Originally Posted by
Poptartninja
In your area, yes electric may have taken over, and yes it's mostly on the east coast. Nitro is still by far the most popular. A good example is at a national level, for all racer levels. The ROAR 1/8 electric nationals had something like 8 or 12 heats in total while the ROAR 1/8 gas nationals had something like 32 heats maybe more, I cant remember.
Interesting to compare is how few mains in each class there were at 1/10th Nationals. I have been to better attended regional events.