Originally Posted by
wingracer
Hara, Swauger, Burch, Paul L, and many more have won at the highest level at both.
If you don't "finesse" a 1/8th, you aren't winning at that either.
I do both, I love both. When I have a bad day at 1/8th, I find myself wishing winter would come so I can break out the 1/12th.
When I am racing 1/12th while watching the winternats online, I dream of Florida and nitro fumes
And I can assure you, 1/12th even in the middle of the speedo wars costs a tenth of what a competitive big race 1/8th program does. My tire bill from the nats would get me through a season of 1/12th. The cost of my nats motor would start a newbie up from scratch in 1/12th.
I know, I know, Robert and I race at the same track and two weeks ago at the EPS the nitro guys took first and third, Robert second and me seventh.
It's just fun to see the different approaches between the nitro converts and the full-time electric guys, but in the end they are just as fast.
I started with the 1/12th about 6 weeks ago and I'm really liking it. Finally a car which feels at home on a carpet track.
Two months ago I started with 1/8th (also a lot of fun) and right now I have my 1/12th handling almost identically to the 1/8th
Yes, the costs are a nice change, the fact you can use a set of tires for more then one day.