Nothing dead about onroad in minnesota.
Our biggest intro class is the vta MMR spec... Single cell 17.5 blinky mode.. Which is a much better speed and a lot closer to the original brushed 4 cell speed they started with. Touring rubber is having a hard time getting going but touring foam has remained a stellar class... Maybe too fats for some but vta can take care of that.
1/12 stock and mod both holding great turnouts and compared to the last 4 years up in numbers through the whole season.
And we run a limited motor off road class.. Consists of mainly slashes from our spec slash off road classes that just want to try onroad.. Usually 10-15 per race....
Alot of what works is how hard a track or club works to keep the public interessted and promotes good racing and sportsmanship.