Steve Haynes in '84

[Dyna]

Just in case anyone at Hot Trax dosent realise just how long your very own Steve Haynes has been racing at the Top Rung, have a shufty at these scans ive just done from one of my old R/C magazines... Steve beating a very young looking Jaime Booth no less in Expert 540 at the RRC Off Road Series in 1984...

These were the days before 'F' Licences - we had Novice, Amateur & Expert 540 classes then... plus the old 380 motor class.

Modified Scorpions, Rough Riders, Holiday Buggies, Diggers & Frogs were the order of the day then ! Good times...

Enjoy

[RCDomination.com]

hahahahaha im sure boothy and mr haynes will love to see this reading the report though a few years after this i raced with les hewett and his son..... anyone know how they are doing or still have contact ???

Nathan Ralls

[jamiebooth]

wow, 28 years ago....

[styleone]

My God!! Check out Steve looking like Simon Whickes from EastEnders ....what a legend...and he still dominates every meeting...the man is a machine

[afun1979]

LOL.
I love the top photo - there's not 2 cars pointing in the same direction, i almost want to see where they were a few seconds later - it's like steve after a few beers on a club night

[OldDog]

Top stuff there Matt, great memories, thanks for sharing

I could be wrong but when did the first 4wd belt driven car get released as i seem to recall someone with one at this meeting and trying out some secret anti slip magic on the belt lol. Hirobo maybe?

love it

[Gregors]

May have been a kyosho prorogress with a linked chain think it was 4 wheel steering aswell

Or you on about this http://www.vintagercweb.com/alien_mid_runner.html

[Dyna]

Ask and ye shall recieve....

Steves probably right, another advert in early 1984 for the Hirobo Rock'n City with a Rock'n Vega 'racing' bodyshell... belt drive... etc etc... and the first photos of it from start of January '84 in Model Cars Bi-Monthly...

Looks like your memory isnt quite as bad as you thought Steve

[Dyna]

Last ones... Euros 1985 at Halifax....

Apologies for people who werent racing back then, must be a bit boring for you, but for oldies like us who were racing then its quite good nostalgic reading...

Some nice little snippets of info there though... belt drive Scorpions, Coyote 4wd... etc etc

And in case you cant read it, the Brits did well - Neil Ward won, Lawrence Harris 2nd, Steve came home 3rd, Jamie Booth 6th, Glyn Peglar 7th, George Land 8th, Simon McRea 9th and Tony Wells 10th...

[jasonrcb]

Those were the days,the hirobo was the zerda,i know this as every chance it was mine,it had a plastic roll cage not a bodyshell,awful in the wet,belt drive and also the motor had a pulley pinion and another pulley on a shaft out of the gearbox,it was a pig to get right to tight and it hardly moved,to loose and it did nothing but slip or jump.

Happy days

[Jraw4]

Wow i must say love looking at these reports, thanks for sharing them i am 38 and just returning to the sport afte a long time away and is that a few posts up 'the' Jamie Booth, man when i was alot younger you and Craig Drescher were my heros i used to read radio race car over and over and your names were always in there.

That was until the demons that are alchohol and fast women got in the way.

[Dazzler]

There was a time when Steve would relax at race meetings like our very own Gary Gregory

[afun1979]

I didn't know steve appeared in the 118 adverts

Originally Posted by Dazzler

There was a time when Steve would relax at race meetings like our very own Gary Gregory

[Dazzler]

Originally Posted by afun1979

I didn't know steve appeared in the 118 adverts

Yes, and Magnum PI....

[Gregors]

Steve got a sneaky pic of me doing a very similar thing on the sofa wednesday thankfully without the tash

[OldDog]

Great memories...

Originally Posted by jasonrcb

Those were the days,the hirobo was the zerda,i know this as every chance it was mine Happy days

Zerda, that's the fecker Was it George Land using it at the RRC Finals? It's a good job LiPo's wern't around back then as that Zerda was about as efficient as a milk float! <<< Google it you young guns

Originally Posted by Dazzler

There was a time when Steve would relax at race meetings like our very own Gary Gregory

LOL.... It's a fookin good job that pic isn't in colour... Ask Boothski!

Originally Posted by Dyna

Last ones... Euros 1985 at Halifax....

Apologies for people who werent racing back then, must be a bit boring for you, but for oldies like us who were racing then its quite good nostalgic reading...

No apologies needed Matt. You've made my week

[Freeprawn]

Wow, just wow.

Ian Oddie - Novice 540 lol.

Nige.

[styleone]

Originally Posted by Dazzler

There was a time when Steve would relax at race meetings like our very own Gary Gregory

What a truly epic photograph that is...full respect to Steve....we walk amongst heros man!