I am a nitro guy at heart. I raced a Losi NXT and XXX-NT for about four years on a budget of about $15 a week. They only costs I had were a $5 race fee, $25 every fifth week for a pair of tires, $20 a month for fuel, and a $6 glow plug every other month, new engine every 6 gallons or so. That's it.

My good friend and his dad race modified trucks. Our laps times were nearly identicle. Here are his costs:

A $5 race fee, a $5 set of brushes every week, cut the comm (lathe $200 or so) and replace it every few weeks at about $30, they have two chargers running over $100 a peice, about 15 matched batteries at about $50 each. Every season they would buy about 6 motors ($300) and 6 new batteries ($300). That's $600 just for new motors and batteries. My new motor was $150, maybe $20 for glow plugs, and $100 for gas. That's $270.

Wow would sum that up nicely. $600 vs. $270 for the same lap times...