The more I think about it, "Nitro!" sound like something 40 year olds came up with because they thought 16 year old boys would think its cool. 

 @de22920b I'm pretty sure I had an RC car in the 90s called Nitro. 

 @de22920b This is the email they send to would-be partners:

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