Monster Truck Madness – Talkin’ Truggy Bodies
Hello everybody and Happy Thursday!
I’m not a standard 1/10 or 1/8 scale off-road racer as of late, although many moons in the past I used be pretty hardcore about it. I raced 1/10 2wd buggy, 1/10 4WD buggy, 1/10 SCT, 1/10 Stadium truck…I even dabbled with some nitro monster truck stuff within the early 2000’s.
I bear in mind the dialogue round that time-frame once you had stuff like T-Maxx model vehicles competing with what have been principally bigger 1/8 buggies with monster truck dimension tires on them, now often called truggies however on the time have been referred to as “arena trucks” by many, and man did most of the hardcore monster truck guys dislike them. I’ll admit I used to be certainly one of them. The rise of truggies truly type of killed my curiosity in nitro monster vehicles as as soon as they launched, MT’s weren’t actually welcomed at race tracks a lot anymore.
I’m not essentially throwing shade at truggies, although. Racing Maxx model monster vehicles (8 shocks, excessive COG) on an off-road observe left lots to be desired within the dealing with division so I perceive how people went truggy. Looking again, it made sense.
Ok, so why discuss them? This previous week the r/c racing sanctioning physique ROAR introduced that-
“Rules update related to use of buggy designed bodies on Nitro and Electric 8th scale trucks. Beginning in 2025 bodies will revert back to previous designs that encompassed a full hood with covered front shocks and with full truck bed. Specific measurements to be announced publicly within the next couple months.”
It’s generated a whole lot of dialogue.
As talked about earlier, I’m not this sort of r/c racer anymore. However, I do have a spot on the internets to put up opinions associated to r/c monster vehicles, so I’ll throw mentioned opinion in right here.
All’s I’ll say right here is this- I applaud ROAR for attempting to make truggies look extra, nicely, truck like. As time has gone on, racing truggies have appeared extra like bigger 1/8 buggies and IMO that ain’t cool. Full fenders make them look totally different and extra distinctive as to what they’re.
I’m all for racing automobiles to look totally different in order to higher differentiate their class, so good job to ROAR. If they’re truggies, they need to look extra truck IMO.
Ok, I’m stepping off my soapbox now. That’s it for me this week.
Until subsequent time, preserve it on all 4’s!