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Originally Posted by RudolfXC
How many 1/12th pan cars usually turn up?
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Currently none, unless you count the Mardave V12CE as a 1/12th.
I usually put 1/12ths in our general 'mini' class, which is normally Tamiya minis, Recoils and Mardaves as they tend to be pretty safe to run against as they are pretty respectful of different cars, but some tend to not be the best drivers in the world - if there's plenty of cars in the heat I can farm off the worst down into novices. One of our top drivers usually wants to run his 1/12th in with the top heat of tourers when he turns up with it, but he is fast enough to keep well away from them.
If Alan is starting to run one I might dig out my old CRC which hasn't run for a good few years due to having no one to race with. We also have another good driver who has a 1/12th but started running tourers recently, I'm sure he would bring his 1/12th out again.
Additive is allowed, unfortunately additive choice has been down to local availability so LRP/Nosram is popular amongst the foam tourers which kinda messes up the carpet for pan cars, I raced my F1 recently until I was the only one left and tried several additives and techniques but never really got it consistent for the full race, usually rear grip drops off halfway through and you then have to hang on until the fronts go off to match. WorldGT racers also moved to tourers for the same reason. Grip is pretty low right now as the current carpet is quite worn, hoping to get it replaced shortly with should help grip in the future but doesn't help us right now.