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February 20, 2016

Phend to start 2nd as TLR claim Buggy 1-2 in quali

With Ryan Maifield having wrapped up the overall Buggy TQ at the Dirt Nitro Challenge in the second qualifier, the third & final round was all about determining the starting order behind the defending champion. Despite a poor concluding heat it would be Dakotah Phend who gets second on the grid for a TLR 1-2 as their rivals failed to deliver. With a P3 each, only Ty Tessmann and David Ronnefalk could demote Phend from the second he held all day behind his team-mate but needing a TQ to separate the two TLR driver at the front of the grid they could only manage 5th and 8th respectively in Q3. Maifield, showing no signs of letting up despite having bagged his third class TQ of the Fear Farm event earlier in the day, would make it a clean sweep as he again put his 8ight 4.0 at the top of the times. The slowest of Maifield’s three TQ runs in buggy, it would be the closest of the qualifiers with long standing rival Ryan Cavalieri getting to within half a second while an impressive drive from TLR’s Cole Ogden gave him a P3 for the round. Cavalieri’s P2 time would secure the Associated driver 3rd on the grid with Tessmann set to start 4th and Ronnefalk 7th in front of Ogden.

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February 20, 2016

Maifield does TQ triple at ‘The Dirt’

Maifield does TQ triple at 'The Dirt'

Ryan Maifield pulled off the TQ triple at The Dirt Nitro Challenge as he added the overall buggy TQ to yesterday’s Truggy and eBuggy haul. Having topped the opening round of buggy qualifying at the Fear Farm, the reigning champion again led a TLR 1, 2 from Dakotah Phend to wrap up one round early the overall TQ for the blue ribbon class at the 17th running of the Joey Christensen event. Again it would be HB that provided the closest challenger this time Ty Tessmann finishing third as David Ronnefalk, 3rd in Q1, ran out of fuel on his penultimate lap.

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February 20, 2016

2016 Reedy TC Race of Champions – Announcement

2016 Reedy TC Race of Champions - Announcement

Team Associated have announced the 2016 Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions to take place from the 26th to 29th of May. The annual event will return to the newly resurfaced Tamiya America circuit and entries will open February 24th at noon PST exclusively here. Due to time constraints and to maintain the world-class nature of the event, total entries are capped at 170 for the Open classes of 13.5T, 17.5T and Modified with each driver limited to one entry. To allow everyone an opportunity to be a part of the 2016 instalment, a lottery drawing for the Open classes will be conducted on March 21st, with those chosen securing a place in the event. Information and updates including, entry, rules, spec tires, hotels, and more will be posted soon here.

February 19, 2016

2016 International Carpet Challenge – Free practice

The 2016 International Carpet Challenge kicked off today at the Essex Winter Series venue in the south-east of the UK. Boasting the largest entry in its three-year history, the cream of UK talent are joined by a number of drivers from across Europe. With an evening of practice to get used to the fresh track layout, laptimes tumbled as the drivers got to grips with the unique EWS track. The pace in the Modified class was set by current UK National Champion Elliott Harper. Elliott described his Schumacher as “really good”, he will leave the car as it is for tomorrow’s controlled practice to see how the grip level changes overnight.

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February 19, 2016

Reigning Champion Maifield tops Q1 at DNC

Reigning Dirt Nitro Challenge Champion Ryan Maifield got his quest to retain his buggy title off to a good start this morning in Arizona as he topped the opening qualifier. The 3-time champion lead a TLR 1,2 from team-mate Dakotah Phend, the pair separated by 1.5 seconds. Having enjoyed a successful day at the Fear Farm yesterday when he TQ’d both Truggy and eBuggy, Maifield took the first of the three qualifiers after a late mistake from Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin, while behind the TLRs, HB’s David Ronnefalk was best of the rest with the 3rd fastest time. Following Rivkin’s costly 8-second last lap crash which dropped him to 6th behind Ty Tessmann, Ryan Cavalieri would be top Team Associated in 4th.

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February 19, 2016

Wahl & Ratheisky win at Tonisport Onroad Series

For the recent round of the German Tonisport Onroad Series drivers travelled to Berlin to compete in the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula. The weekend started off with practice on Friday and Saturday as well as the opening qualifier on Saturday evening. In the Touring Modified class Tim Wahl would set the TQ while the Touring Stock and Formula class belonged to a late arriving Jan Ratheisky who only attended on Sunday due to work commitments.

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February 19, 2016

Maifield TQs Truggy at ‘The Dirt’

Maifield TQs Truggy at 'The Dirt'

Ryan Maifield is Top Qualifier for Saturday’s Truggy A-Main at the Dirt Nitro Challenge after a surprise TQ run from Joe Bornhorst denied Ryan Cavalieri the overall TQ as both Maifield and Ty Tessmann crashed in the third & final round of qualifying. Opening the day at the Fear Farm with the third fastest time and then posting a TQ in Q2, this was to be enough for Maifield to take his first DNC Truggy TQ since 2012 as he ended up with a 10th in the final qualifier. For Tessmann his error would again leave the Q1 pace setter with a fourth for the round that will see the DNC’s most winning truggy driver beginning his quest for a fifth title starting from second on the grid. Finishing 1.5 seconds off Bornhorst’s pace, Cavalieri will start the 45-minute Main from 3rd on the grid with Bornhorst starting directly behind him. For reigning champion David Ronnefalk he faces an uphill battle to defend his title as he starts 10th on the grid.

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February 19, 2016

Robin Frischkopf takes maiden Formula class win

The third round of the Swiss Islikon Masters was recently held and in the Formula class Robin Frischkopf managed to take the TQ after winning all qualifying rounds. The opening A-main then was a pretty easy affair for Robin but for the second leg he forgot to sauce the tyres, causing his car to being a lot slower. He also made a couple of mistakes which promoted Rainer Zimmer into the lead, but Robin managed to take back the lead in the final lap to take the win and with it his first Formula class victory. For the third and final A-main Robin decided to start dead last to make things a bit more exciting. The leg would then be a race between Andi Frattaroli (Xray) and Robin Frischkopf (Xray) and as Andi was able to defend his position by making his car very wide he took the final A-main win and also the overall runner-up spot from Rainer Zimmer (Xray) who completed the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]