Ryan Maifield quitting Associated for TLR ?

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06-27-2014, 01:31 PM

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i had a boner on the RCX proto...but... obviously Ryan didn't...

06-27-2014, 01:41 PM

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Now the question is who if anyone is he taking with him. He has mentored a few young racers(Rivkin, Denney) come to mind. I think this is good for the hobby. I've heard the comment if so and so drove a ______ they would wax everyone. Now we get to see first hand with one of the BEST in the game today switching brands. Hats off to Maifield for his accomplishments with AE, on to the next chapter.

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06-27-2014, 01:56 PM

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Adios Amigos,Maifield has left the building maybe he,s gonna start his own brand with Alton. Now we no where those parts went.

06-27-2014, 02:03 PM

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so just before anyone else gets a ridiculous theory out there.......

do you think he 'threw' the ROAR race because he knew he was quitting a few days later?

I bleed blue blood.....ASSOCIATED for LIFE!!

No way... He is a racer that wants to win

06-27-2014, 02:08 PM

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Lol, you forgot rocks in your fuel

I wasn't going to go that far, but since you did, yes, there's that too. LOL.

06-27-2014, 02:17 PM

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So is he retiring from RC?

Doubt it. This thread is speculating TLR. HB Terrance said it! LOL.

Looks like my next car will be a Losi 8ight 3.0!

06-27-2014, 02:22 PM

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I'm not a TLR fan but they will be hard to beat with Ryan on the team as well. It hurts AE's team immensely.

Any chance he already has the kits built at home or will Drake build it for him and deliver them.

06-27-2014, 02:42 PM

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First Alton and now RM..... Whats going on at AE?

06-27-2014, 02:49 PM

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First Alton and now RM..... Whats going on at AE?

I don't know about anyone else, but it smells like a sinking ship to me.

06-27-2014, 02:50 PM

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First Alton and now RM..... Whats going on at AE?

Big difference Alton was fired.Maifield,s contract was up.

06-27-2014, 03:17 PM

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I don't know about anyone else, but it smells like a sinking ship to me.

Ship not sinking just landscape changed. Change can be a good thing.

06-27-2014, 04:13 PM

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Ship not sinking just landscape changed. Change can be a good thing.

it most certainly can, but look at the bigger picture: normally these big changes take place after the worlds, in the off-season, so that there's time to adequately plan & build over the next 2 years for the other big, international event. When a team sh*tcans its engineer, dumps their prototype (which according to Aigoin was just a few months from production) and one of their star drivers doesn't renew his contract a few months before the worlds, the landscape change is a sink-hole opening up under AE.

06-27-2014, 04:14 PM

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wheres it say Alton was fired?

06-27-2014, 04:30 PM

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Kinda no difference than when Alton was with HB. Alton left then Robbers.

Doubt the ship is sinking however racing programs are getting small as are budgets.