I fly planes and helis, and just started RC car racing this year in January at the age of 51. It was just natural to me to use a stick radio, even though I tried a couple of wheel radios and couldn't get the hang of them. So I bought the Futaba 3GR and love it.
At my local track, I'm the ONLY guy with a stick radio and I still get comments on the driver's stand before a race. "How can you even drive with one of those?".
Last Sunday I finished on the podium in the USGT A-main and found out I was the first person ever to podium using a stick radio at the track.
Mark