I don't know how good a driver you are, but if you are decent, you will not have a problem beating a t-maxx and similar trucks... the mt2 is just flat out faster. I have since upgraded to the os 18 and its even faster.. especially off road and in the grass... The real limitation to the mt2's racing is the tires... Those monster truck chevrons are not good on the track... I have run smaller proline hole shots on 2.2 rims and the truck was great at the track.. There are currently a few options for running larger maxx tires for the truck and you can find them in this forum by doing a search.... Good luck and let us know how you did.