I think it's being slow to catch on in this country for 2 reasons:
Firstly as an island nation we seem to be resistant to trying anything new, and secondly because of the unpredictable weather.
The 1st point can be cured by individuals bearing in mind how the british motorcycle industry treated Honda and Yamaha when they first raced at the Isle of Man in the '60s and what followed
, and as for the weather, just get a waterproof ESC:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOBBYWING-EZ...item3f1552f056
Myself and my HPI Vorza were at a very waterlogged South Coast RC track on Wednesday with this ESC, I ran 3 packs through the car (admittedly after taking the precaution of removing my Savox servo and substituting my El Cheapo TowerPro) making a total of 60 minutes track time aquaplaning accross 1-2 inch puddles etc., and the car never missed a beat. It was literally wringing wet after each run.
When I got home I gave it a wallow in GT85, dried out the bearings (including the exposed front one on the brushless motor) and drove it outside my house the next day and it seems fine.
As i've said before, i'd jump at the chance to race my 1/8th at TORCH. If some people think the track is maybe a little tight for this it must be remembered that in 2004-2005 we used to race 1/8th nitros on the Tiverton outdoor track and that's about half the size of TORCH. Please make this happen!!!