Club racing class

[HarlowS]

Following on from earlier post regarding tyre wear, just thought it would be interesting to see what drivers would choose given the choice.

Lets exclude nationals and regional events and think about club meetings, summer series and winter series etc. Also, without worrying about how to police this, i'm just curious on what people would opt for.



Class 1 would be Open modified, so any motor or tyre, pretty much the same as we are racing now.

Class 2 would be 'Control' modified where you could run any motor but limited to a harder wearing tyre, like a Pinpoint or Blue Dart tyre for example.

Class 3 would be 'Control' stock where you would run a 10.5 or 13.5 motor along with a harder wearing tyre as above.

[J_WOODY]

Southport already run a 10.5 class using schumacher block tyres, tyres last much longer than in the modified class that is run on the same days.
I've run the stock class myself but prefer to run mod using tyres that have previously been used for a regional

[chrispattinson]

Open, it means I dont need to change motor or tyres to go and have fun at the club. I wouldn't bother with club racing if it was so controlled requiring specific gear. It also means little Johnny can turn up with his 'whatever' car and tyres and join in. Club racing needn't be so serious and controlled.

[HarlowS]

This isnt about changing the hobby, just giving choice. Little Johnny will still be able to race in the open class and have fun if he wishes, but if there were both classes available, what would people book in for ???

Originally Posted by chrispattinson

Open, it means I dont need to change motor or tyres to go and have fun at the club. It also means little Johnny can turn up with his 'whatever' car and tyres and join in. Club racing needn't be so serious and controlled.

[JohnM]

The problem with having a “stock” style lower powered control motor, is that people will just spend the money they used to spend on tyres, on lightweight bits, or puck drives, or any other the other things that the Americans seems to throw money at in 13.5 racing.

It just becomes a different style or arms race, charging at mega amps as well.

[HarlowS]

Agreed, which is why i threw Control modified into the mix.

Originally Posted by JohnM

The problem with having a “stock” style lower powered control motor, is that people will just spend the money they used to spend on tyres, on lightweight bits, or puck drives, or any other the other things that the Americans seems to throw money at in 13.5 racing.

It just becomes a different style or arms race, charging at mega amps as well.

[RobW]

I would suggest going down the controlled motor route will just lead to a huge increase in power costs dwafting any savings on tyres.

At the moment I can run year old £40 lipos and £30 secondhand motors and still have too much power for my ability.

Start restricting the motor turn and we will start getting people buying fresh lipos every 6 months and buying the new "motor of the month" as we all try and get that last bit of power. Just look at GT12 where we have a surplus of grip over available power.

[RobW]

Doh - spent too long writing my comment and John got in before me