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January 25, 2020

Cavalieri doubles up in second round

After a win in the opening round of racing at the Reedy Offroad Race of Champions, Ryan Cavalieri became the first driver to double up at OCRC Raceway with a win over defending champion Jared Tebo. Starting from 6th on the grid, Cavalieri worked his way to the front in his Sworkz getting by on lap 3 after a mistake from pole sitter Cole Tollard. While he had the faster car and looked set to challenge Cavalieri for the lead on a few occasions, bobbles prevented Tebo from making it two out of two with Ty Tessmann completing the Top 3. The other winners of Round 2 would be 17-year-old Broc Champlin who got by long time leader Ron Devoll with a well planned and executed pass on the final lap. Finishing second to Rivkin in Round 1 after an early mistake having started from pole, Ryan Maifield convert a P4 start into a win reversing the Round 1 result as Rivkin came home second followed by pole starter Tommy Hinz who had led for the opening four laps.

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January 24, 2020

Tebo opens Reedy title defence with first round win

Reedy Race Champion Jared Tebo has opened his title defence with a win in the first race of the 26th running of the iconic event. Starting from pole position with Ty Tessmann alongside, Tebo and the Canadian would go at it for the full 5-minutes with Dakotah Phend joining the battle for what was the most exciting race of the opening round. A mistake by Tebo would allow Tessmann to go to the front until he then had a moment handing the lead back to Tebo. In the end the Top 3 would cross the line covered by less than 3/10th of a second. In the second encounter, Spencer Rivkin took the win over Ryan Maifield, Maifield having started from pole position but dropped down the order after any early mistake in the centre rhythm section. The third race saw the No.4 starting Ryan Cavalieri avoid contact between early leader Shin Adachi and young French driver Clement Boda and once in front the Reedy Race’s most crowned champion pretty much controlled the race.

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January 24, 2020

Haatanen goes fastest in 2WD as Phend maintains 4WD pace

Day 1 of the Reedy Offroad Race of Champions is complete with Joona Haatanen mixing things up in the final run of the day to go fastest in 2WD while early pace setter Dakotah Phend maintain his status as the quickest driver in 4WD when he topped the third of the day’s three practice rounds. Behind Haatanen, Dustin Evans made it a 1-2 for Team Associated as both managed for the first time to outpace Phend who had set the early pace for both classes. In 4WD, which will open the racing action tomorrow at OCRC Raceway, the closest on pace to Phend was Ty Tessmann with Yusuke Sugiura making it three different manufacturers in the Top 3 ahead of his Yokomo team-mate Ryan Maifield. While the Reedy Race’s unique heads up race format means not too much should be read into the practice times, for defending Champion Jared Tebo the day ended with him setting the 7th fastest 2WD time and 8th fastest 4WD time.

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January 24, 2020

Landivar & Uribe win at Joyride Series opener

The opening round oft the Joyride Series was held in Peru last weekend. In the Nitro Truggy A-main it was Roy Landivar who would take the win from Carlos Tapia in 2nd and Sergio Suarez in 3rd. Over in the Nitro Buggy A-main it was Nicolas Uribe who would walk away with the silverware as Alejandro Nieto and Wilfred Chambilla completed the top 3 result. The next round of the series will take place in Calama, Chile with round 3 being held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 24, 2020

Ellerbrock, Donath & Schulz win at BWS Rd3

Round 3 of the popular Berlin Winter Series was held recently in several electric on-road classes. In the competitive Touring Stock class it was Lukas Ellerbrock with the win after showing great pace in A2 and A3 as Simon Lauter followed on the runner-up spot. Christian Donath came in 3rd to round out the the podium. Over in the Touring FWD class Stefan Schulz took the day’s win from Henrik Heitsch and Dennid Fadtke. The Fun class had 11-years old Jasmin Donath walking away with the silverware after a very mature drive, leaving behind veteran racer, Ebi Beck in 2nd and Stefan Israel in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 24, 2020

Phend sets early pace as 26th Reedy Race gets underway

The 26th running of the Reedy Offroad Race of Champions is underway at the World renowned OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California, with 2016 Champion Dakotah Phend setting the pace in both 2WD and 4WD practice. In 4WD, the class which will kick off the racing action tomorrow, the TLR driver was quickest from Ty Tessmann over 3-consecutive laps with Ryan Maifield completing the Top 3 in front of Spencer Rivkin and World’s podium finisher Yusuke Sugiura. In 2WD, Phend was quickest over 2-time champion Dustin Evans with Associated team-mate Broc Champlin showing good pace in 3rd followed by Joona Haatanen, Rivkin and Maifield. For defending champion Jared Tebo, practice saw him post the 9th fastest time in 2WD and 15th of the 24 car field in 4WD.

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January 23, 2020

Graham Alsop TQs and wins at AWS Rd4

Round 4 of the Astro Winter Series was held at the Deerdale Off Road club last weekend. Frosty winter weather made for challenging track and racing conditions and in Nitro Buggy it was Graham Alsop who made the best out of it, taking the TQ and win from Mitch Booth in 2nd while Chris Sharpe-Simkiss completed the top 3 result.

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January 23, 2020

Götzl & Zalewski win at Mibosport Cup Rd4

Round 4 of the popular Mibosport Cup was held at the Sport Hotel in Hrotovice, Czech Republic last weekend, attracting once again over 200 entries for the various electric on-road and off-road classes. In 2WD Modified Buggy the seeding practice was won by Ales Bidovsky while 4WD Mod Buggy was lead by Max Götzl. The 2WD Mod qualifying then saw Adam Izsay leading the way with wins in Q1 and Q2 with Q3 winner, Max Götzl in 2nd and Ales Bidovsky in 3rd.

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