What year did you first start racing?

[MrWolf808]

good god i remember racing in a welsh national must have been about 15 to 20 years ago, just outside Camarthen near llanstephan. they had a model shop in Camarthen then. those were the good days. (Jeez i am feeling older everytime i read this thread)

I do agree about a lack of new drivers, it does seem like the rostrums are full of a lot of middle age drivers with not a lot of new talent taking up the torch, i blame microsoft and sony, damn you xbox and ps3.

But it can be an expensive hobby and pretty dependant on Dad or Mum taking you and there really isnt enough exposure too the youth of today. Loads of adverts on the telly for games, nothing for racing. Which i think is a shame, whenever i see kids watching at slough, or any other track for that matter, they are completely transfixed. and watch for ages.

[cornishboy176]

Started in 1989-90 Competed at Regional Level and at my local club West Cornwall Radio Controlled Car Club at Leedstown Village Hall and in Hayle in a field next to a slaughter house (the smell was unbearable!!!) with a Mardave Mini stock and a Tamiya Falcon then the club moved to Barriper Cricket Field in 1994,and i raced a Mardave Meteor,Kyosho Ultima,MRC MRX,Schumacher Topcat and Cougar,Associated RC10 and then Losi XXX,i packed in 1995 (when i turned 18 and discovered women and booze lol) and started again 2010,cant believe how much has changed and i am really enjoying myself now

[MENTAL DENTAL]

I raced 1986-1992 from Taunton. Used to do the SWORDS around the South West.
Started again late 2009. Now have a 12 year old who races........so now it costs me double !!!

[russmini]

Started in 92, when i was 16 (i think), bought a TRX-1 not long after they'd been released. Raced that for about 1 year, then went to a JRX Pro SE which had the XX Tranny fitted. Stayed racing for about another year, then was around 18/19 and just left RC altogether.

Got back into RC around 4 years ago because of Drifting. That led me to race TC, then through friends discovered Rally X, and now for the last 12 months Back to 10th 2WD.

A lot has changed over the years, but especially in the last couple, as soon as LiPo and Brushless really got into RC.

All good and hopefully back for a long time now.

[BigBob]

Originally Posted by MrWolf808

Good god i remember racing in a welsh national must have been about 15 to 20 years ago, just outside Camarthen near llanstephan. they had a model shop in Camarthen then. those were the good days. (Jeez i am feeling older everytime i read this thread)

If that was a 1/10th electric Nat I refereed it iirc

BB

[MrWolf808]

it was a 1/10th electric , i was running an original cat then, 4wd, i actually think it was the first year they did the long wheel base conversion. its good too know that there are still some of us old skool racers still out there.

[dobber]

About 1985

[Disco-Panda]

late 2002

[gainsy]

1986 now i feel old
Started at the Cottonmill club in St Albans, sadly long gone now

[mattr]

84 (aged 11) until 87 or 88.

Still not started again, just playing now, probably do some races next year.

[read94]

I first started rc racing in about 2000 when i race indoors on carpet racing Mardaves when i was 7 or 8 years old. i came back to rc cars racing touring cars with a Tamiya 416x in 2010 about 7 years later at 16 years old and still racing now and almost 18

[jasonrcb]

I started in 1981,stratford buggy club that used to be on an old building site with my tamiya ford ranger i had for xmas that year

[markwilliamson2001]

1993 - Newbury RC Car club at The Clere School, Burghclere. Tamiya grasshopper 2. Its where the mighty Lee Martin started as well, them were the days

[birdy]

1988 @ The Bowling green Pub in Leigh, we then moved to Howe Bridge bus depot and then on to Fred Longworth high school.

Think I stopped in 1993 when the podium collapsed and broke my leg

Started back again around 2005 racing Nitro 8th scale, now back to my 10th scale roots.

Anyone here remember the Leigh Buggy club days?

[racingdwarf]

I think it was 1984-1985, tamiya hornet, dirt track at the back of the local ind estate, dug out by hand by about 30 of usEast grinstead off roaders, every sunday no matter what the weather was!

Hotshots, gold tub RC10's and chain drive optimas

[Speedy Steve RRCi]

95 for me started out with a Yokomo 93 works. I loved that buggy!

[ASKay]

not completely sure but I am thinking 84-85 Tamiya Ford Ranger.... then got some rubbish maplin thingy, and then started racing propper in 89 (guessing again), think it was an RC-10, then a topcat, then a CAT XLS, then a ProCat, then a cougar, then a Traxxas 2WD thingy, first they did if i remember, then a Tamiya Top force, followed by another CAT

now a CAT SX3, Cougar SV, and soon to be a DEX 210

I also feel old now....

[mattybucks]

Early to mid 90's. Alec Springer had a procat and a big hair perm. I had a manta ray and used to race on a Friday night at a school in towcester.

[SimonW]

1984 for me, started watching and got a hotshot sometime after that, then a SWB cat when they first came out.

[Dyna]

Originally Posted by jasonrcb

I started in 1981,stratford buggy club that used to be on an old building site with my tamiya ford ranger i had for xmas that year

.......along with me & my Holiday Buggy