I also race at SoCal and I spoke to numerous sorces one of which used to work at HPI, he told me that Thad is trying all of the touring car on the market so that they can go back to the drawing board and start again! I personally like the car, but am getting tired of ordering part from HK.
Hara's car is 20% HPI that's not a good sign!
Hey the Losi car is really nice and I can't wait to try it out on the track this week....