I'll admit that seeing XRAY in the magazines and on the list of chassis's in the A main at major events is nice, and good for the company I'm sure. And this may sound really cliche, but I wouldn't trade what we have here for anything! Like Bren said, where else do you have team drivers that interact with regular weekend racers on a daily basis?? They help all of us with everyday questions, issues, setups.....hell even parts availability! You ask a question on here and you get a response from people that KNOW and give a crap about whether we are happy with the car or not! The XRAY guys on here care whether we are successful at our local events and when we aren't then they are here to help make us better!! Even the "big wigs" at XRAY like Mario are on here answering US! I'm sorry, I just don't think I'd be willing to trade it to have a couple of "magazine" drivers out running our buggy or truggy. Having talked to Rocco and Leon at a race last year, their attitude seemed to be the same toward me in person as it was on here. Which I thought was GREAT, cuz who am I to be walking around in the pits bothering these guys that are trying to get ready for their next race?! But they didn't hesitate to sit and chat with me about the car and the race. I don't know about everyone else, but things like that make an impression on me and make me want to stay with XRAY.....much more than seeing them at the top of every A main. I know that the publicity from a big win is very good for business, but so is word of mouth....reputation....quality.....support...etc....and we should be out giving them that type of publicity! I'll get off my soapbox now, but this thread, and where it was going, just offended me a little and I'd hate to have this type of thread tick off the guys that help us all on a daily basis. I'd be ALOT more upset if I were to lose these guys than I would be if XRAY lost some big name magazine driver that acted like I was bothering him by asking him a question or two.
I don't know....just my $.02
And to the XRAY guys, I don't care if its the A main, B main, or C main.....if I'm at the race I'll be sitting behind Cody King's mother making sure you hear me yelling over her!!
