Circle Track Madness – Let’s Chat concerning the Losi NASCAR
Hey everybody! Last week I wound up getting busy and missed my normal Monster Truck Madness submit, so I’m posting twice this week to make up for it! I needed to vary topics for this additional submit to speak somewhat circle observe racing- specifically the Losi 1/12 NASCAR RTR that made huge waves upon its announcement final week!
While monster truck racing will all the time be my favourite factor within the r/c-verse, my second fave is oval racing. It is SO MUCH FUN, nevertheless it’s been a number of years since I’ve executed it.
I take pleasure in oval racing due to how tight the racing is, and I LOVE entering into the groove if you begin hitting your nook marks and turning quick laps. I additionally love the bumping and banging that takes place.
About 10 years in the past I acquired enormous into dust oval racing. I began with a Losi 1/18 Late Model (they’ve lengthy been discontinued) and labored my means as much as 1/10 Custom Works late fashions and Traxxas Slash modified dust vehicles. It was a freakin’ blast. I finished doing it as a result of I acquired heavy into scale path vans and monster vans, and I solely had a lot free time for r/c…. so the oval vehicles acquired the axe. But I’ve been desirous to get again into it.
The launch of the 1/12 Losi NASCAR is what I hope will do exactly that.
First issues first, yeah, I perceive dust oval isn’t the identical as carpet or asphalt racing. That’s cool. Carpet and/or asphalt oval racing is one thing I’ve all the time needed to strive, and even when it’s not the identical, it’s a detailed cousin and I’ve taken some scorching laps on the carpet and freakin’ beloved it. Oh yeah, I’m additionally an enormous NASCAR fan.
Let’s speak concerning the scale of the Losi- I feel 1/12 is ideal. That’s massive sufficient to the place the autos have some dimension to run them on typical pavement/parking tons exterior, however sufficiently small to the place a racing floor wouldn’t have to take up as a lot room as in the event that they had been 1/10 or 1/8 scale.
I feel AWD was the proper name too, as a result of whereas I’d dig a RWD automobile for scale causes, AWD is MUCH simpler to deal with, particularly for noobs. And I feel this launch goes to attract in lots of NASCAR loving noobs, which is a improbable factor.
You know what I’d LOVE to see? Give us some classic Winston Cup period our bodies. How cool wouldn’t it be to be racing with a bunch of traditional wanting inventory vehicles? UGH, please, please, please!
The vehicles are slated to launch in September, so we have now a little bit of time earlier than they arrive. I’m hoping that after they do, we are going to begin to see some racing leagues type up on the market, be it at a neighborhood r/c observe or possibly simply in parking tons.
Regardless, I plan to seize one as quickly as they’re obtainable. Worst case, it’ll be cool to have one on my shelf for show. Methinks (and hopes) that it’ll get lots of use although!
Until subsequent time, hold it on all 4’s!