What? no. The b4 is NOT a great beginners racer. To fragile. The b4 really dislikes pipes. I really like the b4, bu the weak front arms make it a not very great new driver car. Get a SC for the girls. If your class allows novice to run 4x4, get them a sc4x4 and slow it way down. The b4 is a great low grip car. maybe the best low grip car on the market. When our track is in "practice" mode, meaning no water and no sweeping, it can be like ice for the durango, 22 and other brands. At one time, I owned a b4, rb6 and a 22 all at once. I ran the same tires and used setups that normally work at my local track. the b4 was the only buggy to drive in a straight line easily. The 22 was LOL. I could not imagine anything worse than that, lol. The rb6 was decent also, but not as good as the b4. Our track is soooo loose in practice, i dont even bother with practice anymore. The b4 is the easiest buggy I have ever owned to drive on a loose track. As some point...IE Ice or marbles, nothing is going to work. I drive on everything from wheeling popping high bite to cant get past half throttle low bite and the b4 is the most consistent across all tracks. But it is not durable enough for my 8 year old. She drives decent and is starting to actully pull the trigger. In fact she went the fastest she ever has last weekend and was only mashelled 2 times. But she will often clip a pipe at 3/4= speed and the b4 will just break. her 22, just bounces off the pipe and continues on. They allow 4x4 sc in the novice class here, or so they have been. I should let her run my scte at 1/3 max power and own the class, lol.