Posted by QuickReadAbout.com Staff in If you called a hobby grade radio car a “toy,” you would probably get an earful from the owner of the radio car. Hobby-grade radio cars are not toys. There is a toy-grade radio car that can be bought at Wal-Mart but you won’t find hobby-grade radio cars on the shelves there. Hobby-grade radio cars are way more expensive than the toy-grade radio cars and the people who own and race hobby-grade radio cars are not kids.
The organization that oversees radio car racing competitions is called ROAR (Radio Operated Auto Racing). The organization is overseen by IFMAR (International Federation of Model Auto Racing) and is the governing body of most electric and gas radio car racing events in the United States and Canada. Each year ROAR publishes a rule book that is the “bible” of radio car racing events that are sanctioned by ROAR. Results of sponsored competitions are posted on the ROAR website as well as upcoming scheduled events. ROAR is a nonprofit organization that provides insurance coverage for local radio car racing club’s members, events, and venues. The cost for each club is about $35.00 annually.
There are all sorts of radio car competitions. There are, of course, races but there are also truck pulling contests and a variety of other competitions in which the owners of radio cars participate. Regional, national, and world competitions are sanctioned are sanctioned by ROAR.
Competitions that are sanctioned by ROAR include both on-road competitions as well as off-road competitions. There are nine national competitions scheduled for 2008:
Carpet On Road Paved Oval Off Road Fuel Truck Off Road Electric Carpet Oval On Road 1/8 Fuel Off Road Fuel Buggy On Road 1/10 Fuel Sedan On Road Asphalt
The competitions begin in March and run through October.