oh.
Thats not good news. Is it buggy racing in general that as declined or just Batley.
Back in the day youngsters of 8 and 9 would turn up with hornets and frogs and race along side adults and teenagers with better 4wd cars. The cost was low(ish) because we all ran 27turn motors that would last 5 minutes on any old £10 battery pack. We had no special chargers or balancers??. A motor would last a couple of seasons with no maintainance and most people had a couple of sets of tyres that lasted a season.
I got out when the modified class became the std. Motors started to cost £50 instead of £10 - £15, with these you needed £50 battery packs and not just one to charge 5 times a meeting. All of sudden these same motors needed money spent every meeting to true the comm??? The kit prices had risen a little but it was the motors, batteries and ESC prices that turned it from a hobby for the young and young at heart into a specialised activity for the rich and dedicated.
I would like to race in the york vintage series this winter for nostalgic reasons. But with one battery pack and one motor!
|