Best old school RC car track in the UK

Best old school RC car track in the UK - Popalong GP 23

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11 ай бұрын

Some of the Best rc cars on the market up against some of the most affordable cars available. We are back for the 2023 Popalong GP hosted by Gatwick raceway.
This is one of the best grass RC car tracks in the UK and we are lucky to go Off road racing for the 2023 Popalong GP.
The Tamiya DT race is ideal for beginners wanting to get into racing and this is the Gatwick raceway stock class.
The open 1/10th class see's Mark take the crazy fast 3.5 turn FTX Vantage racing.
Then the Carl is taking the FTX Zorro and FTX Apache racing in the short course truck class . But which one is the best SCT.
Not forgetting an outing for the RTR Team Corally Radix 4 which went up against some stiff competition in the 1/8 e-buggy race.
A race meet is not complete without a Vintage class to round it off.
For anything to do with RC cars check out Rochester RC and use discount code for an extra bit off at the checkout :Popalongrc
rochesterrc.uk/link/popalongrc
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Пікірлер: 87

@user-lv2kd6od6d 11 ай бұрын

Outstanding video 😎🦾🍻🍻

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Cheers Thanks for watching

@mitch3424 11 ай бұрын

Oooo. First 😺 cant beat outdoors

@andybtec 11 ай бұрын

I think racing on grass is much more interesting than carpet as the track changes more through out the event and I'm biased because it was what we used to race on when I started along time ago

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Like many that is the way

@barrycheesemore2928 10 ай бұрын

Damn, that looked like a shedload of fun! I really like the look of the short course trucks, when I'm working again I might get one😉😉

@PopalongRC 10 ай бұрын

We had a blast Might look at doing a sct meet up for some fun….

@RCCARGEEK 11 ай бұрын

looks fun

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@Fly2kill1 11 ай бұрын

Mini Truggy!

@zeno6111753 11 ай бұрын

I love the idea of a RTR class!

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

So do we it is a great avenue for newcomers

@samuelevans6676 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant video 👌🏻

@PopalongRC 10 ай бұрын

Cheers Sam

@bluegroovemodelsports9650 11 ай бұрын

Great video. Looks like a fun time. Love the offroad roadcourse type of track. Here in USA. No one will show up without jumps and big jumps ...

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

This was pure racing no need to try and fly a car on this teack

@bluegroovemodelsports9650 11 ай бұрын

@@PopalongRC exactly. I share your viewpoint

@craigbailey7096 11 ай бұрын

Had a great day loved every minute of it loved racing the shortcourse trucks

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

I was smiling the whole time I was running the SCT… would not have been the same without you Thanks for your support

@rickzfpv3118 11 ай бұрын

Great video i wish we had events like this here in the US like there used to be. I love racing touring cars and have to travel 200 miles to the nearest track.

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

We can’t complain about track locations here as uk is pretty small

@rickzfpv3118 11 ай бұрын

@@PopalongRC yeah you guys do a ton more fun and club racing than they do here. I have built a speed run car and have been learnig a lot about it. My wife and i are planning a trip for Rossa next year. I thought it was great that you guys ran a Corally buggy. Still one of my best and favorite touring cars is my Corally RDX it is old but still very competitive.

@jozimoto 11 ай бұрын

Grassroots racing literally! Awesomeness!💪👍

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Was sooooo much fun

@BUDGET_RC_RACER 11 ай бұрын

Very COOL… the way you have shown the potential of those budge priced cars… 👍👍👍 Did you run the original FTX tires on the Vantage 4WD…? Keep on having a great RC FUN time…!!! 🍀 Thorsten 🌞 RACER - Budget RC Fun Team Germany 🍻 😉😂😊…

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Stock tyres on the vantage and Apache Had to change the Zorro tyres as the inserts were worn

@davemacaulay5487 10 ай бұрын

Awesome day.thanks to Popalong and Gatwick for organising it.

@PopalongRC 10 ай бұрын

Cheers Dave thanks for coming

@TastierBackInThe80s 11 ай бұрын

Old school, not the super elaborate tracks these days. Good job with the event lads. Love it.

@mattdixon6396 11 ай бұрын

Awesome! I wish stuff like this wasn’t a one off type thing. It reminds me of the track I used to race on back in the mid 80’s. It was a mix of grass, soft sand, hard clay and some of the jumps were over a water hazard. Good times (yes I’m old😂) Looks like a great day.

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

They run every other weekend

@RCMadUK 11 ай бұрын

Gutted i missed this but ill be going there in the near future, track looks really well set out 👍🏻

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Hope to see you there some time

@rccrawlersmid-wales645 11 ай бұрын

Love it! We need you guys in Wales, there aren't nearly enough clubs here... 😎👍

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

We will Popalong some day

@django2467 11 ай бұрын

I would fly out from Barbados Just to participate in this racing 😁😁😁

@friktionrc 10 ай бұрын

I think Popalong needs to do an ‘RC Exchange’ and flyout to Barbados to see the RC family out there 😉😂👍

@django2467 10 ай бұрын

@friktionrc would be nice we have a lot here to showcase unique tracks an all around beautiful island

@Mrtrc33 10 ай бұрын

@@django2467cool I'm flying over end of September. Will try and check out some rc racing in-between the rum 😉

@michaeldorich4485 11 ай бұрын

It looked like a great day of fun, relaxed racing. The track looked great. Keep ip the good work.

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Cheers Michael It was ace

@fencer39 11 ай бұрын

Looks great fun !....might have to make a date for next year

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Popalong

@jamiejck 11 ай бұрын

We had a great day. We didn't even know we had a local club until the popalong event. If they'll have us, we'll definitely be back 👍

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Cheers Jamie See you trackside soon

@Braddles1802 11 ай бұрын

Awesome guys. Keen to see some 1/8 buggy action!

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

More footage in coming

@Kennebec27 11 ай бұрын

Well Damnit, now I gotta go look at a Tamiya Dt-02

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

😂 they do drive well👍👍

@Pablo668 11 ай бұрын

Nice work as always guys. I like that grass track. Maybe you guys should try an endurance race sometime.

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Sounds interesting

@mikeymike3240 9 ай бұрын

Oi cud do dat arseing guys 😢😮😊 niiiiiiice video

@andycrute7350 11 ай бұрын

Great video and it looked a really great event. Swindon model car club would be a great venue if you fancy coming south

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

We have friends down that way …

@dalelusted3947 11 ай бұрын

Would be amazing to do a big all day event in Stevenage but outdoor touring car racing 😎👌 there has been talks of doing an outdoor event at Indoor Raceway Stevenage so maybe you could collab and setup an event? ❤️

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Interesting idea

@malsmith2012 11 ай бұрын

Great event lads. Another vote for the E-buggy!!

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Radix was great fun and did well for a RTR

@lo2713 11 ай бұрын

Cracking day, if it was closer i would have been there, racing on grass. You cant beat it 😎 and looking forward to revival at Oswestry as its on grass 👍

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

See you at revival

@paulgreen9913 11 ай бұрын

Gutted to have missed this event, looks like it was a great day. Hope to see you guys at Broxtowe for the Iconic Cup, be sure to bring your buggies for Saturday night racing 👍

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Not booked in for Broxtowe … maybe next year

@Buster3526 11 ай бұрын

Hello guys, if you like to hold an indoor gap, we’d be happy to host at Stevenage. 👍

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

We are well up for it

@James-bristol 11 ай бұрын

Great video can’t beat grass racing,I started with racing with hyper 7 pbs nitro loved it

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

This is RC racing in its purest form

@alfiebyford1983 11 ай бұрын

I wish I could of come to it. I probably would have had the only pr racing buggy and tamyia grasshopper and could you guys go to the CMCRC race track in Ipswich. It’s a 1/10 buggy/touring car track outside. I think they need some help over there getting the name around.

@chrisvda7277 11 ай бұрын

Greetings from Colchester

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

We will look into it

@dub_rider 11 ай бұрын

looks like it was a fun day! i was looking to popalong to this event but as someone who has never raced before i could not attend as i don't have a transponder (transponder number was needed to sign up). In the future if you are going to advertise an event as 'grassroots' and intended for new people to the hobby/racing, it would be worth having some transponders to hire for the new peeps so they can actually attend and enjoy the fun times ;)

@davemacaulay5487 11 ай бұрын

The club did have a few transponders to loan out.

@reevebradley4760 11 ай бұрын

Great Video! Any recommended places to take 1/10th buggies in the West Midlands? I cannot seem to find anywhere!

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Hmmmm we will have a think about that one

@paulsmith9106 11 ай бұрын

I’ve mentioned this before but I have at my disposal a school field…. Last term I started my school RC club…doing all sorts but crawling seems to be flavour. However, talking to my site manager it seems I could get permission to build a temporary race course in half term next May/June. I’m Derby based if you come up that far? I need to do more research mind, but how cool would that be?

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

That sounds amazing

@RCCARGEEK 11 ай бұрын

can u do a video on a cheap 1/8 scale buggy pls

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

We have several already done in the Radix 4