1/10 nitro truck

so it seems like a few people still have there 1/10 nitro trucks. lets see how many we can get out to the track. i wont be there next week also the week after but after that ill be there. i you want to look into getting one you can find gt2's on rctech and ebay for $100.

I was just reading this on a different forum and it hit me. Everyone says not to do what the pros do but if you think about it we all do what the pros do with out knowing it. Why do you think some classes die like 1/10 gt and monster trucks? The pros stop racing them then roar stops supporting the class and we just stop. Don't think following the pros is a bad thing at all because its not. If it was we would be racing cheap china cars like redcat or even Walmart cars or not even racing at all. Also who do you think tests all the parts we put on our cars to make them better. The pros do you can hate them or thank them but with out them we wouldn't have the great cars we have today.

Do you really think that the "pros" determine what classes die?

There's a small handful of pros out there compared to the millions of local regular racers. We the local racers determine which classes thrive or die.

I can tell you for a fact what killed 10th nitro truck. Myself, Robert J. and Efren actually lived and raced during the peak of nitro truck. This was in the mid to late 90"s.

What killed the class was the 1/8th scale nitro classes. Everyone stopped racing nitro stadium truck and moved into the 1/8th scale stuff.

Monster trucks were never a racing type of vehicle and local tracks made classes to accomodate people with those trucks.

Classes come and go all the time. It's the local racers that determines what is popular at their local tracks.

Pros don't even like the short bus class, but they race it because the local racers made it the most popular class and when they win on Sunday they sell kits on Monday, period.

I've driven every brand out there and I choose to drive Kyosho because I feel they offer the best quality kits, not because Tebow drives them.

My advice is to pick a quality brand and stick with it. Don't jump around to different brands because you think it's the latest greatest. Practice as much as you can and learn how the different changes effect your vehicles.

Another thing that probably killed nitro staduim truck was Lipos and brushless motors. Back in the good old days in LC the 2wd and 4wd buggies could only do maybe 5min mains with 3300 nihms. Cutting coms was a weekly chore with brushed motors. battery charging times were longer also if I remember correctly. The nitro mains were like 10 min the rc10gt and xxxnt were top dawgs. I wish 2wd and 4wd buggie would make a comeback. both those buggies will make you a awesome driver.

yeah 2wd and 4x4 buggy was fun back in the day but when i started 4x4 buggy the xxx-4 was still new and we all found out how much junk that thing was. i miss those days of the big races where the mains for the nitros would be 45 minutes to an hour.

Can't wait for this weekend got a o.s. .12cv in my truck. Need to finish tuning it and see how it works