Gone are the days of the correct pinion choice being the diffence between finishing the race or watching your car grind to a hault 30 seconds before the hooter sounded.
However - Does that not make things more equal. Back in the day I gave up because I couldn't afford the 5 sets of super duper (also known as phil greeno!) matched 1700s that I needed to compete when Batley changed the rules so they no longer ran a 27t class. Now even the cheapest lipo will finish a 5 min race.
I'm sure I have photos from the 80s of Batley at the hare and hounds. I will try scan them if I can find them!
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