September 29, 2013

Cavalieri TQs penultimate qualifier

Having said he was ‘very close’ when he posted the second fastest time on Q3, defending World Champion Ryan Cavalieri finally hit the top in the penultimate round of qualifying taking it by a mere 0.062 from Joern Neumann.  Q3 pace setter Ty Tessman completed the Top 3 ahead of Lee Martin’s Tamiya and the Associated’s of Steven Hartson and Neil Cragg.  The result means that the final qualifier will see the Top 2 finishers at the 2011 World Championship will battle it out for the honour of becoming Top Qualifier for the 15th IFMAR 4WD Electric Buggy World Championships.

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September 29, 2013

Tessman takes Q3

After a rocky start to 4WD qualifying, failing to make the Top 10 in the opening two rounds, Ty Tessman bounced back to TQ Q3 ahead of Team Associated’s Ryan pairing of Cavalieri and Maifield, the latter throwing away a TQ run the final lap of his run.  For Q1 & 2 pace setter Joern Neumann a bad landing at the quad after the main straight resulted in a bent chassis for the Durango driver who would only be able for 11th for the round.  The biggest news of the third qualifier however is that newly crowned 2WD World Champion Jared Tebo will not make the A-Main.  Having finished all three rounds well down the order even if the Kyosho driver was to TQ today’s remaining two rounds he would not make the Top 10.

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September 28, 2013

Neumann TQs opening 4WD qualifier

Joern Neumann TQ’d the opening 4WD qualifier at the Electric Offroad World Championships in California, the Team Durango driver recovering from an early roll to snatch it by 3/10ths from Naoto Matsukura and Ryan Maifield with defending champion Ryan Cavalieri completing the Top 4.  It was a strong start to qualifying for Durango with Neumann being joined in the Top 6 by team-mates Ryan Lutz and Travis Amezcua.

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September 28, 2013

Martin fastest in final practice

Drivers had one last practice opportunity this morning ahead of today’s first day of qualifying at the 4WD Electric Buggy World Championships, Lee Martin setting the fastest 5-minute run in the second & final controlled round of practice. Completing 11 laps of the Silver Dollar RC Raceway track in 5:06.594, the Tamiya driver topped the time sheets by 7/10ths of a second from Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield with A-Main Hobbies team driver Tyler Vik just a further 2/10ths off in third.

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September 28, 2013

Neumann top seed for 4WD Qualifying

Joern Neumann is the top seed for qualifying at the 4WD Electric Buggy World Championship in Chico, the Durango driver posting the fastest two consecutive lap times in the first controlled practice with team-mate Ryan Lutz making it a 1-2 for the DEX410.  Such was Neumann’s new found pace the German was a full second faster than Ty Tessman who set the third fastest time.  For reigning champion Ryan Cavalieri it was a disastrous controlled practice as he completed just two laps before breaking a front arm on his Associated.  This left the American 24th fastest.  Although he put in some surprisingly fast Top 10 lap times in free practice with his Xray, the surprise of CP1 was A-Main Hobbies team driver Tyler Vik who ended up 4th quickest ahead of Lee Martin, Ryan Maifield and three time touring car World champion Marc Rheinard.

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September 28, 2013

Maifield sets pace in final free practice

Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield set the pace in the final free practice at the IFMAR 4WD Electric Buggy World Championships in California posting a 27.318 with team-mate Steven Hartson the closest to him on a best lap of 27.401.  Behind the two American’s Team Durango’s Joern Neumann enjoyed his most competitive run top setting the third fastest lap with a 27.435.

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September 28, 2013

Matsukura back on top in FP6

In the sixth of the 10 rounds of practice on Day 1’s schedule of the 4WD Electric Buggy World Championship, it was Naoto Matsukura who returned to the top in terms of lap times.  Having set the early pace before breaking an arm on his warm-up lap for FP4, the Yokomo driver posted his best lap of practice on his 6th run posting a time of 27.329 with Durango’s Ryan Lutz second fastest with a 27.442 and Ryan Cavalieri third. Declaring himself ‘pretty happy’ with his pace, Matsukura said he is still trying different things on his B-Max4 III and for his next run he will try a heavier shock oil in an attempt to improve how the buggy lands off the bigger jumps.

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September 27, 2013

Tessman fastest in FP4

US National Champion Ty Tessman topped the fourth round of practice at the World Championships in Chico, the HB driver posting the fastest lap of the morning, steering his HB D4-13 to a 27.330 lap of the Silver Dollar R/C Raceway track.  For early pace setter Naoto Matsukaru, a bad landing on the warm-up lap saw the Team Yokomo driver breaking an arm before the 5-minutes had even started.  Behind Tessman it was Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz who was second fastest followed by Lee Martin and Ryan Maifield.

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