he moved here to socal,I use to see him a lot testing the d12 before it came out at the local tracks? Maybe he does more office stuff now as a designer?

We were just talking about that today. If they clear $200 per car. They have to sell 250 cars to pay for a single pro driver. That's a lot.

http://www.cochesrc.com/foros/1-10-y...e-de-xray.html

My spanish isn't that great, I just live here.. but it seems to alledge that Hara's been in Slovakia testing with Martin Hudy?

Jesse is still living in So Cal last I heard and isn't racing or working for any company. I believe he is working for a hobby shop Travis Amezcua owns.

wow!! a very talented and a very fast driver.. I hope that he goes back racing soon he seems like a very cool guy.. big Jesse R. fan here!

He went to the ETS race at Hudy arena supposedly as a spectator but did run an Xray (I think it was Martin's car) in the dash for cash. It certainly could indicate a deal in the works but it's not definite, especially with the Mugen at FEMCA rumors.

Will translate for you man :

Original Post : "atsushi hara posible nuevo fichaje de xray

buenas

bueno pues parece que atsushi hara puede que fiche por xray
a puesto fin a su contrato con hpi/hb q todavia le quedavan 3 aņos y medio
y en el ets que se hizo en slovaquia estuvo provando el prototipo que llevava martin hudy"


Translated : "Atsushi Hara eventual new hire for XRAY. Hello, well it seems Hara will be signing for XRAY as he ended his contract wich was still 3 more years active and during ETS in Slovaquia Hara was testing a new prototype car from Martin Hudy",


regards

Pat

Only logical choice really fastest car and Kyosho can afford it.

But they do have a lot of top drivers now.

The plot thickens

That's a bit blown out of proportion. He wasn't "testing a prototype". It was Martin's ETS race car and he ran it in the dash for cash. Things like that happen all the time. Just about every top driver drove the Awesomatix when it debuted but none of them signed deals the next day.

Still, it could mean something. Xray seems a logical choice to me.

This redrc article explains his presence at ETS. Just scroll down a few paragraphs:

http://www.redrc.net/2013/07/on-the-...in/#more-69290

I believe he will go to Mugen and help develop and electric sedan.

I say it will be either of the "seiki" companies....mugen or soar...but who knows...

Sounds like he's going to design his own platform.

http://rcracingtv.net/2013/08/atsushi-hara-leaving-hb-hpi/

My opinion, with Ty taking most of the attention (and a lot of the money) at hb I can see him wanting to be somewhere he sits on the thrown. With that said I believe X-ray is where I can see him going. X-ray is trying to get there stuff together, with most of the absolute best drivers taken by hb/losi/kyosho/sieki I feel he needs a place with good product/management and somewhere he knows he's boss. Will he stay o.s. is my main question, if not then for sure he will be at X-ray with the new fx engines. Mugen&kyosho seem to be his next options but money will be tight with mugen having a world champ and various other drivers and kyosho having a lot more bills owning not only kyosho and there drivers but also Orion and those drivers they support and pay. X-ray has Reno to pay and I could bet he's not costing that much these days so that leaves the door open for hara. I also see hara being smart in his decision and only considering one of the proven platforms, we won't see him driving some sworkz buggy that's Forsure.