‘Silly to bet against Rivkin’ – Tebo
Former 2WD and 4WD World Champion Jared Tebo says it would be ‘Silly to bet against Rivkin’ retaining his 2WD World Championship title as the event gets underway in Arizona. Having announced 2023 would be his own final season as a Pro racer, Tebo believes Rivkin’s advantage at his home track of Hobby Action RC Raceway will be too much for his rival adding ‘he’s also good at 1:10’. Winning his first title in 4WD in Japan against all time great Masami Hirosaka in 2007 and then adding the 2WD 10-years ago when the USA host its last 1:10 Offroad Worlds, Tebo thinks one surprise over the next week could be Aydin Horne. ‘I thought he was one of the fastest at Warm-up but he maybe struggled with his nerves. I think he could upset Rivkin. I also think Aydin has been at a tyre disadvantage but they’ll all be on the same here and that will be a leveller. I want to see Aydin do good’. Another fellow countryman to impress him with his pace at the Warm-up was Broc Champlin, ‘Broc took time to get the Schumacher working on dirt but he’s found it now’.
