The following message is my personal opinion and reflects zero alterial motives!
Hi Im Billy Bruce, I have been racing since 1987 (13 years old).Worked in hobby shops, started hobby shops and race tracks, laid ground work for state series, ran races and promoted races, worked for manufatucers and currently work for a Manufacurer.
I got into this hobby cause i wanted to race something on my dads off-season drag racing. Any form of racing there is a pay to play aggenda. He would spend 50k plus on motors and transmissions and this was a CHEAP alternative to that, and a great way to spend time with his son.
When i got started esc was just coming out. I bought the novak 4 and 1 they was awesome aslong as you didnt reverse polarity. then you was buying another for 150 buck when it just up and quit. TRc pan cars where $400 and TQ eagle if you could get one was about the same I saw on a regular basis ppl buyin speedos every week....
now lets fast forward.... 89-92. Lake Whippoorwill, 2 new batteries a week([email protected]), new motors every week([email protected]), 100 packs of brushes $100-150 a bag every couple of months, oh yeah lets not forget capped tires 120$ a set and could very well blow one out every run.
Fast Forwad again... 99ish thru 2003 ish.... sub c cells getting bigger but not better... to be compettive you must have at least 2 new packs every race or you was tied to a pole runnig a lane out the whoel race cause your gettin passed that much. So thats lets say 4-6 packs a month. most pay from 40-80 for 4 cells and 60-100 for 6 cells.
now over the last few years of racing those things have went away and we have new things rite. Last year i bought 2 batteries and bought 2 motors. Less than $500 retail. bigger reduction in expense.
we went from 6 cell stock, to 4 cell 19t, to 4 cell 10.5, to 2s lipo 17.5, to now 1s 7.5 or 10.5 or 13.5 all with in the last 5 years. So now i think the oval community is at a point where this whole story comes together. The new guys getting in can now cause the cost are way cheaper for the consumer to get started and maintane. But the old schoolers like myself and some of the guys on the TOUR board have no issues with the changes we see cause it way better than we have ever had it.
I think Allan and Steve Should get a standing ovation for put there guidlines together for tracks to run by. It takes alot of personal time and sacrafice to do what they have done to make racing better for all of us. And No One should give any of these guys anything but praise for their efforts.
Not everyone racing is on the same playin or paying field. I believe there are really 4 kind of racers.
Racer 4 just sucks at driving and no matter how much money they spend will never get it.
Racer 3 are those who kick butt on a budget cause they work on there cars and test to go faster.
Racer 2 the guy who chooses to spend his money on his hobby and will buy anything and everything he need to go fast and work on his stuff and research like hell to be the best and win big races at whatever the cost.
Racer 1 the Sportsman. The guys who are just getting into racing buys all his stuff from hobby shops and has no sponsors.
I have been all 4! I suck at on-road and didnt like the money i had to spend to race them. so I race Oval. To each there own. I dont understand these rules we been trying to make up lately. I do not want to be told what to do or buy!
Craziest thing i heard in a while.....Lets ban the cheapest speedo to come out in a long time and make alot of crazy rules and make Tour just like
Roar and have 50 entries. How about lets not! Snowbirds .....biggest race least rules!
Only change i see needing to be made is maybe a equipement bounty on COT class. so you cant say he is running something i cant run. and then maybe a sportsman division in 10.5 and 7.5 class that doesnt offer championship title but class winner and trophy.
our daily lives are full of choices ....racing is the same way. so choose the racing that fits you and dont do more than can afford to do. What we cant do is tell someone they cant do it just cause you cant.
Sometime i have to take a break to get things done in my REAL life and wait it out till things settle down with racing.
I love racing and its better than ever. I have made alot of great friends along the way.
Props again to the Tour Board for there hard work and listening to all the compalints, know they cant make everyone happy but do a great JOB!
Im off my soap box... all this made me hungry!!
BB
Hi Im Billy Bruce, I have been racing since 1987 (13 years old).Worked in hobby shops, started hobby shops and race tracks, laid ground work for state series, ran races and promoted races, worked for manufatucers and currently work for a Manufacurer.
I got into this hobby cause i wanted to race something on my dads off-season drag racing. Any form of racing there is a pay to play aggenda. He would spend 50k plus on motors and transmissions and this was a CHEAP alternative to that, and a great way to spend time with his son.
When i got started esc was just coming out. I bought the novak 4 and 1 they was awesome aslong as you didnt reverse polarity. then you was buying another for 150 buck when it just up and quit. TRc pan cars where $400 and TQ eagle if you could get one was about the same I saw on a regular basis ppl buyin speedos every week....
now lets fast forward.... 89-92. Lake Whippoorwill, 2 new batteries a week([email protected]), new motors every week([email protected]), 100 packs of brushes $100-150 a bag every couple of months, oh yeah lets not forget capped tires 120$ a set and could very well blow one out every run.
Fast Forwad again... 99ish thru 2003 ish.... sub c cells getting bigger but not better... to be compettive you must have at least 2 new packs every race or you was tied to a pole runnig a lane out the whoel race cause your gettin passed that much. So thats lets say 4-6 packs a month. most pay from 40-80 for 4 cells and 60-100 for 6 cells.
now over the last few years of racing those things have went away and we have new things rite. Last year i bought 2 batteries and bought 2 motors. Less than $500 retail. bigger reduction in expense.
we went from 6 cell stock, to 4 cell 19t, to 4 cell 10.5, to 2s lipo 17.5, to now 1s 7.5 or 10.5 or 13.5 all with in the last 5 years. So now i think the oval community is at a point where this whole story comes together. The new guys getting in can now cause the cost are way cheaper for the consumer to get started and maintane. But the old schoolers like myself and some of the guys on the TOUR board have no issues with the changes we see cause it way better than we have ever had it.
I think Allan and Steve Should get a standing ovation for put there guidlines together for tracks to run by. It takes alot of personal time and sacrafice to do what they have done to make racing better for all of us. And No One should give any of these guys anything but praise for their efforts.
Not everyone racing is on the same playin or paying field. I believe there are really 4 kind of racers.
Racer 4 just sucks at driving and no matter how much money they spend will never get it.
Racer 3 are those who kick butt on a budget cause they work on there cars and test to go faster.
Racer 2 the guy who chooses to spend his money on his hobby and will buy anything and everything he need to go fast and work on his stuff and research like hell to be the best and win big races at whatever the cost.
Racer 1 the Sportsman. The guys who are just getting into racing buys all his stuff from hobby shops and has no sponsors.
I have been all 4! I suck at on-road and didnt like the money i had to spend to race them. so I race Oval. To each there own. I dont understand these rules we been trying to make up lately. I do not want to be told what to do or buy!
Craziest thing i heard in a while.....Lets ban the cheapest speedo to come out in a long time and make alot of crazy rules and make Tour just like
Roar and have 50 entries. How about lets not! Snowbirds .....biggest race least rules!
Only change i see needing to be made is maybe a equipement bounty on COT class. so you cant say he is running something i cant run. and then maybe a sportsman division in 10.5 and 7.5 class that doesnt offer championship title but class winner and trophy.
our daily lives are full of choices ....racing is the same way. so choose the racing that fits you and dont do more than can afford to do. What we cant do is tell someone they cant do it just cause you cant.
Sometime i have to take a break to get things done in my REAL life and wait it out till things settle down with racing.
I love racing and its better than ever. I have made alot of great friends along the way.
Props again to the Tour Board for there hard work and listening to all the compalints, know they cant make everyone happy but do a great JOB!
Im off my soap box... all this made me hungry!!
BB
