This has been my argument for years. Drivers here in the UK just don't "get" trucks. There's a kind of snobbery, if you will, towards any kind of truck. Some people at my local track bought them, as did I, to "have a laugh with", but while I bring mine along specifically to race, no one else has and I end in a heat with juniors.
The excuse is the same everytime too, "if I had known you were bringing yours, I would've brought mine along".
The trouble is also, it's all a bit half arsed. Sure, trucks are welcome, and that's great, or we wouldn't see any track time, but they're not encouraged.
I think our culture is partly to blame for that. The US has trucks, we had the mini, consequently, we have mardave ministocks. There are no doubt more people running mardave ministocks here than trucks I can assure you, and quite frankly, I can't think of anything worse.
I like trucks, not everyone does, which is fair enough, but it gets hammered home I think that trucks are second rate so everyone goes with the majority, a la buggy, cos that's where it's at.
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