How'd you get started in racing ?

[jimmy]

I found a photo last night of me and work mates racing out Tamiyas in the work carpark at break time in 2002, a lil after this I got a XXX off ebay and it was so good I decided to pop along to batley buggy club to have a go - the rest is history.

[bert digler]

Originally Posted by jimmy

I found a photo last night of me and work mates racing out Tamiyas in the work carpark at break time in 2002, a lil after this I got a XXX off ebay and it was so good I decided to pop along to batley buggy club to have a go - the rest is history.

my dad bought me a rough rider in 1979 i was four used thrash it round the park joined marstons car club in 86 been racin since

[PaulRotheram]

I used to play with r/cs for years.. the lil crappy nikko ones and always used to watch programs.. like model mania and the sort. One episode was of a rally car being built preped and painted, then they went to a meeting to race and i'd always wanted to try it. Needless to say i'm yet to find a rally car club!

We found a poster in a shop i think, of southport radio car club. On easter DAY, 2000 - my dad took me to victoria park (it was actually raining that day too haha) and got talking to a few drivers.. I ended up buying a second hand B3 from a guy who left the club months ago. I got 6 packs of batterys, an old mtroniks sprint esc, a standard servo, radio gear.. loads of tyres and spares etc all for £100 with the car. I took the car home and a few days after somthing went wrong..(slipper and diff i now know!) we called the guy who we bought it off and he offered to come fix it! Those were the days..

My first motor was an old non rebuildable schumacher 17 turn.. i still have that motor too!

Unfortuantly the people who i talked to on the first day, only one of them are still at the club, being Phil the club secretary. Coincedently were they pitted.. is were I pit every meeting to this day..

[ashleyb4]

I used to have loads of fun playing with the little nikko type rc's that used to do about 30 mph for about 20 secinds on s full battery. Then i really wanted a new car becuase my car was startng to die and go slow so i was going to buy another nikko type one but i bought a cen nitro touring car that i raced around a big carpark every so often but then. my mum bought me a RACER book from sainsburys and thats then it began i asked for a tc4 for christmas so hobby corner in wrexham tryed really hard to get me one for christmas and they did so i built it and it looked really cool and i run it i had a msonik speedo i drove it into my dinning room and it stopped and it went up in smoke. And stunk the hole house out mum didnt really like my cars after that. (but i dont know why)


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[dallasv8]

when i was a first year apprentice in 1993 i bought a gold tub rc10 from a garage sale which was new built never ran for 100 bucks.that was the best car i have ever had the pleasure of thrashing (its currently getting an overhaul)
my first racing experience was where i live now about 3 years ago when i started racing stock buggy with my Tamiya Super Astute(pictured).raced that for a year and stepped up to a B4 and T2 both in mod now.getting parts for my T2 isnt so easy now but, smashed a front shock tower and bent the nose tubes during practice a week ago

[DCM]

I started in 1988, I was in college, one of the guys on the course was competing nationaly, he brought his car in, and a lecturer decided, with one of the technicians, to make building an RC Car project, that was cool, so me freind was selling an old Kyosho Rocky 4wd with everything, and I took the plunge.

It started to get money spent on it when I started an apprenticeship in 89, took a break in 1997, came back at the end of 2003 to find the popular class was now on-road and the same arguments in stock still reigned, lol.

[johnnyboy]

Got my first RC car in 1985 (Marui Big Bear) drove that for about a year then bought a Tamiya Hornet. First race was with the Hornet at a Hobby Show here in Toronto in 1986. I think I was in the B Main (they ran a under 18 Jr. class there). Raced off road till about 1992 then became a Pro Mountain Biker and dropped RC all together. Still biking, but not as crazy (getting old...lol). Just bought a B4 (new Yokomo coming over the winter) at the end of this season and will be back racing offroad for 2007. Electric off road is making a comback over here.

[Alfonzo]

1989, the Tories are in full swing, illegal raves and The Stone Roses. My mate gets a Kyosho Rocky for Christmas. Ace. His mum spots an advert in the local paper for this RC club www.lawfordbuggyclub.co.uk who run a championship using Tamiya Quick Drives (RTR) in the local park and woods. The following grows. A year or so afterwards the club introduces 1:10th scale races alongside the QD event. We're talking Tamiya Boomerangs, Rocky, Hornets and the delightful Mardave Meteor. Happy Days. We used to cycle 5 miles to the club with all our kit and a 12v car battery in a rucksack on the back. I swear I couldn't do that now! As we got older the paperound money & summer job farm money increased. The kit got a little better - Pro Cats, YZ10's, Kyosho Lasers etc. Halcyon times, y'know - endless hot summer days etc..

Girls and Uni finished it off.

2000 - took up racing again. Discovered hangovers and RC don't really mix. Gave up. (The RC, not hangovers)

2006 - took up racing again. No hangovers anymore, just the hard sobre facts that I'm utterly talentless but still really enjoy the scene

[Gemma]

Well my big Bruv started racing in 1990 summit , he use to race the Manta Ray, and then upgrading it to a very top notch Top Force............... Whooooooooo! ! As I was the little sister , who got dragged to car racing at the age or 11 or summit, my father (bless him:flower: ) decide to make me a "Mixture" Car, which basically cost him nothing. The Nothing car was made up of a few Top Force, Lazer ZXR, and CAT bits and that was my car. I use to race regionals in the early 90's and it kinda started from there.

13 yrs later I met the love of my life, and Stopped!!!:bom:

But I have been back about 6 ish yrs (I think) and been doing National and Regionals ever since!!!

Thats my story!!!