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I have been having this discussion over on RCC but I want to open it up to a larger crowd. The general idea is to have this as a builder sport and not have e-maxx's and such.

What Im thinking:

trail class:

2.2 or 1.9 tires/rims
no paddle or paddle type tires allowed
full ladder frame
wheel base must fit inside stock body space
27t Brushed motor limit (27-100t nothing lower)
driveshafts
1 motor
1 esc
(essentially the same as we are talking for scale class)


Pro Mud
2.2 or 1.9 tires/rims (unlimited design)
13" WB
frame design open
no motor limit

Course design:
5' min length (unlimited max)
terrrain: mud or wet clay
course must be straight

judging
2 judges with stop watches
timed event
lowest judges time is accepted time (unless there is a judging mistake such as hitting button twice etc)
in the event a vehicle becomes stuck distance traveled will be measured
there will be 2 runs, 1 each dirrection.


Basically this gives us something else to do with our scalers and I added the promud class just for fun. I left in some limits in the promud class so that we dont have a bunch of stock e-maxxs showing up. I figure I know I can build a course at my farm (50' course long enough ) and I bet we could convince LHR to let us build 1 if we do the work.

Let me know what you guys think. This is an open discussion lets here from anyone and everyone. Not much more basher than RC's in the mud


Changes that have been proposed to the rules are:
Trail class:
drop motor limit and use a battery limit instead

ProMud class:
Add a solid axle rule to stop RTR vehicles

Judging:
Run as a heads up format versus timed
Sand courses instead of mud when available

Hellooooo is this thing on?????????????

Well if anyone has been following any of the threads on either RCC or chitown they will know that Leisure Hrs Raceway is interested in coming on board with building a track. This might actually catch on... anyone over here interested in it????

rules as they stand now:
trail class:

2.2 or 1.9 tires/rims
no paddle or paddle type tires allowed
full ladder frame
wheel base must fit inside stock body space
7cell /2s battery limit
driveshafts required
1 motor
1 esc
Rear axle must be of straight axle configuration
(essentially the same as scale class)


Pro Mud:
2.2 or 1.9 tires/rims (unlimited design)
14" WB
frame design open
no motor limit
No battery limit
Rear axle must be of straight axle configuration

4wd monster truck:
Any factory produced “monster truck” allowed
Battery limited to 4s lipo/14 cell

2wd monster truck:
Any factory produced 2wd “truck”
2.2 sized tires
2s lipo/7 cell battery limit


Course design:
10' min length (unlimited max)
terrrain: mud
course must be straight

judging
2 judges
Xmas tree start (flagger can be substituted)
headsup racing, first to the finish wins