I had been bashing around the local parcs for years with first a Tamiya Wild One, then a Monster Beatle and finally a Manta Ray. when I was about 14, a new toy and modell shop opened in my area and the guy running the RC section was a Tamiya factory driver at the time (somewhere in the early 90'ies). He encouraged me to go racing and he took me with him to my first race, a regional. There I astonished even myself by promptly finishing 4th with my then brand new Super Astute, a borrowed LRP motor (I think it was an LRP White E), Orion cells and of course a copied setup.
I raced for 5 years first with the Super Astute and Manta Ray, then when Tamiya abandoned off road, I used a Losi XX an CAT2000 and finally a B2 and a B3. I stopped for several years because of university and work but started again 2,5 years ago with a B4.
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