Brushed has actually been FASTER at every micro event as far as i remember, but that may be because generally the faster drivers are racing in Brushed (Craig, Stephan Davis etc). Also Cris Oxley has just won Modified running a BRUSHED motor & Lipos. The reason they arn't mixed is because by separating allows development in the Brushless technology & its a bit of a different driving style!
At the moment Brushed is actually allowed in Modified but in the near future it should be changing to Brushless only due to the facts stated. In the near future hopefully the classes wont be called 'Pro stock' and 'Modified' - It will just be Brushed & Brushless to stop the confusion & the current names arn't very accurate. Also Lipos will hopefully be allowed in both classes, this is all early days at the moment so we will have to wait and see
But hopefully the 2 classes will be -
Brushed - 4WD - Nihms/Lipos
Brushless - 4WD - Nihms/Lipos
2WD - Brushed/Brushless - Nihm/Lipo
The reason that 2WD will be mixed is because its very early days for the 2WD being a separate class so by having a separate class further still for Brushed and Brushless would be diluting the class too soon.
Hope that makes sense
