Originally Posted by hakmazter

It doesn't discredit Hara at all. He is hugely respected outside of the US, but he wasn't "expected to win" against Tebo, Maifield, Drake, etc.....

It would be the same if you won. Are you capable? Personally I think so, but I would not bet money on it.

Now if I were in the race and won, the only reason would be if every other driver on the stand all got raptured at about lap 6 or 7 and somehow I didn't make it.....hahaha.

That was the point I was making. If Tebo would have won running a car with only half Kyosho parts, no one would have noticed, but because Hara won, they took all sorts of pics, made huge articles about the car, etc... and hot bodies began advertising for customers to buy the winning car. Later on, they released the "Hara edition" after they began to mass produce the parts months later. I remember people complaining in the middle of the timeline.