After giving this a lot of thought, I have formed an opinion. Here it goes. The Street Stock class has been described as an entry level class. The idea being that it would potentially bring new participants to R/C oval racing. The biggest stumbling block to this thought is the simple fact that a dune buggy does not translate to the dirt oval without a lot of modifications. The other problem is that where a EDM more of a precision driving instrument, the Street Stock is a barbaric sledgehammer. It would be a disservice to a new comer to get used to driving a SS and then think that it would translate to an EDM. There are two alternatives to this situation; one is to figure out an entry level true oval class, the other is to allow a lot of modifications to SS class. If there were a pre-configured oval car with a price that would lure new guys, that would be great. I can’t come up with one at this time. Back when Losi Mini-Late Models were available, this was a close as I have seen to a car that could be run directly out of the box. Some of the problem were that they used NiMh battery which you can’t charge repeatedly for a race day. 1600mah were cheaper than the 1100mah that came with the kit. So 1600’s were allowed. They were faster and flowed more current which promoted a high casualty rate for the little plug that was used. So a rule to allow different plugs came about. The other problem was that the plastic shocks had a high chance for leakage, si aluminum shocks were allowed. Then with the higher current allowed by the batteries, the gear diff would wear fast, next rule change was allowing ball diff or metal gear diff. in retrospect, We probably should have stuck with the original 1100mah and be done with it. What would be ideal is to find a car that handles the oval like an oval car and stick to a stock configuration, like the Mini-Late Model should have been. But SS is not it. Maybe the guys talking about putting older EDM cars together for rent-a-rides have something there. Low cost to entice newbies, similar handling characteristics as modern EDMs. Limit the power to give new guys a chance to acclimate to oval racing. Maybe even use Street Stock bodies? Using Street Trak tires to keep cost down? So a newbie doesn’t need 5 sets of tires to be competitive and rubber tires last a long time. That way, you would have a chassis that could teach tuning and it would be info that translates to regular EDM classes. On another note, does anyone make an oval track chassis out of fiberglass instead of carbon fiber? Might also help keep cost down? My $0.02 worth………. :)
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 00:17:34 +0000
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