Saturday 11-20

[Tex]

When marshalling, there are certain places you can grab vehicals to aid safety.

Grab Monster trucks by their front or rear bumper
(or look at the RC's you are marshaling and pick out a solid, safe spot to grab it, BEFORE you actually have to marshal it.)

Grab 1/8 buggies by the rear wing.

Never grab any Rc by the sides as it could burn you severly.

I grab tires (that's bad) and if I clearly see the exhaust is on the opposite side I'll flip RC's over from the side too. Be carefull though, and start off with grabbing the bumpers/wings first so you can get used to marshalling.

I grabbed an a-arm on a buggy once and the guy blipped the throttle. I had grabbed it where my fingers were touching the diff output cups. I might as well of stuffed my finger in a blender for a second. Cut me a little and mainly just bruised and battered my finger.

Always try to point the Rc forward when placing it back on the track (I even had a few probs with this last time) And if you feel your marshalling skills are tight you can even give the RC a little "toss" forward to give the racer momentum. keep the "toss" to a minimum until you get real comfortable with it.