by Florida_Slotter » Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:43 am
Several years ago I was the regional director for the FCR-NCS program. That is the Parma First Class in Racing - National Championship Series.
We raced Parma FCR cars in about 6 different categories. There were 5 classes for 4.5 inch cars and 1 for 4 inch cars.
While not the fastest cars on the track, they certainly were some of the most FUN racing I've ever done. The rules were structured to take "the car" our of the equation and make the driver the most important part. I must say that I had an absolute ball racing these cars.
One day while calling a race, I made the statement, "They're heading into the banking and down to the Deadman like a herd of galloping turtles!" Some of the cars when they got to the Deadman, simply turned on their backs and did the turtle imitation. When driven beyond their means, they simply reacted in a manner that was not good.
Now that I have almost entirely switched over to 1:32 racing, I must say that Carrera Stock Cars and also Carrera DTM cars are very much like those FCR cars. While they might not be the fastest car on the track, I must say that they are some of the most FUN. I can remember when we were racing the Carrera Stock Cars one fine evening, all the cars were "clustered" in a group separated by at most a foot. Since they tend to slide the rear ends out, I think there was a whole lot of defensive driving going on as no one seemed to even attempt a pass on the outside in a turn. They ran like that for the majority of the race. Just a whole lot of FUN if you ask me.
While there are times when I am like Ricky Bobby and wanna go fast, but racing is racing and as long as the cars are competitive, so is the racing. Try it, you'll like it!