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Answers to some questions.

Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:46PM

I want to address a couple issues that seem to be popping up on various forums. Once again the best place to find info about RC Pro is ON our site. If you don't understand something feel free to email me. Sometimes we may just have to agree to disagree but what irritates me are the people who say one thing to my face then talk out their &&& on the forums thinking I'll not know about it, if you don't have the balls to say it to my face then shut up.

Why did I start the Pro classes?

The majority of the Expert class C main and down never get any kind of recognition or notice. The Intermediate classes were able to get sponsorship and recognition before the lower main racers in expert. I like to see the Intermediate racers who do well and win division and national championships get recognition but the average racer in expert who is as fast or faster than the Intermediate racers should get the same recognition. So the idea for the Open and Pro classes began. The idea is to make a Pro class which everyone can aspire to race in that should exhibit the best racing in each division and nationally. This also brings RC in line with every other form of motorsports where you have to prove yourself before you can race in the top level class. This also makes an Open class for racers to be able to gain recognition and race longer mains and hopefully get a chance at sponsorships in the process. At some point the Intermediate class may go away but that is going to depend on racer entries. I realize the parameters for who should race in what class are not perfect and probably never will be depending on your point of view. The Pro's in most divisions have expressed a change in attitude during the races since now they feel they have to worry less about getting pounded from behind by someone driving over their head to keep up than in the past. A number of Open guys feel they should get to race with the Pro's like in the past and a number aren't taking the new classes for what they are designed to be as described above. Use it as a chance to win a division or national championship and get some recognition!
Why did you make the Great Lakes Division and not keep it as part of the Midwest? RC Pro has seen in past events in the previous Midwest division that the majority(80%) of the entries came from Indy to St. Louis even when the event was in Ohio. When the event was west of Indy only 3 or 4 of the Ohio racers actually made the trip. Money and distance were always sited as the reason the Ohio guys rarely went outside of their state. So the logic was to divide that division and make the distances less so maybe more of the racers in Ohio & Michigan would attend. It was also unfair to the other half of the Midwest division to be the ones that always traveled to all the races in Ohio or West Virginia when there wasn't the same reciprocation.
The same question (complaint) has come from the Northwest. I was told the last year that the West included the Northwest by most of the pro drivers they weren't going to the Northwest anymore for points races. Also none of the Northwest racers traveled to the Southwest for any points events. So as a preemptive strike the following year I split the West. Of course I'm blamed with the pro guys not going to the Northwest anymore because I didn't let it play out the way I was told it would.

What everyone has to realize is things are different than they have been in the past. We have a new breed of racer in RC now that won't travel 8-15 hours for an event like a lot of us used to. Just like it was normal to hold a large race on a holiday weekend in past years now racers are spending time with their families and don't go to races on holidays......... only the old school guys still do. Plus with the increase in gas prices last year and now the economy this year smaller divisions are the logical way to keep more people racing as a whole. Yes this may appear to dilute the events from the 200 or more entries in the past but I'm afraid if we still tried to do things the way we did even 3 years ago the turnout would be ½ what we were used to seeing because people can't afford to travel as much or as far now. The industry is having a tough time with tracks closing, racers losing jobs and companies scaling back to survive and adjustments have to be made. I don't pretend to have all the answers but the changes I have made in RC Pro are done to #1 try to improve the racing in general and specifically give more people a chance to get recognition than ever before and #2 try to help reduce travel costs by making the divisions smaller. Hopefully this will help explain the changes whether you agree with them or not.

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2009-06-23 11:36:47 posted by kyletrammell

I think the new setup for this year is great. As an intermediate driver it has helped me to place higher and drive better. The sand-baggers are gone and I dont have to drive "over my head" to place. It has made me a better driver.

2009-06-25 11:36:35 posted by rexhavock

I think the new classes are a great revamp.

I would like to see a pro event come back to Lubbock, Tx. R C Wheel and Props is under new ownership and they are doing great things. They are in the process of building a new outdoor off road track. Maybe they could hold one of the races in next years state series? They also have built a awsome indoor carpet track that can be converted from an oval to a off road course with jumps.

(This comment was last edited on 2009-06-25 11:38:07)

2009-07-14 12:16:00 posted by dlovett6

Bill, My understanding is that as of right now there is not a offroad track. Please have the Hobby shop get in touch with me. We would love to put Lubbock back in the rotation if there get a race program going again. David Lovett - State Series Director

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