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PRob ably been covered before but what has not. Anyone else miss REAL offroad tracks with uneven mixed dirts, clumps, ruts, weeds, not well manicured etc.

In hindsight they gave a hack like me a fighting chamce. An average driver at best these perfectly manicured apex clipping carpeted jump things require way more precision than I am capable of. I miss the days when camberr or tie rods did not require a micrometer to go out and be a competing B main guy.

Now get off my lawn!

Never got to run that stuff. I didnt get to run a track till 1999/2000 at so cal raceway, and we had MnM in Corona that was a slicks kinda track. New tires ran at so-cal, when they were old and worn, then used them at MnM.


I think more astroturf or indoor carpet tracks will pop up. Takes a track owner what 2 minutes to maybe a few hours to change track, or he can run jumps one day, on-road sedans the next. so 1 trakc does double duty. or with dirt tracks, its rent a bobcat, try and get 4-10 people that will work for free for a couple of days. track is down not making money for days. so then i woudl think real estate, economy and drivers buying power plays a roll into that also.

I'm sure your right. My glory days of tracks were roughly 88-93 or so. The tires used today on most dirt would have been useless. I did most of my racing on a track that was on Park District land, I can't imagine that these days.

I miss those tracks especially the big berms, loose dirt and big spiked tires. Sliding into the corners with a 4wd buggy and nailing the throttle and spraying the spectators with dirt. The good ol'days

Amen, my 1st win was a B main with a 4WD YZ10 all over those berms because I couldn't drive in a straight line. Granted there were four cars, 2 broke and other guys battery dumped, but I won

Did someone say beer?

RCveteran wrote:I'm sure your right. My glory days of tracks were roughly 88-93 or so. The tires used today on most dirt would have been useless. I did most of my racing on a track that was on Park District land, I can't imagine that these days.

I bet you and I crossed paths on some of those park district tracks. Any chance you are referring to Lemont or Joliet?

-Mark

Park District Track was in Arlington Heights by the resevoir. Also did a bunch of racing up in McHenry at old Hobby town no longer there.

Too my knowledge I was the only one ever running a Schumacher topcat for a bit. Now that is a claim to fame.

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