Racing a vintage RC10 Team Car at RCHR in CT.

By John Truman, January 15, 2011 4:38 am

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Racing a 17.5 brushless powered vintage RC10 Team Car against current open class 4wd cars
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50 Responses to “Racing a vintage RC10 Team Car at RCHR in CT.”

guitarpro0102 says:

January 15, 2011 at 5:22 am

gas is better thn electric
jd420214 says:

January 15, 2011 at 6:03 am

I,m updating my RC10 That I got back in 1986 and won and raced in many a A Mains going to update to brushless and lipos. i also have a YZ 10 that will be back on the track soon good luck and a really nice run and car.
21Ceedub says:

January 15, 2011 at 6:07 am

I really liked how at 2:49, after some contact and spinning your opponant, you slowed a little to allow him to catch up again. Great racing! Love the car. I am so sorry I got rid of mine so many years ago...
simonpierre100 says:

January 15, 2011 at 6:56 am

ap3x1: It is not the battery which makes that the car go fast!!! It is the motor and the gears box which makes that that go fast
simonpierre100 says:

January 15, 2011 at 7:17 am

what battery is in that car? mine don't las t
ap3x1 says:

January 15, 2011 at 8:09 am

what battery is in that car? mine don't last anywhere near this long.
kaisermojo says:

January 15, 2011 at 9:00 am

that rc10 has one thing to say to you all "who's your daddy?!"
lol
awesome vid. rchr woot!
wordreet says:

January 15, 2011 at 9:58 am

A great design will always be a great design. A good driver helps too! But these handle so well when set up properly. And they're tuff.
Great job!
niZSht561 says:

January 15, 2011 at 10:58 am

Why,why did I sell all of my rc10's when I was younger:(:( wish I could go back in time and kick my own ass for selling them. Man I miss all of my old cars. those cars where more fun in my opinion to drive.
chuckfist says:

January 15, 2011 at 11:52 am

Either you're an amazing driver, or your RC10 is on steroids...or both. Would love to see this machine going against a herd of B4's and XXX's. Hope my dream comes true
80CJ5 says:

January 15, 2011 at 12:41 pm

This is a rad vid man!! I still have my old associated buggies and drive them from time to time. My original ( short armed 6 gear is fully restored now ) and my original stealth car is in tip top shape and runs like a dream. I havent raced in 13 years or so since I no longer have a local track or shop. But I'd love to get back into it.
tecnica2001 says:

January 15, 2011 at 1:03 pm

@RasheemSouth

No mods needed to run a brushless set up, the Stealth tranny in these cars are strong as heck....
tecnica2001 says:

January 15, 2011 at 1:25 pm

@traxxasfan321
Radio Control Hobbies and Raceway in Waterbury, CT.
tecnica2001 says:

January 15, 2011 at 2:22 pm

@rival323

Check out his other videos, there are a couple of videos of him wheeling a B44...
rccrazer says:

January 15, 2011 at 2:34 pm

you know i wish that associated would rerelease there classics like tamiya does...
rival323 says:

January 15, 2011 at 3:25 pm

@azwheelman
imagine the guy driving it with a new state of the arc car.. for instance a b4. or an academy..
traxxasfan321 says:

January 15, 2011 at 3:38 pm

Where is this track, i could get some great throttle responce practice in with my slash 4x4 plat and erbe
azwheelman says:

January 15, 2011 at 4:10 pm

you wounld nt think that was a 20 year old car !!!!! sweet !!
rimontes says:

January 15, 2011 at 4:15 pm

wow you kickin asss. Thumbs up!
WILLWONTWINRC says:

January 15, 2011 at 5:09 pm

AWESOME WORK ON THE CAMERA
420xerro says:

January 15, 2011 at 5:36 pm

nice
RasheemSouth says:

January 15, 2011 at 5:50 pm

H100A...cool man, I purchased an rc10T about two months ago, put full ball bearings in it with a rpm tranny. It has a vintage stock AE motor on it right now...man that thang zipps threw the yard. Plan on getting a mamba max in the future...hopefully my rc10T can keep up with my Baja5b.
H100A says:

January 15, 2011 at 5:53 pm

what kinda tires and wheels can i get for my first gen. RC10?
H100A says:

January 15, 2011 at 6:30 pm

@RasheemSouth i've got a couple in my basement. one's a normal RC10 brushless/ lowered for oval. the other is a RC10 oval conversion alum. rollcage, alum. headers n' everything
reptilejason says:

January 15, 2011 at 6:44 pm

I love seeing the vintage cars out there!
campingoncampus says:

January 15, 2011 at 7:18 pm

@wawwwaaa think a tire blew
qwasd0r says:

January 15, 2011 at 8:12 pm

These things were rolling fuel tanks. You can see the drivers almost jumping out of the speeding cars, dreading the fire. lol
Zadan says:

January 15, 2011 at 8:43 pm

lol if cart was on the right path why did it die.

Idiot.
Zadan says:

January 15, 2011 at 9:22 pm

none of this footage is rare.
2oldcoots says:

January 15, 2011 at 9:34 pm

The fuel spraying the crowd is unreal. As a young kid, I always loved sitting low in the stands at motorsports events, close to the action. After a radiator exploded one night at our local track and threw scalding water on the first ten rows of the bleachers, I became a top row guy.
TheIRLSUCKS says:

January 15, 2011 at 10:07 pm

The IRL is garbage now...honestly I loved the IRL idea's from the get-go but unfortuantly (even with "unification") it has been literally destroyed by its own. Sad. CART was the right path, Tony had a "vision" but that is all it was...just a "vision" which is now irrelevant in racing.
505197 says:

January 15, 2011 at 10:33 pm

We had neighbors come back from Indy in 64 with blisters from the intense heat of the fire, they looked like they had been sunburned. I talked to Graham Heath who was crewing that year , he said Bettenhsusen was off the ground coming through the flames with the throttle wide open . Bill Chessbourg 's last indy race was that year I believe , he was a racer's racer, I recall seeing a picture of him standing alone smoking a cigarette as other racers talked in small groups. Nobody ever gave bill lip
JonGian says:

January 15, 2011 at 11:07 pm

Good Video, Great song!
rdadal says:

January 16, 2011 at 12:06 am

Gasoline would not be banned for another year. In them days, there was no firesuit. It was cotton soaked in borax.
1doc1savage1 says:

January 16, 2011 at 12:35 am

I have a complete grip of the fact that IRL is not represented in this video. I was making a statement.

They tell the drivers now to stay in the car, it's actually gotten several of them killed. IRL spilled some serious blood in it's infancy."

It's a reference to the recent past, compared to this video(the dark ages). It's comparative, ok?
delmer221 says:

January 16, 2011 at 1:00 am

For 1doc-- Several of them killed by standing up?- Who , when. I don't think so. Also NONE of these wrecks in this video, NONE, had any connection with the IRL. All were at least 20 years before the IRL was formed. Prior to that USAC sanctioned the race & before that it was AAA. I don't want to give you a hard time, but your statements are incorrect
1doc1savage1 says:

January 16, 2011 at 1:43 am

Honestly, I have no idea at 80mph. Probably give the flame retardant gear the 45 seconds or so it lasts for the car to slow down. Who can say, until your ass is the one on fire.
csykes23 says:

January 16, 2011 at 1:52 am

would you stay in a car that was on fire?
1doc1savage1 says:

January 16, 2011 at 2:38 am

The footage of the driver climbing out of the car at what looks like at least 80mph(+)? Says it all. They tell the drivers now to stay in the car, it's actually gotten several of them killed. IRL spilled some serious blood in it's infancy. Most of the reckless drivers have been weeded out now though, it's a great series. I can think of worse things than getting snuffed racing at Indianapolis. No one likes to see it happen, BUT, racing has a bloody, and tragic heritage.
sprinter4 says:

January 16, 2011 at 3:11 am

After the Sachs & Macdonld fire in 1964, This was the last time gasoline would be used in indy cars. Only alcohol for fuel from then on.
penske13 says:

January 16, 2011 at 3:32 am

yes they wre....pressurized at that. :O
Dead1301 says:

January 16, 2011 at 3:35 am

Those cars are driving with gasoline!?
Teevemuffin says:

January 16, 2011 at 4:34 am

F - MSG me on MSN. ID is in my profile. J
mj5660 says:

January 16, 2011 at 5:07 am

2:33 It is Mike Mosely, 1972 is the year, the flames were coming up the cockpit. 2:56-3:09 Salt Walther crash, I met Salt a few years ago at the Indy 500 memorabilia show. His burns are very disfiguring, he has to wear gloveson his hands they were burnt so badly!! Fire is the worst thing to a race driver!! scary.
nesico5 says:

January 16, 2011 at 5:47 am

u can have SO much fun ... with me v
bagonmyhip says:

January 16, 2011 at 6:23 am

I know he (Swede) was burned really but that is just tragic.
goerge4 says:

January 16, 2011 at 6:32 am

cool.. some footage i haven't seen yet..
mickyhunt says:

January 16, 2011 at 7:05 am

lol at 2:33 WTF?
brysanna says:

January 16, 2011 at 7:28 am

At the 3:56 mark, notice Salt Walther's legs hanging out of his car. Wow.
NapoleonBlown says:

January 16, 2011 at 8:09 am

agreed

....at 21-22 seconds we see a different angle of Eddie Sachs hitting the spinning and on fire Dave Macdonald. Both Eddie and Dave burned to their deaths. The accident happened in turn 4 when Macdonald got "loose" and pinballed back into the front stretch. Eddie Sachs, Johnny Rutherford, Bobby Unser, Ronnie Duman all smashed into Macdonald.

at 1:06 the video is slowed enough to see Sachs hit and Rutherford go underneath his car and come out the other side on fire. Amazing

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