ROAR drops MT and 1/10 Truck from Nats
 

"On April 22nd, ROAR President Dawn Sanchez met with manufacturer representatives and Fuel Off-road Committee members in attendance at this year's Truck Nationals held at The Nitro Pit in Phoenix, Arizona. This group discussed the viability of re-combining the 1:8 Buggy Nationals with 1:8 Truck Nationals. It was decided that in order for this to work effectively, Production Monster Truck and 1:10 Gas Truck would have to be dropped from the Nationals program.

Those in attendance at the meeting were unanimous in their decision that this would be the most cost-effective method of handling Fuel Nationals. Not only would this be more cost-effective for teams and manufacturers, it would mostly help the privateer who has to go out-of-pocket for their expenses."

Wow, say good-bye to racing the Revo 3.3 competitively... And the Associated GT2, Losi gas 1/10 truck, etc.

Just in time for the revo 3.3 platinum....

Yep, thinking the same thing

Roar blows!!!!!

Wow, and I have been upgrading my Revo to race with sway bars, wing, etc. Oh well, they help for bashing anyway...

Not if said privateer just bought either of the vehicles that are not raced now...

So are you guys saying that the Revo can't be competitive in the Truggy class? :whistle:

Why isn't there another organization like ROAR? It seems all I hear is how they follow the recommendations of anyone who has deep pockets. Not sure how true this is since I don't race nor do I follow the sport.

There is, It's called RC Pro. They are not affiliated with IFMAR though, may be a good thing. Instead of dropping their MT and gas ST classes, They opened them up for electric, 4 stroke and diesels. All the racing in my area run RC Pro rules, Except for the oval stuff. Here's a link, they cover onroad off road in both Nitro and electric
http://www.rcprosites.com/

maybe it doesnt fit truggy specs?

I think it would be great if the REVO was aloud in the truggy class

Why wouldn't they allow it in the truggy class? Can't you put a center diff in it? Or is it because of the 2-speed?

I just looked through the 2008 rules and can't find the rules for the truggy class. I hate ROAR, which is why I didn't bother to renew my membership.

ROAR = Roar Obviously Afraid of Revo :rofl:

ROAR= Ruling Out Awesome Racers

ROAR seems to be run by folks who like to make rules that keeps real powerful technology from going main stream.

Ridiculous Outrageous Asinine Rules

We should have a contest to see who comes up with the best one. :yipi::party:

I have to say that this is total BS!!! If someone is just getting into RC what do they usually buy? A MT or ST to have fun bashing, these are the people that will eventually look to race. Not many people just say "hey I think I want to try racing RC" if they've never been into it, and if they have been they prolly have a MT or ST. Of course this is all just my opinion but it's also ME!!! I started with a T-MAXX then a REVO, now I've gone electric and have an E-MAXX and Rustler both BL and waiting for the E-REVO. I'm having a hard time getting into racing though cause the closest track to me is about 50miles. As far as accronyms for ROAR I agree with Roar Obviously Affraid of Revo, Revo platinum makes it easy for someone to get a competitive MT and the upcoming release of the E-REVO will allow us BL guys to get into the class at a reasonable cost. I say F!!! ROAR if they want to look down on the average inthusiast!

lol :rofl: Nice one :party:

Well, I thank you guys for the compliments on RC Pro. We are trying hard to change things. The truth though is the MT and GT classes have been dwindling in numbers as time goes. In my area I think I saw 2 GT's last year at the club, run by novices and they ran with the electrics

RC Pro has opened up the ability to run electrics with the nitro mt's, and we are even talking about combining the gt's with electric trucks and running those in the electric series, just because of turnouts.

If you want to see the classes survive, then sign up for the local RC Pro race in your area and help support them. We are not like ROAR, in that the majority of our racers are not the big name sponsored guys that don't buy the products. It is comprised more grass roots, so to speak, of guys that pay their way. We have to look at numbers and such at years end to decide on how things progress for the following year.

It's tough sometimes to make the decisions. I have been fighting tonight with the locals on why we don't have an electric class in the nitro offroad series. we even said they could race, but points don't count, but that's not even good enough. so after all the aggravation I had tonight, it's really nice to read some good words... thanks again. It's the appreciation factor that makes doing all this hassle as a volunteer worthwhile.

:yipi:


ROAR: :rules: US::whip:

No problem with the kind words, I prefer to support those who support us. Look how ROAR held off brushless and Lipo for so long, RC Pro has embraced both for a few years now. Now they are supporting the Lost ST and MT classes displaced by ROAR. Here in the states, there are rules to allow electric, 4 stroke and diesel to run in the nitro class, with points for everyone that places, no matter what they run

I have been fighting hard to include the brushless 8th scales. We are going to allow it up here. I don't even own a nitro now myself. I have been converted to the green energy hehe.

Let racers decide what happens, not the mfg's. I'd like to thank my sponsors, paypal and bank account, for their continued support of my hobby. LOL. Hell I am even sponsoring our series and I am a one man auto detailing operation, so in reality, I am paying to be the Director... once we get non profit organization status, then I can get receipts for tax purposes though hehe