ORIGINAL: 13BT

Hey OP,

Dont let dropkicks like goodbar put you off. He's the unforgiving type. The type who chastises you for not knowing where the goods are located when you walk into a new shop and ask for assistance.

Hope you get a better experience next time. Your wife sounds like a future champion.

ORIGINAL: rc18junky

come on msgoodbar lets see the pics of the awards you have won in all your years of racing i bet you cant lol at you

ORIGINAL: FieroMan121

no i agree, mrgoodbar, put up or shutup, please leave this thread, you are not contributing one bit towards helping the op. give it a rest and go out and rc instead of harrasing everyone

ORIGINAL: FieroMan121


no reverse. rule of thumb at almost any track

if they are still reving it, regardless of what the driver says or does, dont touch it, if they want to pull that crap let them suffer, thats the rule at the track i go to, its a major safety issue and if the racers dont like it they can talk it over with the track owner. the best way to pick them up though is by the wing or front bumper, nose, etc, the sides are going to be hot from the pipe depending on the chassis and if its a 2wd truck or buggy avoid the tranny, also because of heat. if the car has a broken peice and is a hazard the driver may signal you to pull it from the track, also if its reving out of control you may need to stop the engine this can be done in an emergency by blocking the pipe or by stoping the flywheel

come on over to palm beach county, im sure its a heck of a drive but the track i go to is very friendly, we have a policy of ''attitudes at the door''

i know a number of guys who quit racing at bigger tracks here in fl because of ppls attitudes, its a utter discrace. either way id talk to the club owner or president, that is bs that i would not stand for imo. and if someone is particularly nasty talk to them about it in the pits, they may not realize how poorly they are acting because they are so involved in the race.

heres the link to the track i race at we are all smiles and dont deal with the crud youve had to go through
http://www.southfloridadirtovalrc.com/

its a shame that you had to go through that, dont let it deter you from racing though. its a great way see what your cars made of (asside from plastic) and can be very challenging, in a good way, dont give up.

as for the misses racing, dont let her get detered, we have a number of female racers of all ages who race with us and are right there in front with the best of them! we have for example one woman who's a grandmother of 2 and races a brushlesss losi 8t, a slash, and a baja 5b!

ORIGINAL: FieroMan121
first reply to the op's thread, and i feel, a very constructive one at that.

ORIGINAL: mrgoodbar
As I read through your complaints it seems to me that your biggest problem was that you just showed up, as it is my opinion that the best thing people that are interested in racing can do is to spend a couple of race days at the track overviewing what goes on and how things work, ask the experienced guys, and learn the ropes before jumping in with both feet. It's kind of like swimming, you generally don't show up at the pool the first time and jump in the deep end with the sharks which is pretty much what you did.

Your first mistake appeared to be while you were "turn marshalling" (what you called "spotting"), and while it may not seem like a big deal now I will just suggest that the biggest aggrevation to racers are unattentive or slow or lacksidasicalmarshals/spotters. My advice would be to do it like you would want your own car attended to after a wreck, and if you want to get marshalled slowly then proceed with whatever it is that caused the drivers to yell, and if you want to not get yelled at to be attentive to the task at hand and do it quickly as possible. Part of it is that you're new, and going through a learning curve, and right now you probably looked like a couple of deer in the headlights while out there marshalling.

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1) No, you can not drive back onto the track once your car has left the boundary of the track, you have to wait to get marshalled. The problem with driving back onto the track is that chances are you may jump right out in front of or wreck a fellow competitor. Not cool at all if you think about it happening to you, and why it's against the rules.
The longtime rules for RC racing, since the early days of RC, includes "no reverse" on the track. Think of it like if you were driving down the street in your real car. Would you be pleased at all if suddenly the car in front of you flashed on it's backup lights and it started backing up to go into the BurgerKing parking lot they just drove by? Same principal applies to racing.
About "is hitting another car part of racing or cheating," watch any other form of racing on television and think about what the other driver's reaction is if another driver hits them. Simple enough to figure out.

2) There really is no good way to grab any car, let alone a nitro, other than in the middle so as to avoid the wheels. So you understand, nitros do no have fuel pumps, so if a driver does not keep the throttle pegged while the car is upside down it will stall out from lack of fuel. Now, the considerate thing is for them to let off the gas when a marshall approaches or gets ready to reach down and flip over their car. If they don't, then don't touch it.

There are plenty of online resources so as to study up on The Rules, http://www.roarracing.org/is the national ruling body and a good place to start.
Otherwise I would suggest walking around the pits and becoming friendly with the other drivers, apologize to the ones that may be angry or may have yelled, and tell them you're a rookie and would appreciate their input on helping you and your wife learn the rules and proper on-track behavior.

Keep in mind that RC racingcan bea very mentally taxing, pressurefilled,and stressfull hobby, so some people handle it better and some don't. Some get angry at the least little thing, and some stay cool under the pressure. It's part of racing, I don't care what kind of racing you're talking about be it RC racing or real car racing. Racing can be serious business, and some people have several hundreds if notthousands invested and don't appreciate being crashed. The thing that aggrevates me the most at the track is a new person that drives like a crazy person, all over the place, with no care about anybody else or any other cars on the track.
Remember, just like driving on the street, there are "rules of the road" you have got to follow. Everybody does. If not, all you're left with is anarchy.


Have fun at the track, I try do
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ORIGINAL: FieroMan121

well in reply to the op's question about where to pick up a nitro, you said the middle, now maybe its me and all the times ive turn marshaled at club races but normaly after a few minutes those side mounted pipes on truggys and buggys get mighty hot, not something i want to pick up imo. now overall it was a very productive post but after maybe your 2nd or 3rd reply you posted a lot of stuff that rubbed ppl the wrong way and or were personal attacks yes quite frankly you should have kept to yourself.

but even in your quoted first post the first 2 paragraphs were kind of rude. no need for that stuff on a forum

believe me, im sure i may be coming off as the "wanabe good-guy" but lets be honest, so far today you posted a lot of stuff that was unessasry, if you want to do it right, reply to the other posters messages via pms, instead of filling the forum with the back and forth attacks stuff that a few of us have been drawn into (myself included)

ORIGINAL: FieroMan121

ill give you this much, it was an honest post and yes someties ppl need to hear the truth but on the other hand for someone, there first time out at a track on race day it can be intimidating and if they feel as put out as they did i think encouragement should be exersized, racing although only part of the hobby, is something everyone has a right to enjoy and experience, i know i love it, and im sure you feel the same.

now as far as me trolling, no, im just bored and it seems that everywhere i clicked you were there and for the most part posting stuff that like i said before rubbed ppl very badly and or were personal attacks at every person who differed in opinion from you.


hope you dont think im trying to be an arse or confrontational, been there done that, got it out of my system for the most part way back when. talking = good

edit:

ok, i read a few posts and i do slightly understand your position. you are defending yourself but the thing is, when your responding you are adding in other remarks that are only fanning the flames.

ORIGINAL: mrgoodbar



Everybody has to go through the ''first day at the track blues,'' everybody that's ever raced has gone through it one way or another.
It's a learning process, and nobody said it was going to be a bowl of cherries or that people handed out cookies and worked on the newbies cars.