ORIGINAL: Shupid_one
...its the racer's code "if you didnt break something, your not racing"
I disagree. I've been doing off-road RC for five years and
in general, bashing is much tougher on a vehicle than racing. Racing taxes clutches, bearings, and such, but unless you're going WOT and crashing a lot, parts don't break very often. Take it slow, literally. Learn your way around the track. Believe me, slow and steady without crashing is a much more successful way to win than going all out and crashing. Even if you don't break anything in the crash, it takes time for the marshal to get to you and flip you back over.
I can't even count the number of times someone blew past me on the track, only to crash at the corner, then I motored on by as he was being marshaled. Just being able to finish without breaking of flaming out is half the battle.