After talking to a few of the "Arcor racers" that arent really interested in buying "High end" Touring cars, set up stations and truers I figure we should consider one of these classes for this season.
1. Tamiya Mini - Tamiya M-02, M-03, M-04 or M-05 chassis, Tamiya Silver can motor, Tamiya electric speed control (unable to do "wild settings" and already comes in the kit)...rules are posted on Tamiya's website...basically only hop ups allowed are Tamiya's alone for that specific kit. Tamiya tires are also required. I have run these several seasons at TCS and they are alot of fun...approx $100-140 dollars. Required a stick type battery and obviously radio gear.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXXPV3&P=ML
2. Bolink Legend (now under the name RJSpeed)...kit motor, kit tires, limited ESC, 4 cell spec battery (obviously could change this to a 1 cell lipo)...less than $100
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXUEC5&P=SM
3. Losi or Associated late models - box stock.
again just ideas as all of these are over $100 less than any class currently offered...if we chose one to "push" as the "onroad for non-onroad guys class" we could be on to something...thoughts?
I personally have done the Tamiya mini and have had the same M-03 for years...I road trip to a TCS race annually (usually Memphis)...its a really fun class...my #1 vote. Also raced Bolink Legends at Minnreg in Tampa and it was a really fun class too...of course we caught our share of cheaters (ceramic bearings...advancing the motor...so we made the motors a grab bag at the drivers meeting...returned at the end of racing)...these classes were great because of the cheap entry and normally led to folks running the higher end cars later.
Again just ideas.
Paul