Fluff, Tarmac or Dirt?
RC racing in the UK is a thing of change, unless you race indoors all year round (lots of clubs do, nothing wrong with that), you’re gonna have to race on more than one sort of surface.
Touring car racers race on tarmac, or carpet. These are quite different disciplines. I’m not a fan of touring cars on carpet, they’re too quick and I don’t have the thumbs for it!
Off-roaders race on a variety of surfaces in the dry, dirt, grass, astro, but when it gets wet that gets a bit icky. So in the winter they drift indoors too, onto carpet, and slippery floors. But! The guys at the Proline Dirt Arena have built a dirt track indoors! Is this the future of buggy racing in the UK?
In the USA there’s a lot of dirt racing, but perhaps their weather is more reliable than ours!
The summer season is over, and the winter season is starting, so if you wanna keep on racing, you got to be flexible and roll with the changes. And find your gloves.
What’s your favourite racing surface? Comment below.
Written by simon.
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I love asphalt racing myself, but then again, also enjoy the odd race on carpet. Ultimately I’m a fair weather racer.. So although I prefer the asphalt, that’s only on nice hot days.