Wow...didn't mean to get you so fired up there guy. Umm ok, my buddy and I run nitro vs brushless and here's what I've seen:

Five minutes in, he's switching fuel and I'm still going.
20 minutes in and he has black muck all over his body and the interior, mines still clean.
40 minutes in and his starter doesn't work anymore and were at a quarry 1/2 mile from the car and he has to go get parts.
1 hour in and he says "dude I am so sick of this nitro...yours is so much more powerful"

So I guess you're right. Nitro is cleaner, when tuned right definitely faster, way easier to maintain and definitely less punchier so that it doesn't break the drivetrain based on my experience...sorry dude I must of forgot.

Looks like I need to go get some nitro motors to keep up, or maybe a brushed motor and some nimhs?

L. O. L.