I got a Tamiya Madcap for Christmas in 1991, some lads round the corner had Nikko cars.... they were actually quite good for Nikko but I can't remember what they were called now, Dandy something i think....
Anyway, they used to go up Newbury R/C Club ran at a School so i went up there, struggled like hell against all the Pro-cats and RC10's so my Dad came up with me and quickly realised there was a lot more to this hobby then basic kits from Beatties. He knew a guy at work that raced, so bought an old Kyosho Optima Mid for me and that's when it started... we quickly upgraded to a Lazer ZXR, then we bought Andy Shaw's works Bosscat (with the rear shocks mounted on the back of the wishbones) and started doing the RRCi series and it went on and on from there really.
Did my first year of Nationals in 1997 with a Losi XX and Cat 2000, managed to get my F1 license, then in 1998 made 5/6 2wd A Finals and finished 7th overall, qualifying for the 1999 Worlds and Euro's - then it started to get serious
We packed up early 2002 but recently i've started to get more and more interested, and with Lee's track down the road i simply couldn't resist getting an old B3 going, so i'm looking forward to racing it for the first time in almost 5 years this weekend at CML Raceway....
23-10-2006
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