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Originally Posted by RogerM
Foams on an off-road car !!!!! 
Would never have considered foams myself for an off-road car so I think your asumption was fair Glypo .... |
You might be surprised to find out that some people use foams to race off road on blue groove dirt ovals and sometimes even on grass tracks amongst other places. We also use foams to race our 18th scale off road cars indoors (and sometimes Schumacher rubbers). I seriously don't see what the big deal is, it's just big foam donuts mounted on Losi wheels. They look just like an off road wheel so doesn't spoil the 'look' and seeing as we were indoors on carpet and polished wood floor
with an open tyre rule (and all parts of the wheel is commercially available) I think it was perfectly reasonable to use the opportunity to see if they work better than rubbers.
You might also be surprised to find out that at some clubs that allow 10th scale off road cars to run ONLY foams are allowed, 10th scale mini pins are banned because they burn the carpet.
A full set of foams like this will cost you no more than £20 to make all inclusive and will last a whole indoor season or more! From a racers perspective a cheap tyre that work well and last long - where is the problem?
Regardless, my meeting wasn't spoiled, I still had a great time and will race there again in a heartbeat. Luckily I decided to bring my Mini [ins along just in case the foams didn't work out as planned.
My point is simply that if an oversight was made on a rule and a racer double checked if it was meant to be that way and it was then confirmed, that it should be left to go ahead.
Never mind, water under the bridge and far gone to the sea.
