Mike:
Great idea to host a forum dedicated to 1/4 scale. Hopefully this will be a busy place
best regards,
kevin
Great idea!
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Jeff: This sounds like fun already!JeffinAz wrote: ....and some of the dirty tricks that were played There was more competition than in full sized racing
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the tire switch
Here's what my friend and I did to keep a certain person from being competetive in the main..he would keep them occupied while I would pull the switch on tire & rim combo..now understand these were foamies that are suppose to be properly glued to the rim..what I would do is take his tires & rim combo ..set them back in his box of tires & rims and leave him with another set of tires & rims that looked identical but only had 4 dots of glue around the outside..after keeping him occupied long enough the call for the main was going and he scrambled back to set his car back up..fired it up and it looked good until he took off..within the first lap the tires tore from the rim and the car went ass end into the wall..what he didn't know was all the tires he had ,now had been switched, boy was he pissed and he wasn't the only one we did it to !
MEMORIES WHAT A GREAT THING
MEMORIES WHAT A GREAT THING
Re: the tire switch
Jeff: Did you buy the guy a beer??JeffinAz wrote: ..... boy was he pissed and he wasn't the only one we did it to !
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Nope he didn't drink anything with alcohol in it . We did however give him our empty cans and so did every one else, he had a recycling business here in town.
I should also say that it wasn't uncommon to see someone have a great day of racing and then break something that they didn't have right before the main and sombody else who had the needed part or parts would loan or give him what he needed just to keep him racing.
Good racing Good people Great fun
I should also say that it wasn't uncommon to see someone have a great day of racing and then break something that they didn't have right before the main and sombody else who had the needed part or parts would loan or give him what he needed just to keep him racing.
Good racing Good people Great fun
Kevin i went to your site and i must say VERY NICE ! Great history and pics. I almost bought a DWA from a distrbutor in florida back in 1988 or 89 but the wait was around 5 weeks so i backed out (too impaitient) and have regretted it ever since.
I had a chance to watch the puppy run at the supernats in vegas and was sold , way too cool to watch !
I had a chance to watch the puppy run at the supernats in vegas and was sold , way too cool to watch !
Jeff:
Thanks for your kind comments about my bike site. Large scale car wise I'v only got 1/5 FG but I'm hoping to get plugged in to the vintage 1/4 scale scene through this forum. To tell you all the truth, I've had more fun with rc cars and bikes than I ever had with my 1/1 sports car (owned for 20 years)! Thing about these scale cars and bikes is you don't have to get under them to fix them, plus if you talk nicely to the missus you can even fix them in the kitchen
regards,
kevin@rcbike.com
Thanks for your kind comments about my bike site. Large scale car wise I'v only got 1/5 FG but I'm hoping to get plugged in to the vintage 1/4 scale scene through this forum. To tell you all the truth, I've had more fun with rc cars and bikes than I ever had with my 1/1 sports car (owned for 20 years)! Thing about these scale cars and bikes is you don't have to get under them to fix them, plus if you talk nicely to the missus you can even fix them in the kitchen
regards,
kevin@rcbike.com