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Originally Posted by bedsrcmcc
However, the clase of racing we run indoors is 1:10 scale electric Touring Cars and I was just wondering if we need to enforce that Touring Car body shells must be used?
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Like DMS Racing I have also ran my club for 23 years now and can give you another outsiders opinion.
I run very open rules, and as long as there's a body on the car we don't mind what anyone uses. Strangely enough all the top drivers are using BRCA legal touring car bodies as those shells are designed for their aerodynamics rather than looks, I have played with various touring and GT shells over the years and always end up using bodies from the BRCA list. The lesser drivers generally use a mix of what comes with their first kit or what they like the looks of, none of them making any difference to their performance.
Don't even consider using the BRCA list, there are a lot more touring car bodies out there than the ones approved by the BRCA and insisting on sticking to the BRCA rules will quickly lose you new members as they won't be allowed to run their new Tamiya car.
If you insist on restricting everyone to touring car bodies, how do you explain to a new member that he can't run his Tamiya NSX without buying a new body for it? Of course if you then bend the rules so a new member can join you then have the problem of explaining to everyone else they aren't allowed to run one themselves.
As you have no championship running I would suggest allowing a free for all, then see how it develops. If some insist on running GT shells then run a separate GT championship for them when the time comes.
If you want restrict bodies to touring cars, and motors to 13.5 turns, then I would suggest running a separate novice class, so beginners can run whatever they have rather than what the club insists on.