Salt Lake Mini-Z Club Forum

Monster Truck Race
General: Must be a Venom Mini Giant, Trinity Clash, A-Tech, Leo-X or Kyosho Mini monster.
Motor:  Any
Drivetrain: Stock. Differentials may be locked.
Chassis: Stock, only minor modifications allowed
Tires/wheels: Stock size, can be modifed or sanded.
Suspension: Any shocks allowed. No other mods allowed except alloy parts on the Mini monster. Steering modifications allowed on the Mini Giant.
Body:  Any
Batteries: Any 4-7 cell Nimh, Lipo's allowed.  No brushless.

Racing Rules - Trucks run on separate but identical courses or a chase type course. At least two tires must go over every obstacle during the run. If an obstacle is missed the truck must go back and go over the obstacle, otherwise the run does not count. No marshalling. If a truck turns over, gets stuck or is otherwise unable to continue that racer
forfeits that round. If both trucks are unable to finish, we re-run that round. Hitting a cone is not a penalty, however the truck must go around the cone. First truck to cross the finish line of it's course while hitting every obstacle with both wheels and rounding the cones wins that round.

Race format: Races - Each truck will have 3 rounds against every truck that is participating.   1 point will be scored for each round that is won.  The points will be scored for the racing season.  the driver with the heighest total points for that season will be crowned the Monster Truck champion for that Season.

Race format: Freestyle - Each driver will have a 2 minute timed session, During this time the driver will score based on selected judges, 1 point will be deducted from judges combined score for every time you have to turn you truck over if if flips and can't continue.   Obsticles can include several different styles of Jumps, Crunshable paper cars, buses, etc.   The Driver that aquires the highest total of points during the 2 minute session wins the event. 


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