Ctsvls2, FYI the skatepark by you is a blast with the vaterra kemora and the latrax rally for goofing off, I may try the mini 8T...

Sorry, back on topic.

I ment to add, if you could start a thread for tracks in our area and date to do basically what you are saying. The only two tracks close that I have found is the one at the motocross track off of 517 which I will be at this weekend as demanded by my 5yo son... And the other is in the back of the hobby store on NASA Rd 1, probably not as formal as you guys are used to but for my son and I it is a lot of fun, most of the guys seem to be engineers and to see them rip open and repair an esc or brushless motor in a few minutes at the same time trying to explain everything they are doing is pretty cool but it is als neat to see some of the hand made light set ups for some of the cars. One guy has a cop car that the lights are pretty spot on.

Anyway I think the article is great. I started out about 2-3 months ago by getting him a latrax teton to play with, now we have it and:

3- losi 8 truggies
1- losi 8 buggy all three I converted rollers to brushless set ups.
Losi mini 8t
Axial yeti
Latrax rally
2-ECX Circuits- 1 converted to brushless- hear me out, these things are indestructible, seriously.
Traxxas ken block set up, just bought...

And now I have been looking and debating a scte.... You could have done this post a few month back saving my money from my ADD. I Wasnt sure which route or type of vehicle to get so I've been trying them all....

I have found the 8th scale to be the most fun so far, maybe it is all the wing dragging at any speed, the 10th scale is next but I literraly blew the tires off of the modded ECX Circuit, the mini 8t, well not pleased. The second one they sent I'm afraid to drive it, guess I'm to hard on them...