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Originally Posted by SlowOne
Slick tracks in off-road, and small club tracks in TC and 12th. Most racing in the US is at small clubs. They have three or four Regional events each year, and one National. We have a National series and Regional series for each class, most of which are on the same tracks. Those tracks are usually the same ones, large, and well laid out. Running Mod os no problem here, but on most US tracks it's a waste of time and costs loads in spares, etc.
So, because Stock is easier to drive on smaller/slicker tracks, and because it keeps running costs down, it is very popular Stateside. Also remember that it is very popular in track classes in mainland Europe, too.
That's another American speciality - running a class for anyone who wants to race. They don't push people into one class at the expense of others, they cater for lots of classes. That way they get big entries, and they have lots of funds. Again, in the UK we are unusual in insisting on single classes at meetings, most others run multiple classes.
The USA has stock classes because it attracts the biggest population of drivers by far. The biggest class at Vegas was 13.5 TC, followed by Amateur 17.5 TC. The smallest class was 12th Modified! Vegas was a fantastic race, and some of the best racing was in the Stock classes. They like their Stock, Stateside...  |
Great post, well done.
Onroad stock racing is popular here (USA) because most tracks are outdoors and on the small side. Stock onroad is very popular and its an easy way to keep those who race electric Offroad 2WD/4WD Mod/Corr truck and Nitro 10th/8th scale (onroad/offroad) involved in the electric onroad scene.
For example, at our local Electric Onroad track where we only run stock (27T/17.5), some of the racers are Nitro racers (onroad and offroad). The Nitro crowd finds time to race Friday nights because its fun, not expensive and competitive.
Most of the Amateurs (17.5 class) race at the IIC (The Vegas race) are locals that I race with and again, most of them are Offroad and Nitro racers.
Cheap way to race when all is said and done
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