Originally Posted by
EAMotorsports
The interview on RedRC says he flew in on behalf of RIDE Tires to do some tire research and be the company rep. If that is true I would assume since it was the last race of the series they wanted to ensure that ETS used their tires for next year as well.
But its still strange he didnt want to use Andy's car. Perhaps it is as simple as Andy uses a stick radio and Hara uses a Pistol grip and they didnt want to change receivers out of Andy's car for it.
EA
He couldn't use Andys car as Andy was in the dash for cash as well plus like you say Andy uses sticks , it did seem to be a last minute idea