What class of racing will the club be focused on?

There are so many classes and types of radio controlled model cars available that it could be difficult to choose just one. As a new club starting out, we have tried to make sure that we can cater for many racers new and old who want to race indoors on a weekly basis. With that in mind, we have chosen what are probably the most common classes of model RC cars around today. Indoors we shall be racing 1:10th scale Touring Cars, 1:18th scale Micros and 1:12th scale Mardave Minis (including their Caterham Chassis) while outdoors on the off-road track once built, the club will be racing 1:10th scale 2WD & 4WD Buggies, 1:10th scale Short Course & Racing Trucks as well as 1:18th scale Micros.

Close racing guaranteed with Touring and Buggies

The great thing about these two types of RC model cars is that you can always be assured of some close racing. Both these classes of RC cars offer the new club racer a wealth of choices in the market place from all the major manufacturers of cars.

Our best advice would be to come along to the club and have a look at what others are racing before buying anything for the first time. We've put together some basic advice on the manufacturers you should be looking at for both Touring Cars, Buggies and Trucks with details below.

1:10th scale Touring Cars

Most kits these days come without body shells, although the cheaper end of the market tend to come with body shells as standard. Needless to say the after market range of body shells will give you plenty to choose from.

So here are the main contenders in this class of racing:

Other manufacturers that produce 1:10th scale touring car chassis, include; Tamiya, Yokomo, Corally, HPI, Losi, Top Racing, Ansmann and A-Tech.

 

1:18th scale Micros

The new range of 1:18th scale Buggies and Trucks is opening up the hobby of RC racing to a whole new audience. Great value racing means that anyone can start racing now and we shall be running these indoors as well as outdoors once out off-road track has been built.

So here are the main contenders in this class of racing:

Other manufacturers that produce 1:18th scale Buggies & Trucks, include; FTX and XTM.

 

1:10th scale Buggies

These are available in 2WD and 4WD versions and although touring cars are seen as being more popular today, there are still plenty of buggy racers out there which is why we are looking to build an off-road track to race them.

So here are the main contenders in this class of racing:

Other manufacturers produce 1:10th scale 2WD and 4WD buggies, these include; Tamiya, Kyosho, HPI, Losi, Yokomo, Ansmann and A-Tech.

 

1:10th scale Trucks

These come in a variety of styles. Rather than race the 'Monster' style of trucks, we will be catering for the 'Racing Truck' style of model which includes the new 'Short Course' range now available.

So here are the main contenders in this class of racing:

Other manufacturers that produce 1:10th scale Racing Trucks include; Traxxas, Step-Up, Tamiya, Thunder Tiger and HPI.

 

1:12th scale Mardave Minis

The club has introduced the Mardave Mini as a cheap and fun way to go racing. We will be allowing older short wheelbase Mardave Mini cars to run, along with the new longer wheelbase version, including the Caterham chassis as well.

So here are the main contenders in this class of racing:

The club will allow both the older short wheelbase Mardave Mini to race, as well as the slightly longer wheelbase modern version.