spec classes are always more expensive. to be competetive people buy varous different makes of motor and speed control to see which is faster, they buy more expensive batteries, they change tyres more frequently, basically anything that can give an advantage is done at whatever cost. in the 27 turn days people would buy boxes of motors to pick out the best, selling the remainder on to others, use at least two if not three motors per meeting, change tyres every race and severely abuse their batteries, making their lifespan very short. their cars were much faster than the average club racer and still legal.....
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