Why does the Short Course Truck class.....

[jimmy]

Raced an SC for the first time today and had a real blast with it - I loved swapping a bit of paint. in the final I kindly used Richard Lowe as my brakes at the end of the straight, pushed him wide and took the lead only for him to 'do me' a couple of laps from the end which was fair enough.
love it

[telboy]

haha, class!
Thats what its all about though...but it may get more serious when a championship is at stake! lol

I hope you didn't bash my durango shell jimmy!

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by telboy

I've raced them 3 times now, twice at worksop and once at ardent. I think they DO belong on slipier surfaces as they're more fun to race and getting them on carpet just takes most of the fun out of it and it just becomes like tacing TC's.

But it has been an absolute hoot and has broken the day up nicely. You don't really have to mess around with them too much either. You just come back from marshalling, put it on charge and wait for the next race. There's hardly ever any borken parts to fix as they're so tough too.


BUT, I think rich is right now. If it is to be taken seriously, they need to be raced properly. Rubbing allowed but no ramming or driving into people deliberately, 5 min runs with no reversing the direction etc.
But i think the 'le mans' start that we had at worksop was a good idea. Possibly at larger meetings this could be incorporated for the A-final.

more than than 5min is good

[mattJT]

Originally Posted by mattJT

.......evoke such a "marmite" reaction with racers?

Yet all of a sudden over the past few weeks there's been a definite shift towards SCT's, with numerous club threads talking about sct racing and of the course the planned ShortCourse Shootout now coming.

(Strange quoting myself, but hey.....)

And now with a potential SCinvernational, and the chat in this thread, maybe the trend is turning.

Seems to be an interesting divide between those who do SCT for the pure novelty/mix it up value and those who want to race them as you would in other classes.

Up EPR the SCT heats are no different to the others (okay maybe theres more laughter and humour on the rostrum) but nonetheless the primary feeling is that of it being a (fun) race where the usual racing etiquette applies.

[antnee]

At the SC shootout (or what ever it was called) at Coventry last summer, I don't think there was any heat/race throughout the day where there wasn't any laughter. We had a few run at West Bridgford and everyone had a laugh.


I don't know about everyone, but I'm into RC's to have fun with some mates!

[Fast Eddie]

well said

[antnee]

Also to add, at the race in Coventry last summer, I think only one person shouted the old 'MARSHAAAAAAAALLLL', you usually hear that a few times every heat in any other class!

[telboy]

I must say that, yes it is a fun class, but if it is to seriously take off, then it does need to be taken more seriously.

Don't get me wrong, theres nothing stopping people having a laugh on the rostrum but it needs to be more along the same lines as the other races that it runs along side.

The last time I ran them at worksop, I happened to be leading one of the qualifying heats, with Adam Skelding and Nathan Waters really breathing my neck. And I must say that for a moment the 'Fun' side of it dissapeared! ...and found myself shouting at the lapped traffic to get out of my way as they were bashing me around, allowing Adam and Nathan to get closer!!