Cavalieri & Phend win at The Wicked Weekend

The 2020 The Wicked Weekend event was held at S&B RC Raceway in Piedmont, South Carolina last weekend, attracting nearly 260 entries including many of the country’s Pro 1/8th off-road racers. In the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class it was TLR’s Dakotah Phend with the overall TQ from SWorkz’s Ryan Cavalieri in 2nd. The 30-minute A-main event saw Ryan taking over the lead 18 laps in to the race and from there he never looked back to take the win some 2.9 seconds in front of Dakotah while Mugen’s Ryan Maifield came in 3rd overall, another 7.8 seconds behind. HB Racing’s Cole Ogden would come in 4th, while Spencer Rivkin (Team Associated) ended the day in 5th, and still on the same lap as the winner.

Pro Nitro Truggy saw TLR’s Dakotah Phend with a clean sweep of TQ and win, a lap in front of Mugen’s Ryan Maifield. 5th place qualifier, Ryan Cavalieri ended the day in 3rd with Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin and HB Racing’s Cole Ogden completing the top 5.

Pro Electric Buggy was held in a double A-main format and it saw another sweep of Dakotah Phend who took the TQ and wins in both A-main legs for the overall from 2nd place qualifier, Ryan Cavalieri and 3rd place qualifier, Spencer Rivkin. Jared Wiggins (Tekno) retained his 4th qualifying position while 8th place qualifier, Jackson Brunson (Team Associated) rounded out the top 5.

Images: The Wicked Weekend