idk why that list would strike us as a new revelation. iv been around sense the early 90's and that's always been the case. the only difference i see is that its become increasingly difficult to bash a race car (cost, support, shelf life, kit complexity, etc). so the option of buying one car and both bashing and racing it is going out the window. its created a divide between what a racer is and what a basher is, and what we used to call "casual racers" are becoming fewer and fewer in numbers. not to mention the vaster styles of cars today. 25 years ago monster trucks were slow and didn't jump well. most bashers were running stadium trucks and 2wd buggies. if you're running the same truck or buggy as the racers then you have the ability to race. it's why short course was so popular and track attendance boomed during the fad. the trucks were both raceable and bashable and bashers were going to race tracks because of it. now short course racing has become a serious thing and the trucks are just variants the buggy/stadium truck platforms making them a more expensive, more complex, and less bashable and interest/attendance has fallen off. iv been around long enough to see this happen with touring cars, nitro monster trucks, and short course. nature of the beast, as soon as something gets serious most people loose interest or get pushed out by people who take it serious.