What year did you first start racing?

[pugs]

1991 at durham buggy club with a tamiya egress....I can remember them turning people away cos they had max 120 drivers on some saturday nights

[Steven Forster]

april 3rd 2011 and loving it............

[uop101]

1971
Mardave 1/8th Circuit

[ziggy12345]

1980. first car was a PB pan car

[Supercoolnothing]

I think it was 1988 for me first couple of races with a Tamiya Fox then moved onto a Falcon, ran that for about a year then got an Optima Mid Custom Special which I've recently returned to running and plan to race until funds allow me to get a new car. Recently got back into racing and have been using a 91 vintage Yokomo Super Dogfighter although now I have my old Mid running again the Dogfighter is either going to get sold on or become a shelf queen

[beckybean66]

2010 because of my boyfriend, it was a mardave v12

[teamorsum96]

1987 racing mardave mini stocks, got picture some where lol

[nitro_noob]

Originally Posted by brooksy

I started with buggies in the very early 80's,tamiya holiday buggy was my first car and I ran it at a track in wath upon dearne(south Yorkshire) on a dirt track that a fella built at the back of his company that he owned. He also built a f1 track next to it. Before,during and after that I used to race model power boats, then went back to cars again in the early. 90's for about 5 years, then I discovered drink and women. I had about 15 years away then decided to start up again so I bought myself a xxx-cr.

OMG I used to race in the very early eighties on that very f1 tarmac track at Wath upon Dearne - I seem to recall there was a spares shop in the factory/unit too. I raced a Tamiya Ralt RT2 Hart 420R. I left racing just as the f1 track was being extended to accommodate larger nitro circuit cars. Now living in South East Wales and came back in 2013 to race off-road 1/8th scale: how things have changed in 30+ years I've been away......
Still got the Ralt, though it's now sporting a March 782 bodyshell and the front bumper is missing - I do recall the front end of the car used to take quite a beating

[Ashlandchris]

Approx 1982 with a Tamiya Grasshopper then upgraded to a Hornet. Switched to a 2nd hand frog then joined the big boys with a Hotshot followed by an Optima. Sold up in ~1985/6 as all the racing clashed with stuff on a Sunday. Used to race at Batley
Came back to it in 2014. Still race at Batley

[tonydevon]

Cat xls in 87? And a topcat also in 87.
Southend buggy club.

Then many years off while i discovered drink and motorbikes.

Now back racing rc bikes and hopefully thanks to new indoor venue micros and buggies

[brooksy]

Originally Posted by nitro_noob

OMG I used to race in the very early eighties on that very f1 tarmac track at Wath upon Dearne - I seem to recall there was a spares shop in the factory/unit too. I raced a Tamiya Ralt RT2 Hart 420R. I left racing just as the f1 track was being extended to accommodate larger nitro circuit cars. Now living in South East Wales and came back in 2013 to race off-road 1/8th scale: how things have changed in 30+ years I've been away......
Still got the Ralt, though it's now sporting a March 782 bodyshell and the front bumper is missing - I do recall the front end of the car used to take quite a beating

Yep,that's how I remember it as well. Me and my older brother ran off road and my dad ran f1. I think it was the guy who owned the factory was into rc cars and was his land he built the tracks on. My holiday buggy front end was held together with a metal plate and araldite. Wish I still had it to be honest

[brooksy]

Originally Posted by tonydevon

Cat xls in 87? And a topcat also in 87.
Southend buggy club.

Then many years off while i discovered drink and motorbikes.

Now back racing rc bikes and hopefully thanks to new indoor venue micros and buggies

I had 14yrs off whilst finding drink and.....women

[CHEVY]

About 83/84 mardave mk1 stock car many buggies 2wd,4wd tc 12th still here

[Pluginz]

I started racing in 1986. Worcester in the UK.

Tamiya Ford Ranger F150. Trashed it completely lol

Look at what they're worth now, doh

[beale]

About 92/93 Brock Arms car park with a Tamiya Blackfoot then moved onto an Optima mid custom special when I got the racing bug

[DynaMight]

First started in about 94 when I was about 12, but only for a few years due to poor funds. Restarted again a few years ago though.

The poll does show some concern, not many of the younger generation doing it... certainly not a huge amount of youngsters in my local area, annoyingly the younger ones are pretty fast though.

[mr. ed]

1987 with a boomerang
Wrong car, wrong budget and no talent for driving , but still enjoying my hobby after nearly 30 years

[stickboy007]

I couldn't afford to race as a kid, and then I went to college for 11 years, so it was a while until I could actually, properly race. Now I go almost every weekend.

[Dave Dodd]

1st rc in the early 80's nikko porsche and then a couple in the early 90's but only joined a club to race in late 2007

[bigchris]

Started in 1988 with a Tamiya Thundershot, then quickly moved onto a Vanquish - good times

feel the starter cars now are too fast to learn with