RC Car Action Articles

[vwduud]

Used to subscribe to this magazine many years (the printed version).

A couple of interesting articles:

www.rccaraction.com/blog/2014/06/02/the-great-divide-why-splitting-classes-makes-absolutely-no-sense/

www.rccaraction.com/blog/2014/04/01/fast-laps-just-who-are-the-big-races-for-anyway/

Those who know me know my take on these topics.

What are your thoughts?

Jim

[jmistric]

I was not able to pull the article but you and I have talked about this topic many of times. I do not agree with dividing classes unless it's a pure NOVICE class. Qualifying does all the dividing for us, if you qualify in the C main be proud to win the C main. If you win a sportsman class , should you have been in that sportsman class? We would all like for our club races to have larger turn outs. 2 full heats of E buggy sounds better than 1 heat of sportsman , 1 heat of expert and 1 heat of what ever else we want to call it so we can all make a A main . I don't make A mains very often but that motivates me to improve and get faster. We all love this hobby , DONT divide us.

[dalton98]

I agree with John, I'd rather see one larger group of buggies than two smaller groups of sportsman and expert. Even though the times between sportsman and expert at SCR lately have been separated by about a second a lap, if the same person or two are consistently winning the class it becomes no fun for all the racers below them, and at the same time the one or two that are winning do not have anyone in front of them to chase to make them try harder and get faster.
Just my 2 cents.

[R.J.]

Yeah its probably better to just have one E-buggy class and just setup the qualifiers the same way where people of similar skill are grouped together and honestly at the end of the day it is all the same anyway. But it allows for people to grow more I believe. Especially if we did a resort after the first round of qualifying. If we set it up where there is an A and B Main but make them both 10 minutes

[mjeskind]

I agree, 1 ebuggy class everyday people's driving skills can change. 1 day your on 1 day your off

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[jeasley]

I like the idea of having all of the e-buggies together and letting the qualifying times sort out if you end up in the A, B, or C main. I also like bumping up the top finishers in each group to give them an opportunity to race against some faster guys. There will be some days that you qualify and the bottom of your group and some days you're the top qualifier.