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Originally Posted by fidspeed
dan Wooster was driving the lwb meteor top guy to talk to and a decent driver
He kept Mitch (my lad) on his toes all day, both qualified for race of champions and Dan drove well, Mitch didn't have a great final 
As for rule "aberrations" the important thing to remember is that "fun" is the major factor at the Iconic meeting not "winning" and watching vintage rc cars being used for what they were designed For
It would be shame to spoil a fantastic event enjoyed by all (me included as watching dad )by reading too much into "class rules" even the endurance was enjoyable "our" team managed all the race on one set of yellow rear minispikes truly remarkable !!
looking forward to next year already if the Iconic team/A1 team are brave/daft enough to host us all again
many thanks dave |
Hi Dave, thank you for the kind comments - it's always a pleasure to chat to you at the Mid East regionals & at the Revival the weekend before last
I really enjoyed this year's Revival meeting & running the Meteor (a Meteor was my first ever competition spec buggy - after attempting to run a Hornet BITD) - to a certain extent the fact that it was going so well was a bit of a 'measured' fluke - the suspension & electrics set-up was all done for a reason but was largely un-tested. Your son (Mitch) is a quicker driver than me, so just keeping him a bit 'honest' during the qualifying was quite satisfying - on any other day he would have 'had' me easy in the final, but sometimes luck is not on your side!
As for rules & regs on cars & in which class they fall with mods & upgrades etc - I say that so long as a car fits within the 'spirit' of the era - than its all good with me. In each era there tends to be one or two car types that work better than others - for example my ProCat on the Sunday (being really the last incarnation of the original CAT series - coming out right at the end of the 80s) Was at somewhat of a disadvantage over say a CAT2000 or a Lazer ZXR which were released later on within the time frame of the class (such was the pace of development at that time) - but you either take a tactical decision on what to run to give you the best possible chance, or just be more relaxed & run just what you want/have just for the shear pleasure of running that old car on a track again - no matter where you finish!