if you are not dominating at the local track the chances are you ain't good enough, unless you race where a pro calls his home, if you were pushing on him he would be dropping bugs in peoples ears allready and the kits, motors/engines and tires offers would be rolling in, lots of guys get stuff from different manufacturers, hardly anyone gets paid to run except the team drivers, 60 jobs for 6 million applicants worldwide. Richard Saxton stopped by one time, it was before the rc8 and he was in the thunder tiger t3 version and tq'd and won 1/8 buggy against 777sp2s, mbx5s you name it he lapped all except the two guys that usually finish 1-3 on a weekly basis and the "fast guys" didn't look so fast anymore lol.