We definitely have new blood at our RHR astro club nights, some of you will know Tom and his mates who are now regular racers all round Mansfield, Bridgeford, Worksop, Broxtowe
. Just two weeks ago we had two guys start up who race motorbikes, they bought some schuey cars from ebay, did some practicing at RHR and now have been to Batley and other venues. We have another lad who's about 14 start with his dad who used to race karts. Another two who come down on their bikes from the local town and have even put their experiences on youtube. And even our legend Charles! Who loved it from the start and was a major help in the oOple race, F345's and now is well into Worksop too! We've had a couple of retired guys this year, and several others. Infact I'd say well over half of the weds night people who have stated coming are new racers.
I have found that most say to me they find even club racing a bit daunting and they like to come and have a run round the track in their own time to gain some confidence and skill before racing with others. Steves right, you can do it cheap but you need the knowledge to shop around, oOple is a great resource for comparing and decision making on what to buy, but a manufacturers 'Club Racer' pack with all the basics but on a budget would make that initial breaking into racing less complex. We always take the mick out of the number of US classes ie stock/13.5 etc but maybe we should pay more attention! You're pretty much in for a penny in for a pound in the UK!