Best old school RC car track in the UK - Popalong GP 23

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Some of the Best rc cars on the market up against some of the most affordable cars available. We are back for the 2023 Popalong GP hosted by Gatwick raceway.
This is one of the best grass RC car tracks in the UK and we are lucky to go Off road racing for the 2023 Popalong GP.
The Tamiya DT race is ideal for beginners wanting to get into racing and this is the Gatwick raceway stock class.
The open 1/10th class see's Mark take the crazy fast 3.5 turn FTX Vantage racing.
Then the Carl is taking the FTX Zorro and FTX Apache racing in the short course truck class . But which one is the best SCT.
Not forgetting an outing for the RTR Team Corally Radix 4 which went up against some stiff competition in the 1/8 e-buggy race.
A race meet is not complete without a Vintage class to round it off.
For anything to do with RC cars check out Rochester RC and use discount code for an extra bit off at the checkout :Popalongrc
rochesterrc.uk/link/popalongrc
Visit Gatwick raceway :
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for more info on FTX cars check out ftx-rc.com/

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  • @mitch3424
    @mitch342411 ай бұрын

    Oooo. First 😺 cant beat outdoors

  • @barrycheesemore2928
    @barrycheesemore292811 ай бұрын

    Damn, that looked like a shedload of fun! I really like the look of the short course trucks, when I'm working again I might get one😉😉

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    We had a blast Might look at doing a sct meet up for some fun….

  • @user-lv2kd6od6d
    @user-lv2kd6od6d11 ай бұрын

    Outstanding video 😎🦾🍻🍻

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Cheers Thanks for watching

  • @bluegroovemodelsports9650
    @bluegroovemodelsports965011 ай бұрын

    Great video. Looks like a fun time. Love the offroad roadcourse type of track. Here in USA. No one will show up without jumps and big jumps ...

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    This was pure racing no need to try and fly a car on this teack

  • @bluegroovemodelsports9650

    @bluegroovemodelsports9650

    11 ай бұрын

    @@PopalongRC exactly. I share your viewpoint

  • @RCCARGEEK
    @RCCARGEEK11 ай бұрын

    looks fun

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching

  • @andybtec
    @andybtec11 ай бұрын

    I think racing on grass is much more interesting than carpet as the track changes more through out the event and I'm biased because it was what we used to race on when I started along time ago

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Like many that is the way

  • @zeno6111753
    @zeno611175311 ай бұрын

    I love the idea of a RTR class!

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    So do we it is a great avenue for newcomers

  • @rccrawlersmid-wales645
    @rccrawlersmid-wales64511 ай бұрын

    Love it! We need you guys in Wales, there aren't nearly enough clubs here... 😎👍

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    We will Popalong some day

  • @rickzfpv3118
    @rickzfpv311811 ай бұрын

    Great video i wish we had events like this here in the US like there used to be. I love racing touring cars and have to travel 200 miles to the nearest track.

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    We can’t complain about track locations here as uk is pretty small

  • @rickzfpv3118

    @rickzfpv3118

    11 ай бұрын

    @@PopalongRC yeah you guys do a ton more fun and club racing than they do here. I have built a speed run car and have been learnig a lot about it. My wife and i are planning a trip for Rossa next year. I thought it was great that you guys ran a Corally buggy. Still one of my best and favorite touring cars is my Corally RDX it is old but still very competitive.

  • @samuelevans6676
    @samuelevans667611 ай бұрын

    Brilliant video 👌🏻

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Cheers Sam

  • @BUDGET_RC_RACER
    @BUDGET_RC_RACER11 ай бұрын

    Very COOL… the way you have shown the potential of those budge priced cars… 👍👍👍 Did you run the original FTX tires on the Vantage 4WD…? Keep on having a great RC FUN time…!!! 🍀 Thorsten 🌞 RACER - Budget RC Fun Team Germany 🍻 😉😂😊…

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Stock tyres on the vantage and Apache Had to change the Zorro tyres as the inserts were worn

  • @RCMadUK
    @RCMadUK11 ай бұрын

    Gutted i missed this but ill be going there in the near future, track looks really well set out 👍🏻

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Hope to see you there some time

  • @mattdixon6396
    @mattdixon639611 ай бұрын

    Awesome! I wish stuff like this wasn’t a one off type thing. It reminds me of the track I used to race on back in the mid 80’s. It was a mix of grass, soft sand, hard clay and some of the jumps were over a water hazard. Good times (yes I’m old😂) Looks like a great day.

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    They run every other weekend

  • @Fly2kill1
    @Fly2kill111 ай бұрын

    Mini Truggy!

  • @craigbailey7096
    @craigbailey709611 ай бұрын

    Had a great day loved every minute of it loved racing the shortcourse trucks

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    I was smiling the whole time I was running the SCT… would not have been the same without you Thanks for your support

  • @jozimoto
    @jozimoto11 ай бұрын

    Grassroots racing literally! Awesomeness!💪👍

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Was sooooo much fun

  • @Pablo668
    @Pablo66811 ай бұрын

    Nice work as always guys. I like that grass track. Maybe you guys should try an endurance race sometime.

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Sounds interesting

  • @django2467
    @django246711 ай бұрын

    I would fly out from Barbados Just to participate in this racing 😁😁😁

  • @friktionrc

    @friktionrc

    11 ай бұрын

    I think Popalong needs to do an ‘RC Exchange’ and flyout to Barbados to see the RC family out there 😉😂👍

  • @django2467

    @django2467

    11 ай бұрын

    @friktionrc would be nice we have a lot here to showcase unique tracks an all around beautiful island

  • @Mrtrc33

    @Mrtrc33

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@django2467cool I'm flying over end of September. Will try and check out some rc racing in-between the rum 😉

  • @TastierBackInThe80s
    @TastierBackInThe80s11 ай бұрын

    Old school, not the super elaborate tracks these days. Good job with the event lads. Love it.

  • @michaeldorich4485
    @michaeldorich448511 ай бұрын

    It looked like a great day of fun, relaxed racing. The track looked great. Keep ip the good work.

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Cheers Michael It was ace

  • @davemacaulay5487
    @davemacaulay548711 ай бұрын

    Awesome day.thanks to Popalong and Gatwick for organising it.

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Cheers Dave thanks for coming

  • @jamiejck
    @jamiejck11 ай бұрын

    We had a great day. We didn't even know we had a local club until the popalong event. If they'll have us, we'll definitely be back 👍

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Cheers Jamie See you trackside soon

  • @Braddles1802
    @Braddles180211 ай бұрын

    Awesome guys. Keen to see some 1/8 buggy action!

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    More footage in coming

  • @andycrute7350
    @andycrute735011 ай бұрын

    Great video and it looked a really great event. Swindon model car club would be a great venue if you fancy coming south

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    We have friends down that way …

  • @paulgreen9913
    @paulgreen991311 ай бұрын

    Gutted to have missed this event, looks like it was a great day. Hope to see you guys at Broxtowe for the Iconic Cup, be sure to bring your buggies for Saturday night racing 👍

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Not booked in for Broxtowe … maybe next year

  • @fencer39
    @fencer3911 ай бұрын

    Looks great fun !....might have to make a date for next year

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Popalong

  • @lo2713
    @lo271311 ай бұрын

    Cracking day, if it was closer i would have been there, racing on grass. You cant beat it 😎 and looking forward to revival at Oswestry as its on grass 👍

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    See you at revival

  • @dalelusted3947
    @dalelusted394711 ай бұрын

    Would be amazing to do a big all day event in Stevenage but outdoor touring car racing 😎👌 there has been talks of doing an outdoor event at Indoor Raceway Stevenage so maybe you could collab and setup an event? ❤️

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Interesting idea

  • @malsmith2012
    @malsmith201211 ай бұрын

    Great event lads. Another vote for the E-buggy!!

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Radix was great fun and did well for a RTR

  • @Kennebec27
    @Kennebec2711 ай бұрын

    Well Damnit, now I gotta go look at a Tamiya Dt-02

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    😂 they do drive well👍👍

  • @Buster3526
    @Buster352611 ай бұрын

    Hello guys, if you like to hold an indoor gap, we’d be happy to host at Stevenage. 👍

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    We are well up for it

  • @James-bristol
    @James-bristol11 ай бұрын

    Great video can’t beat grass racing,I started with racing with hyper 7 pbs nitro loved it

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    This is RC racing in its purest form

  • @dub_rider
    @dub_rider11 ай бұрын

    looks like it was a fun day! i was looking to popalong to this event but as someone who has never raced before i could not attend as i don't have a transponder (transponder number was needed to sign up). In the future if you are going to advertise an event as 'grassroots' and intended for new people to the hobby/racing, it would be worth having some transponders to hire for the new peeps so they can actually attend and enjoy the fun times ;)

  • @davemacaulay5487

    @davemacaulay5487

    11 ай бұрын

    The club did have a few transponders to loan out.

  • @mikeymike3240
    @mikeymike32409 ай бұрын

    Oi cud do dat arseing guys 😢😮😊 niiiiiiice video

  • @reevebradley4760
    @reevebradley476011 ай бұрын

    Great Video! Any recommended places to take 1/10th buggies in the West Midlands? I cannot seem to find anywhere!

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    Hmmmm we will have a think about that one

  • @alfiebyford1983
    @alfiebyford198311 ай бұрын

    I wish I could of come to it. I probably would have had the only pr racing buggy and tamyia grasshopper and could you guys go to the CMCRC race track in Ipswich. It’s a 1/10 buggy/touring car track outside. I think they need some help over there getting the name around.

  • @chrisvda7277

    @chrisvda7277

    11 ай бұрын

    Greetings from Colchester

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    We will look into it

  • @paulsmith9106
    @paulsmith910611 ай бұрын

    I’ve mentioned this before but I have at my disposal a school field…. Last term I started my school RC club…doing all sorts but crawling seems to be flavour. However, talking to my site manager it seems I could get permission to build a temporary race course in half term next May/June. I’m Derby based if you come up that far? I need to do more research mind, but how cool would that be?

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    That sounds amazing

  • @danielandrews7028
    @danielandrews702811 ай бұрын

    I Spy "THE RC RACER" at 0:36 and 1:17

  • @chrisvda7277
    @chrisvda727711 ай бұрын

    Get a Team Associated SC10 Pro4 👍

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    It is on our wish list

  • @chrisvda7277

    @chrisvda7277

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@PopalongRCmine too 👍

  • @RCCARGEEK
    @RCCARGEEK11 ай бұрын

    can u do a video on a cheap 1/8 scale buggy pls

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    We have several already done in the Radix 4

  • @danielandrews7028
    @danielandrews702811 ай бұрын

    Stock DT or...........just curious if you are going to review it. Thanks!

  • @brianlangford7278
    @brianlangford727811 ай бұрын

    Wish I had a real track to run my modified bandit n slash on

  • @PopalongRC

    @PopalongRC

    11 ай бұрын

    We have options but always want something closer to home

  • @brianlangford7278

    @brianlangford7278

    11 ай бұрын

    @@PopalongRC I got nothing but a " pirate" track in the woods n one private club that I ain't getting in lol

  • @Sp3ktral22
    @Sp3ktral228 ай бұрын

    Oh great. Im reaching for my wallet. New to this , but what racing is near Peterborough?

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