Totally agree with Simon – he got all my points before I could type them!!
A couple of the on-road clubs I have raced at have tried this type of thing and it had some limited success. Aldershot did it with a one motor (HPI Saturn, about £10) class and fixed gear ratios. This was the class my Jack started in aged 7 and it worked for about a year and then everyone wanted something faster and moved to the more established classes.
I think the trick is not to make it too restrictive. Often beginners have already bought a car before they turn up at your club and then find they have a choice to buy another set-up or not be able to race with the other beginners so defeating the idea of making it cheaper.
But as Simon says I’m not totally convinced we need it – the easy availability of power in off-road means almost all beginners have more power than they can cope with and the seeding of heats means we all get to race with others of similar pace.
Interesting idea though and if we get to the point where we have enough beginners definitely worth gauging their opinions.
Rob
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