[Ryu James]

all of you have great points and of course i agree. i am a brushless addict and prefer them over nitro of course. i guess when i think about it a little more the average nitro rtr isnt gonna compare with any brushless setup. at our local track i guess i am thinking of the nitro guys that are really good. basically each week we have about 4 brushless buggies and 3-4 nitros. all of the nitros do get left in the dust except for one guy. he has a GRP motor with the orange heatsink (dont know much about nitro motors) on his losi 8b 2.0. his car is fast. our straight is about 75ft long and he gets down it just as fast as any of us. but only because there isnt enough room for me to hit full throttle and still keep the car contained. also, you are right on the jumps. although his car is fast he cant clear a doubledouble like us BL guys can. we can take it as a quad where he has to hit both doubles. however, despite some of the obvious performance advantages of BL setups he continuously finishes 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. i have seen other guys with very nice nitro setups beat the pants off brushless drivers. these guys are sponsored and such though.
i guess my point was that there are guys good enough to beat brushless with their nitros simply because of their driving abililty. i wasnt implying that brushless isnt better than nitro because, in my opinion, brushless is far superior than nitro in many ways. i just think its naive when i see guys put up a post that makes it sound like if they just buy a fast brushless they are gonna be winning every race against the nitros. if there are any half-decent drivers at their track they are gonna need to learn how to drive too. but again, brushless is my choice any day of the week.