Thank you to Gabe and Aaron for clearing a few things up for me. I've also recently returned to RC after a ten plus year hiatus and it's actually been a little hard for me to "reprogram" my brain for NiMH cells. Care and maintenance seems so bass ackwards after using nothing but NiCads for so long!!
The greatest thing about the new cells is that they've really evened the playing field in modified racing. With the latest GP3300 cells, lasting an entire race is basically a non issue now. I remember way back when that run time in modified racing was a constant issue unless you had top of the line cells, and that was when we used to race for four minutes. Of course, cell capacity topped out at 1700 mah back then with the super delicate Sanyo 1700 SCEs. Now, you can go out and buy an unmatched set of GP3300s and make a five minute race running practically any motor you want.