When I was a very young kid my dad had a couple of RC cars. One of the metal flat chassis Tamiya Porsche's and a Tamiya Holiday buggy. I saw them and was hooked by how fun they where. I bought some magazines on RC racing and began asking for my own cars. One year though I got my first proper RC car - A Tamiya Grasshopper 2 'Super G' with the yellow illuminous wheels. Built it and used to take it over the local school play ground to run it.
Move on a few years and I wanted to see about racing. I contacted the BRCA and found the local rep who pointed me towards 'Harwood Hall Buggy Club'. I ended up going there for years, helping to run the club nights. Started with a second hand Pro-Cat, moving on to a Kyosho Lazer ZXR. Ended up with the ZXR totally modified with aftermarket parts, a second one built for Touring (small shocks etc), a Cougar 2000 with all the works stuff, Another converted into a truck, A Tamiya F1, an RC10, RC12LW and an RC12L, plus finally a Lazerlite Pro10 converted to do Oval Racing.
I left racing at 18, sold the lot off. At about 24 I decided to get back into it all. Came back running a Mission going on to an Mi2EC, then an Mi4LP to my now HP TCX. I also recently bought a DEX210 and have found the love for off-road once more. I have had a brief spell running an RC12L4, but sold it due to lack of interest in he southeast.
Looking forward to next year a DEX410 is firmly on my cards as might well be a 12th again too.
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