Ty Tessmann double at ROAR Nats warmup race

The warmup race for the 2013 ROAR Fuel Offroad nationals took place last weekend at Gulf Coast Raceway’s covered track in Texas. Not all the factory teams were present but defending National champion Ty Tessmann was there along with other former National Champions, Worlds finalists and quick locals. Qualifying was all about HB driver Ty Tessmann, taking the top spot in both buggy and truggy. In the hour long buggy final Tessmann would take a clear win by nearly 2 laps ahead of TLR’s Adam Drake with Barry Pettit completing the podium. The 30 minute truggy final would see the same result this time with Ty nearly a lap ahead of Adam, with Pettit only 6 seconds back in 3rd.

Buggy final results
1. Ty Tessmann – 118L 1:00:25.142
2. Adam Drake – 116L 1:00:10.625
3. Barry Pettit – 113L 1:00:10.108
4. Dylan Rodriguez – 113L 1:00:21.667
5. Jason Branham – 112L 1:00:08.533
6. Ty Rogers – 110L 1:00:02.616    30.651
7. David Joor – 110L 1:00:07.205
8. Patrick Castleberry – 107L 1:00:03.983
9. Kurt Kellum – 99L 54:01.833
10.Josh Wheeler – 59L 31:08.617
11.Taylor Petersen – 55L 29:34.237
12.Josh Glancy – 21L 11:30.784

Truggy final results
1. Ty Tessmann – 59L 30:04.663
2. Adam Drake – 58L 30:02.262
3. Barry Pettit – 58L 30:08.318
4. Dylan Rodriguez – 58L 30:16.343
5. Josh Wheeler – 58L 30:17.795
6. Taylor Petersen – 58L 30:20.422
7. Jason Branham – 57L 30:04.222
8. Jake Dellinger – 55L 30:00.096
9. Roger Ayres – 54L 30:06.778
10.Nick Gibson – 43L 23:32.908
11.Mike Battaile – 41L 23:00.376
12.Kurt Kellum – 36L 19:19.155

Images: Ty Tessmann & Adam Drake