I was kind of thinking the same thing. What about Cliff Lett's 90-something MPH RC10(L?)? That was at Thunderdrome right?Eau Rouge wrote:The "Holy Grail"?
Honestly, there's about 50 other vintage cars that are ahead of this car in that description.
Still neat, but hardly...
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An old school Associated guy. A quick yahoo search turned this up, but I didn't see the particular car I was thinking of.Mannekenpis wrote:Who is Cliff Lett?
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=cliff+lett&ei=UTF-8&fr=hp-psdt
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the lehigh valley velodrome is about 20 mins. or so from my house. they had a few r/c races there back in the day. i raced there once with my a.r.t. agitator. i wish i had gone more. it was alot of fun running around a big ass banked track like that. 

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A bit more than that, he's Associateds product development manager. He's been responsible for designing every Associated car made since 1988.justinspeed79 wrote:An old school Associated guy.Mannekenpis wrote:Who is Cliff Lett?
A couple of nice old school oval racing videos including the 92 Thunderdrome are here http://www.rcthunder.net/tv.htm
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Hey scr8p i have one of those it was modified to run the ls front end though and i have never seen another in person anywhere
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This was the 111mph car that saw the Guinness Book of World Records as the first to pass the 100mph mark.
http://www.liverc.com/news/special_features/7666-FLASHBACK_FRIDAY%3A_Cliff_Lett_sets_Guinness_World_Record_for_Fastest_RC_Car/
http://www.liverc.com/news/special_features/7666-FLASHBACK_FRIDAY%3A_Cliff_Lett_sets_Guinness_World_Record_for_Fastest_RC_Car/
I was old school - when old school wasn't cool !
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Slotcarrod's Rumpus Room: http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=16113
25 Years of the RC10: http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=13059
Slotcarrod's Rumpus Room: http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=16113
25 Years of the RC10: http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=13059
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