/

Looks like a tactic of snapping up a local driver in the hope of increased chances of winning.

[jimmy]

Not a bad tactic I have to say! Should have chosen me though
Oh well.

[Lee Martin]

be interesting to see him driving 10th......

[k£v!n]

yeah, does anyone know if hes raced 1.10th before?