Blimey Darren i thought we were a rare breed,another cranford buggy club racer from back in the day.
I love this thread so here is my contribution...
IT starts as most do,a friend of mine had a tamiya buggy(falcon i think) and of course i wanted one but my parents thought it was just another of my fads!!
Then another got a Tamiya vanquish and desperate begging earned me an increase in pocket money,a few months of saving bought me a second hand optima from a friend of mine.What a beast,easily out performed the tamiya's of my friends but this was only down the park so i looked for a club local to me.
Cranford buggy club was my first club and one which i have the fondest memories of,Andy Shaw,Les Grimmet and of course Pete Stevens are a few names that instantly spring to mind,but there are many more i have forgotten which i should'nt have to be honest.
A very friendly and well run club with the pete's awesome products spares in the corner,large rostrum with manual counting and i think one jump which used to scare me being so young but is nothing now a days!!
Went on to a cougar then a yokomo super dog fighter works 92 and of course the inevitable,evenings out with your mates and real cars and a break from the hobby ensues.....
2001 rolls around an i am in SMiths and see radio race car and mmmmm i remember when......Associated tc3 later and i am back rocking and rolling at langley model car club and wlrc.
Another break and we are in 2010 and taplow model car club and surrey and hants are my regular clubs, off road has re emerged as the dominant class and of course i have to have another go,a series of cats,yokomo's and so on and its in my veins and to be honest i don't think i will ever stop now