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If tamiya were clever and we know they are not they could have made a killing in the market but no, you cant buy the decent cars in the uk. Daft!! If lee is leaving great news but if lee isnt doing so well it may be the esc and not the car. Since he left speed passion its gone downhil quickly.
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I don't see how you can say that !! This year euro tq 2xeuro podiums 4national 2nd an 3rd in national series an not to FORGET 2nd in the WORLD an only one of 4 drivers to make both a mains at the worlds !!!!!!!!!!
Sso I don't think it's cars or electrics !!!!!
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If tamiya were clever and we know they are not they could have made a killing in the market but no, you cant buy the decent cars in the uk. Daft!! If lee is leaving great news but if lee isnt doing so well it may be the esc and not the car. Since he left speed passion its gone downhil quickly.
And the stupidest post of the year goes too.....
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I have to agree with u Neil !!!!
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Huge mistake by Tamiya if they let Lee go. I can't believe it is even a possibility. Their off-road program continues to be a mystery to me. Without Lee doing well and developing the cars, I think racers like myself will just abandon the brand for racing altogether. Who else in the US or UK gets results like him??? Don't make this mistake Tamiya!
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If you check his facebook page 'Lee Martin RC', his latest post from this evening is "end of an era??".

I am just speculating, as it would be a shame for my favourite RC company to lose such a great driver!
Anyone ever thought he was talking about Darren leaving Losi.
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If tamiya were clever and we know they are not they could have made a killing in the market but no, you cant buy the decent cars in the uk. Daft!!
That's nothing to do with Tamiya, it's the Hobby Company that imports and distributes the kits and if the Hobby Company doesn't want to buy the high end kits from Tamiya there's nothing that Tamiya can do about it. Tamiya can't force the distributors to buy kits if they don't want to, in the same way the Hobby Company can't force shops to buy particular kits from them.

Unfortunately for the racers the Hobby Company knows they make a killing by concentrating on loads of differently bodied TT01s and cheap buggies instead of the tiny market for the high end buggies and tourers. Why spend a fortune buying kits and all the spares to support a few hundred cars that will be sold when most savvy buyers will be buying cars and parts cheaper from abroad anyway, when the same money can support thousands of basic cars and make much more profit for the business.
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I don't see how you can say that !! This year euro tq 2xeuro podiums 4national 2nd an 3rd in national series an not to FORGET 2nd in the WORLD an only one of 4 drivers to make both a mains at the worlds !!!!!!!!!!
Sso I don't think it's cars or electrics !!!!!
Tq means nothing if you dont win. Did he dominate like he did with speed passion? no he didnt. Worlds are less torqey as grip is less than what we use here so the esc was good for that but think its not up to our tracks. Im only pointing out that the esc may be whats hindering him from winning.
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he's second in the world FFS!

Yea, but if it wasn't for the crap ESC he would have won it by at least two laps. FFS, stupid post
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anyone that really knows lee also knows how much testing he does, and as he is a paid pro driver, do you really believe he would just run any old product without testing it to within an inch of it's life to make sure that it will meet all of his requirements to win
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anyone that really knows lee also knows how much testing he does, and as he is a paid pro driver, do you really believe he would just run any old product without testing it to within an inch of it's life to make sure that it will meet all of his requirements to win


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This is Jack Embling's car from Off Road Wars as posted on LMR's Facebook page. Can't help noticing it's now a Yoke.
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Just seen on RC Racing News Fb page that he has signed for Yokomo. No mention of dodgy ESC's though...
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RC Racing news have posted on FB, might be best to wait to see if lee makes a statement first
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They were asked to remove the post, the plot thickens.
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Did anyone notice the Hacker esc we were running in that yok

Mmmm interesting, maybe its faster than a viper
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Did anyone notice the Hacker esc we were running in that yok

Mmmm interesting, maybe its faster than a viper
If it ain't SP it's SH1T!! I run viper, if not I'd have won the worlds.

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