Not meaning to tread on the toes of Nitroman, but even at national level pretty much only the 2wd's at a national level at custom built (with the exception of the chunk and Mr Davies machine in the 4wds) So don't worry about turning up with an RTR!
Racing in Micros is open and friendly every car except the Carisma GTB can be bought as an RTR and they form the back bone of the club support we have.
Sadly things have moved on a bit from the original RC18 / Maverick IoN / Shark / Blaze. Although with a skilled pair of hands and a bit of fettling they can spring a surprise on flatter tracks, sadly the updated rc18b2/t2's didn't fare much better as the bigger 16/14th scales are massively easier to drive and come with a brushless and 2.4ghz set up - ready for the track!
If you're just after a basher though, there is nothing wrong with the IoN from maverick, cheap cheerful ad will take an alarming amount of punishment - like the HPI Recon. parts are cheap too (then again they are for the bigger cars and they give you scope to go racing once you're bored of flat out hoonery
