maintaining huge pools of sponsored drivers has costs that must be weighed vs sales. looking at the number of choices available in competitive cars, racers imo, are more scattered than ever, brand loyalty is short lived.
imo, Ty probably has one of the largest $$ sponsorships with HPI/HB that only few drivers obtain, like Tebo with Kyosho, Cavalieri with AE, etc. etc.
they are in a sense RC preachers, wins = converts = sales
appears they are doing a mass onroad dump
http://www.liverc.com/news/announcem...HB-HPI_Racing/
high traction offroad ozite, astro turf, etc, may be robbing interest in TC?