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Tebo is Top Qualifier in 2WD Buggy
Jared Tebo repeated his turn around Q3 topping performance to take the final 2WD Buggy qualifier to become Top Qualifier of the 26th edition of the Pro-Line Cactus Classic. The former 2 time winner of America’s longest running offroad meeting, his last win being in 2008, the factory Kyosho driver topped Q4 ahead of Q1 and Q2 pace setters Ryan Cavalieri and Dustin Evans while defending champion Ryan Maifield was fourth, the position he will start tomorrow’s triple A-Mains in Arizona. After a troubled day yesterday in which he failed to break into the Top 10 in either of his heats, Tebo was delighted to…
Cavalieri wraps up Mod Truck TQ
Ryan Cavalieri is Top Qualifier for Mod Truck at the Pro-Line Cactus Classic, the defending champion wrapping up pole position for tomorrow’s A-Main with a third TQ run in the fourth & final round of qualifying at the Hobby Town Scottsdale R/C Speedway. The only driver who could deny Cavalieri the top spot was Associated team-mate Ryan Maifield, but switching to a different tyre for Q4 he could only manage third behind Dakotah Phend. Cavalieri said today was the result of a lot of pre event testing with the T4.1 and this has resulted in them having the most…
Q3 4WD Update
The penultimate round of qualifying in the 4WD classes saw Ryan Cavalieri TQ Buggy while Dakotah Phend set the pace in Short Course. Taking the TQ for the opening round, Cavalieri topped the timing for a second time when he used his Pro-Line shod B44.1 to outpace the Durango of Travis Amezcua by 5 seconds with the Kyosho of Jared Tebo taking third. Fastest in Q2 defending champion Ryan Maifield was fastest on outright pace with a 23.064 lap but had to settle for fourth at the end of his 5-minute run. The US 4WD Short Course National Champion, Phend was lucky to hold on to…
Tebo bounces back in penultimate 2WD Qualifier
Having failed to make the Top 10 in either of yesterday’s 2WD Buggy Qualifiers Kyosho’s Jared Tebo bounced back today at the Pro-Line Cactus Classic to TQ Q3 and put himself right into contention for Top Qualifier honours at the Arizona event. Just missing out on a 13 lap run, Tebo set the pace ahead of defending Cactus Champion Ryan Maifield by exactly 4/10th of a second with Q1 pace setter Ryan Cavalieri completing the Top 3. Having struggled for traction on his Ultima RB5 in the opening qualifier in which he was only 13th fastest, Tebo changed tyres for Q2 which…
Evans TQs second 2WD Buggy Qualifier
Reigning US National Champion Dustin Evans has TQ’d the second round of 2WD Buggy qualifying for the Pro-Line Cactus Classic, the TLR driver driver setting a new overall fastest time for the largest of the classes at the 26th edition of the America’s longest running offroad event. Topping the time sheets ahead of Associated team-mates Ryan Maifield and Ryan Cavalieri the Top 3 all managed to pull off 13 laps this time round. Running his JConcepts equipped TLR22, Evans said conditions were very tricky for the second round of qualifying. With the right side of the track breaking up he said the…
Q2 Truck Update
The second round of qualifying for the 2WD truck classes at the Pro-Line Cactus Classic saw Associated set the pace with Cavalieri and Maifield topping Mod Truck and 2WD Short Course respectively. Having dominated the morning’s opening qualifier, Maifield was unable to repeat his morning 13-lap run, taking third for the round behind defending champion Cavalieri and TLR’s Dustin Evans both of whom knocked 4 seconds off their 12-lap Q1 runs. Although he again set the fastest lap for the round, albeit slower then that he set in Q1, Maifield said the ‘track was really hurting’ second time round. Cavalieri who is the…
Cavalieri fastest in first Buggy qualifier
Ryan Cavalieri has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying for both Buggy classes at the 26th running of the Pro-Line Cactus Classic. In 2WD the World Champion narrowly outpaced team-mate and dominator of the morning’s truck qualifying Ryan Maifield while in 4WD he had a decent advantage at the top of the time sheets over reigning US National Champion Jared Tebo. Cavalieri said small changes to each of his buggies since yesterday’s practice had made them better. Running a slightly harder front spring on his B44.1 and changing shock oil on his B4.1 he said they are both now where he wants…
Lutz, Rodriguez & Castellano bump to Main event
While the Buggy B-Main was full of action with battles a plenty for the lower positions, up front Ryan Lutz made light work of the opposition. Starting from pole, the Team Durango driver took a very easy win over 18-year-old A-Main Hobbies team driver Dylan Rodriguez and TLR’s Matt Castellano with the Top 3 progressing to the Main event at the Fear Farm. After a difficult run in Friday’s qualifying, Lutz said switching to a larger holed piston in the rear shocks for the half hour final cured his Alpha powered DNX408 from bucking. Making a clean start, the ‘Lutzinator’ said …
‘Badboy’ Kortz wins Bushless Buggy
New Agama team signing Jeremy Kortz has won the 1:8 Brushless Buggy title at the Dirt Nitro Challenge taking the final by a comfortable 12-seconds over Top Qualifier Adam Drake and Team Durango’s Billy Fischer. Starting from 8th on the grid, the former World finalist and US Champion took advantage of mistakes by his rivals to make his way to the front . Seeing off a challenge from Team Durango young gun Carson Wernimont, whose buggy shutdown in the last minute of the race, the man with the badboy image was able to cruise to take a maiden victory for Agama and his new electric…
‘Badboy’ Kortz wins Brushless Buggy
New Agama team signing Jeremy Kortz has won the 1:8 Brushless Buggy title at the Dirt Nitro Challenge taking the final by a comfortable 12-seconds over Top Qualifier Adam Drake and Team Durango’s Billy Fischer. Starting from 8th on the grid, the former World finalist and US Champion took advantage of mistakes by his rivals to make his way to the front . Seeing off a challenge from Team Durango young gun Carson Wernimont, whose buggy shutdown in the last minute of the race, the man with the badboy image was able to cruise to take a maiden victory for Agama and…
Pavidis, Evans & Easton complete Truggy grid
Mark Pavidis, Dustin Evans and Billy Easton will take up the final three spots on the grid for the Dirt Nitro Challenge Truggy final this evening after finishing 1-2-3 in the B-Main. Starting the 20-minute final from pole AKA front man Pavidis made light work of the opposition cruising to victory with his OS powered TLR 8ight-T. Afterwards the former Buggy World Champion described the race as his ‘best drive in a long time’. Due to line-up 13th on the grid for the 45-minute title deciding final he said his truggy feels really good however…
Phend TQs final qualifier
Dirt Nitro Challenge debutant Dakota Phend TQ’d the final round of qualifying to secure second on the grid for Sunday’s main buggy event behind Top Qualifier Ty Tessmann who opted to sit out Q3. The TLR young gun outpaced Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri by 3.4 seconds with Tessmann’s Hot Bodies team-mate Jessie Robbers completing the Top 3. A 16-hour day at the Fear Farm which saw the last heat finish up shortly after midnight, Phend’s Q3 time was the quickest of the day 4/10th better than Tessmann’s best time. For defending Champion Jared Tebo the 13th running of the event is proving a …
Tessmann TQs first buggy qualifier
In a repeat of his yesterday’s Truggy qualifying Hot Bodies’ Ty Tessmann has TQ’d the opening round of Buggy qualifying at the Dirt Nitro Challenge at the Fear Farm in Phoenix, Arizona. The Canadian set a pace of 11 laps in 7:33.947 to top the first of three rounds by one & a half seconds over TLR’s Adam Drake and World Champion Cody King. Not the perfect run as he got it wrong over the woops on two occasions, Tessmann described it as a good solid run to start the day with. Running Proline M3 Blockade tyres on his OS …
Maifield is ‘Dirt’ Truggy Top Qualifier
February 24, 2012 Categories: RC News, Red RC, Team Associated Comment
Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield is the Truggy Top Qualifier at the Dirt Nitro Challenge backing up his Q2 performance with another TQ run in Q3 to claim pole position for Saturday’s 1-hour final. The final qualifier saw the US Champion set the pace from team-mate Ryan Cavalieri with TLR’s Adam Drake third. Maifield said after making a decent start to the decisive round he ran a few less than perfect laps halfway into the 7-minutes but was able to get ‘back on it’ and get the job done. Very happy with his LRP powered RC8.2 T, the Arizona driver is confident…
Maifield ups the pace in Q2
Ryan Maifield upped the pace in the second round of Truggy qualifying at the Dirt Nitro Challenge to take the round from Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz and defending champion Jared Tebo. Setting a new fastest lap of 39.736, Maifield ran 11 laps in 7:20.335, knocking almost 4 seconds of Ty Tessman morning TQ run here at the Fear Farm. Switching to blue compound JConcepts Hybrid tyres on his Associated and running a lighter clutch on his LRP engine, the American Truggy Champion said it was decent run and other than switching back to Green compound for Q3 his set-up was ‘all good’. After a …