Si Coe, I see your point there. When Torch moved to where it is y2k, we were suffering the effects of the opening of Burselden TC club at the Plough, as everyone left buggies and went TC racing. We spent the next 9 years with a half dozen turning up. What I was saying is that in general, anything new or different IS looked down on, due to snobbery, but maybe that's another debate for another day.
Hotshot 3, who are you then? I started doing clanfield a little while after it opened, when I had time on a wednesday night that is
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I still think there is room, chuck 'em in with the nitros and give them points of their own. I know that again is a sore subject as a lot of 1/8th drivers will liken that to having to have the unpopular class nerd in their team during PE, and then they kick up a squinny with the whole "they dont have to pit" thing. should that matter if they're in a race of their own?
Take British Superbikes a few years ago, there was a grid of bikes. Teh ones with white number boards on were official teams and the like, yellow number boarded bikes were also on the grid, but they were privateers and were in their own little championship. It's only changed because a lot of meddling from Palmer and Higgs, but again, another story for another day.
Basically, we forget that RC is fun, and with everything else in this world, there will be prejudice. There are ways round the numbers, it just takes a bit of agreement and encouragement.
I guess time will tell.