ROAR 1/8th Electric Offroad & 1/10th SC Nats – Report
The 2015 ROAR 1/10 4×4 SC and 1/8 Electric Offroad Nationals were held this past weekend at Lost Creek R/C Raceway in Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania. This year’s track at LCRC would put every manufacturer’s electronics to the extreme test with a very hi-speed layout and hot/humid temperatures while the event would record its largest entry count in history reaching an impressive 211!. The race schedule saw controlled practice on Thursday, two rounds of qualifying each on Friday and Sunday followed by the main events with triple A-mains on Sunday. In the 1/8 Electric Buggy qualifying Ryan Maifield would TQ two rounds to lock-up the overall TQ. The triple A-Mains for the 1/8 Electric Buggy class would be 10-Minutes each. Maifield was a man on a mission showing tremendous speed in both A-Main 1 and 2 by taking the wins in each to take the overall win and his first ROAR National Championship of the weekend. Dakotah Phend would go onto win A-Main 3 in style to secure 2nd overall.
1/8 Electric Buggy Top 10 overall:
1. Ryan Maifield – Team Orion/Team Orion/Team Orion
2. Dakotah Phend – Team Orion/Team Orion/Team Orion
3. Ryan Lutz – Tekin/Tekin/Pro-Tek
4. Steven Hartson – LRP/LRP/LRP
5. Barry Pettit – LRP/LRP/LRP
6. Joe Bornhorst – Tekin/Tekin/SMC
7. Jared Tebo – Team Orion/Team Orion/Team Orion
8. Max Flurer – Tekin/Tekin/SMC
9. Gunnar Rieck – Tekin/Reedy/Reedy
10.Jason Schreffler – Team Orion/Team Orion/SMC
Ryan Maifield would also TQ 2 rounds of 1/8 Electric Truggy to secure the overall TQ. The triple A-Mains for the 1/8 Electric Truggy class would be 8 minutes each. Dakotah Phend would lay down a perfect run to take the win in A-Main 1 and then Maifield would answer back to win A-Main 2 and force the ROAR National Championship to the 3rd and final A-Main. Maifield and Phend would battle it out for the entire 8 minutes and Maifield would cross the finish line 1st just ahead of Phend by only a car length to win his second ROAR National Championship of the weekend.
1/8 Electric Truggy Top 10 overall:
1. Ryan Maifield – Team Orion/Team Orion/Team Orion
2. Dakotah Phend – Team Orion/Team Orion/Team Orion
3. Ryan Lutz – Tekin/Tekin/Pro-Tek
4. Jared Tebo – Team Orion/Team Orion/Team Orion
5. Max Flurer – Tekin/Tekin/SMC
6. Joe Bornhorst – Tekin/Tekin/SMC
7. Barry Pettit – LRP/LRP/LRP
8. Jason Schreffler – Team Orion/Tekin/SMC
9. Dylan Gerard – Tekin/Tekin/SMC
10.Will Cushing – Tekin/Tekin/Trak Power
In 4×4 Modified Short Course Dakotah Phend and Ryan Maifield would both TQ two rounds of qualifying each and Phend would just edge out Maifield for the overall TQ after the tie-breaker was calculated. The triple A-Mains for the 4×4 Modified Short Course class would be 6 minutes each. Phend would go onto win A-Main 1 and A-Main 2 after having great battles with Maifield in both. Maifield would then dominate A-Main 3 to secure the 2nd overall position.
4×4 Modified Short Course Top 10 overall:
1. Dakotah Phend – Team Orion/Team Orion/Team Orion
2. Ryan Maifield – Team Orion/Team Orion/Team Orion
3. Ryan Lutz – Tekin/Tekin/Pro-Tek
4. Joe Bornhorst – Tekin/Tekin/SMC
5. Max Flurer – Tekin/Tekin/SMC
6. Anthony Mazzara – Team Orion/Team Orion/Team Orion
7. Jack Wicker – -/-/-
8. Devin Chesney – Tekin/Tekin/SMC
9. Ryan Scott – -/-/-
10.Frank Deiny – Hobbywing/Hobbywing/Trinity
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
