As was mentioned above, the driver of the electric was probably some sort of seasoned nitro driver. You definitely can't drive an electric as you would a nitro, in terms of application of the throttle and the angles at which you attack the turns.

It is also likely that both trucks were setup similarly. I don't know about you guys, but I've found myself running a bit stiffer springs on my shocks, a bit heavier shock oils, and have gone way up on the diff fluid weights, just to deal with the added torque of the electric systems.

I think that the results of their little test is a bunch of crap. I know that when I'm running on our track with a bunch of nitros driven by people of simialr skill and experience, all I have to do is keep it smooth. In those instances when I get to let my truck flex its muscles, like in the straights, it just widens the gap. As long as I don't make any stupid mistakes that give them time to catch up, I'm good.