Specifying a person in your local club to welcome all the newcomers works very well, it ensures a warm welcome and a point of contact

I am 46 and 3/4, I only started racing last year. I regret not doing it earlier.

Your channel is inspiring me to get into a club and race, something I’ve always wanted to do but didn’t have the time/money ( wife’s permission) etc or to be honest a little scared. I’m now waiting for my Atom 3 and some bits and bobs and will be going to a local club and racing very soon I can’t wait. Keep up the excellent work guys. 👍

I'm 36 and just getting into the hobby after getting an RC car for my 4yo son and everytime I would drive his, after a couple minutes he would ask when it was going to be his turn again.... I got my own. Now I want to get into racing some and went to the local track (which is a fairly large clay surface track) and talked to the people at the hobby shop attached. One guy was friendly enough but the other 5 people in the hobby shop all fiddling away at their 1/8 scale buggies said nothing and gave off a aire of standoffishness. Im still going to go back but it is intimidating to go in there being brand new to everything. Thanks for making this video and talking about the subject. It's helpful when people recognize the noobs and initiate the conversation

Hi Guy's, A yank here. It's hard not to get jealous of the U.K. racing scene. I really enjoy your vids, been following you guys for a while. I am trying to figure out how to clone you guys and insert you two over here in the U.S.A. midwest region. Racing is really dead in my area.

Adur RC have been terrific to my lad and me over the last couple of months. That's a great club, as you guys know 🙂

Great videos guys. After 20 years of not racing I’ve now got 4 kids and a wife with cars getting there practice in ready for there first meeting. Your videos are bring new and old people to the sport which is great

Ive just stared racing done 4 races now . Yes its actually quiet intimidating to start but generally i found it very friendly , south lakes club was outstandingly welcoming but also telford was really good . To get started i went to the tamiya junkies meets at robinhood raceway which i highly recomend to get some friendly track time without the pressure of racing. Would be great to you see you guys at one of the meets 👍

I'm not afraid of racing I'm afraid of the money that cost to racing.

Had the first meet of year for Wells/tor rc in Somerset. Great fun slowly building an indoor mini rc stuf for all ages

I’m 44 this year and did my first ever race at the end of the season. It’s not that I’m scared of racing, for me it’s a fear of going all out whilst racing. I don’t have many spares yet built up and I worry when racing that I’m going to crash and damage it. I don’t yet have all the know how to fix it all up especially there and then as quick as to get back on the track. At the mo if I crash at a race it’s game over that day. 😵‍💫 thanks for this vid lads. Also will b looking forward to the vid on marshalling.

Great video.....yeah. get out and race....

Here's what you do, you walk up to the drivers stand and say let's go hotdogs!

That BoJo fella has so much to answer for, lockdown boredom bought many of us back to toy car racing. It can be a little nerve wracking coming back into a hobby you haven’t in for a long time, but just go and have a look, have a chat, find out that we really are a friendly bunch. I help out at Indoor Raceway Stevenage and we love welcoming new members, come and have a chat. Keep up the good work boys. 🚗💨

A video on how not to marshal would be more entertaining 😂

Thanks for this video #Southport

I tell you what mate, scary is 1/8 with 8200kv and 4s. That thing can do some serious damage.

Funny episode boys.... 😊

Hello Bedford shire from Bedford va. Usa,yall are definitely lucky far as I kno isn't a club for hundred miles where I live

Thanks!

Great

We started going to our local club two weeks ago. My son loves it bugged Mark a few times for help. The Kettering club are really lovely people had loads of help from them too. I’m hoping to have a go in a month my self. We have got a vrc pro adapter to practice.

I think you made some great points for new drivers going to a race. There are some tracks where the racers don't welcome new people, which is very unkind and just stupid, As you said we need more new people in our hobby. Most tracks want new people. I think there are two things which seem a challenge for new drivers. One is slowing down and when to slow down. The other is using the steering wheel properly. Some new drivers when they veer to the left they turn the wheel all the way to the right.They don't bring the wheel back to the center. They go down the straightaway swerving from left to right. I was happy to hear your local club is family friendly.

*Clank, clank, clank. 🍾🍾🍾 "Warriors, Come Out to Play-ayyy!"

Dudley radio car club is my local and before I even got there I had support and encouragement. Mixed families and ages.i feel welcomed massively

This is exactly wot I was saying to u on fb earlier on nearly everyone says he same thing to us .but it's true most clubs local to me u get a frosty reception when your new. .

Share this like crazy! All clubs I know will have a massive range of talents and ability, and no matter whether other drivers been racing 6 months or 30 years, new faces joining in the fun are always welcome. I've been doing this on and off since the 80s, and I'm still stripping gears, losing bodyshells, using the wrong tyres and never quite setting the car right. But you do find that on the rostrum it's competitive, but off the rostrum other drivers will commiserate with your problems and congratulate your successes.

Old bed head boris Johnson lives ina village next to me……he’s still floating about shopping at Lidl an probably throwing party’s 🎉 keep up the gd work enjoying your vids 👍

This is a cracking true vid!!!

I remember my first time racing , I was scared of getting in others way. But it was Richard Johnson running the meeting and said. Just get out there join in have fun you will be ok. Car was all over the place I was on the wrong tyres 😂 but you soon learn what the others use and help was on hand to set up the mission one. RIP Johno 😢

I’m turning 42 and just starting out in rc. My main worry is my lack of skill ruining someone else’s race.

Corally spark ..... Yes lads

Very scary indeed. My first race was yesterday 😅

I am not scared to race my cars, it's just that there are no tracks close enough like there was when I first started out. there is a club fairly close but I had a bad experience years ago at that track. I was there on a early saturday and by myself, as I was running my car some people showed up and I thought cool!, somebody to talk to and race with. When I was done running my car I went down below the stand to work on my car, charge and clean it, and found all of my things thrown in my box and set outside the area where you had access to electric. I left and never looked back.

Oh and a bigger worry is I don’t like scotch eggs 😱

I raced for 15 years and it became very toxic. Never again. Bashing all day long for me now and much more enjoyable.

My local club has a great atmosphere and there are no clicks, it hasn't always been that way though it only takes a few idiots for the atmosphere to change, I think it's down to the club to clamp down on these things

There's certain people I'm glad don't talk to me 😂, but when they have, well, good thing my paintball marker was at home let's just say.

Hi guys im finding it difficult to find info on meets/ races I'm new to all this any help how to look

I'm not afraid of racing I'm afraid about how much it cost to go racing and since I'm disabled they'd have to make some modifications for me to be able to get on the stand to race.

Having been playing with rc’s for 40 odd years going to a club and looking like a numpty is my biggest fear! Daft at 57 I know but it’s still a big step. And my wife refuses to come along and hold my hand!!!!

You missed out your website link below!

My local club and the people that go are great, they race trucks any GT12 , I went along a few times and marshalled ,helped set up and put away, tried to get to know people, got myself a truck and built it, next time I went my anxiety went through the roof, tunnel vision, didn't get my truck out the box , went home and Never looked at my truck again. I've got aspergers though ,it wasn't the club or the members ,I'm just semi-retarded or something 😒👍

"Crikey"and "Blimey",they must be allowed.For crying out loud.✌️

Its the cliques I hate. They had them when i was a teenager and they're still the same now. Turning up on your lonesome is a big deal unless you're super confident

I think a lot of ppl who race RC cars are somewhat neurodivergent/on the spectrum, so it's probably more a case of they're more scared of you, than you being nervous about being in a new place/situation. Hence the heads dropping down and lack of eye contact.

Just wondering are there many people who are not white racing? And why might this be. Mtb is also a white dominated sport