We use astro because of maintenance - if we had ACE weather like in california and the shops ran tracks so we didn't have to do much work - then I'd be well up for only ever racing on dirt!
Reality is different though. I think for 8th scale the maintenance doesn't have to be as polished because they just brute force their way round the track. But take a look at RHR Dirt in it's unprepared state - you couldn't get a 10th buggy round it.
Despite not liking the 'move' to astro (I would love to have raced at Yatabe - but not all that way for Astro) - I think it'll be more fair since a lot of Europe is similar to the UK where we don't have the funds or weather to maintain dirt surfaces. Travis Amezcua made the D final at Bury Metro when he came over - don't think he'd ever seen so much grip.
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Last edited by jimmy; 15-12-2014 at 02:17 PM.
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