Full Throttle
Hobby y & Racewa by David Swope
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wooden base we use is th e standard us R/C race tra ed around th cks.” e country at “Since my fu ll-scale racing stopped in 20 involved in th 09, I have be e R/C racing en heavily community in ally since 20 cluding trave 10,” Guthrie ling nationexplained. “T the number his year we of R/C racers kept track of that visited Fu ll Throttle an than 90 which d it is more doesn’t includ e the other tra I would estim cks, so ate that the racing comm is over 200.” unity The growth of I-Racing ha s impacted full-scale raci ng and the fa nbase for racing. Th e cost of raci ng a full-scale ca r can be in th e thousands, hund reds of thou sands and more. “R /C racing ca n star t as little as $2 00 but as yo u acquire mor e specialized parts, tires, batterie s and contro llers, you can get to $2,000 or more but some ite ms are mad e to wear out,” said Gut hrie. “R/C ra cing has not been as impa cted as full-sc I-Racing beca ale racing by use of it low er cost. R/C racing
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