You sound like joy to race with btw, I thought we were talking club racing, club racing should be a group of guys/gals racing what they have that Tuesday night or weekend day just to get some track time with other cars, and have fun, enjoy our toys. I think when you have so much money and time and energy tied up in something like an rc car/equipment/travel it's too easy to make it into a job of sorts. Just chill yall, theyre toys at the end of the day.