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February 20, 2015

2015 Super Cup Championship Series Rd1 – Report

Valentines Day weekend kicked off the 2015 Super Cup Season at 301 Raceway in Wildwood FL. On Saturday, round 1 started off with 211 entries that would fill the indoor facility to near capacity. Racers enjoyed the spacious tables and comfortable area inside away from the morning cold winds. Track was new to many racers with a hybrid surface consisting of a clay base and wooden carpeted jumps. Tires were tricky to find as grip increased with every passing hour on Friday’s practice. By Saturday morning racers came prepared with tires in hand that had been glued the night before. Qualifying would start with a delay as technology played its part of glitches and system bugs. Tech support would work hard as the racers patiently waited for quals to begin.

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February 20, 2015

Tebo takes 2nd ‘Dirt’ Truggy qualifier

Tebo takes 2nd 'Dirt' Truggy qualifier

Jared Tebo claimed the second round of truggy qualifying at the Dirt Nitro Challenge with the Kyosho setting the pace from Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst and Team Associated’s Carson Wernimont. What would become the final qualifier of Day 2 of Joey ‘The Dirt’ Christensen’s signature event after delays forced round three to be moved to tomorrow morning, for the first half of the 7-minute qualifier it looked as though Q1 pace setter David Ronnefalk would sew up the overall TQ earlier. Coming up on traffic however in the whoops section on lap 7 of 12 the Swede would end up on his roof after contact and eventually finish fourth fastest. It was a tough round for defending champion Ty Tessmann as the HB driver struggled with ‘no grip’ and he ended up 12th. Another Q1 Top 3 finisher to have issues in the second round was Ryan Maifield. Thinking due to a delayed start he was not yet on the clock he cut the track but his time was already started and with the ‘damage done’ he would pull up early.

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February 19, 2015

Ronnefalk heads HB 1-2 in first DNC Truggy qualifier

New HB signing David Ronnefalk headed a HB 1-2 in the opening round of qualifying at the Dirt Nitro Challenge in Arizona, the Swede taking his D8T truggy to the fastest time around the Fear Farm track from defending champion & team-mate Ty Tessmann. Just 2/10ths off Tessmann, TLR’s Ryan Maifield completed the Top 3 with former team-mate & Mugen debutant Adam Drake setting the fourth fastest time, the Top 4 the only drivers to complete 12 laps over the 7-minutes.

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February 19, 2015

Team Orion CRF 21 7-port Factory Tuned Truggy engine

Team Orion introduce the new CRF 21 7-port Factory Tuned truggy engine, specially designed for the use in 1/8th off-road trucks. Compared to its predecessor the engine features a reduced displacement of now 3.5cc, a reinforced crankcase and a 9-sphere rear ceramic ball bearing. The engine, that is also good for the use in 1/8th buggies, comes with a 2-needle aluminium carburettor and it is of a long stroke design.

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February 19, 2015

Tessman opens DNC as he finished in 2014

Although drivers got just a single round of practice on the opening day of the Dirt Nitro Challenge, defending double champion Ty Tessmann picked up from where he finished up the 2014 event by topping the buggy times having earlier in the day set the pace in truggy. Tessmann set the fastest 3-consecutive laps from Ryan Maifield, the only driver other than the Canadian to win a DNC title since Joey Christensen moved his event to the Fear Farm in 2012, with Ryan Cavalieri completing the Top 3.

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February 19, 2015

Tessmann tops truggy practice at DNC

Defending Truggy champion Ty Tessmann set the pace in the one & only round of practice on the opening day of the Dirt Nitro Challenge at the Fear Farm in Arizona. After a 4-hour delay to the start of the 16th running of the Joey ‘The Dirt’ Christensen signature event, the HB driver set the fastest three consecutive laps over the SWorkz of Austin Blair, with new HB team-mate David Ronnefalk completing the Top 3. Originally set to run two rounds of practice, a total of 56 heats making up one complete round of all the 1:8 classes, the delayed start means that the second practice has been cut and now instead of reseeding the heats for Q1, they will now be reseed for Q2 based on the Q1 results.

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February 18, 2015

Carson Wernimont joins VP Powermaster

VP Powermaster announce the addition of Carson Wernimont to their world class team of drivers. Carson is known around the world as a serious threat at any event and he joins VP off-road teammates Josh Wheeler, Mark Pavidis, Derek Sousa and Josh Clancy who all race at this week’s Dirt Nitro Challenge.

Source: VP [powermasterfuels.com]

February 18, 2015

Josh Wheeler extends Xray deal

Xray has announced that the US top off-road racer Josh Wheeler will continue to race with the Slovakian team in 2015. The multiple World Championship finalist will race Xray’s 1/8th and 1/10th 4WD vehicles and he has the following to say:

I am pleased to announce that I will continue with Xray for the 2015 race season. Xray has been a great partner that has continually strived to produce the best cars in the world and never cease to improve. The entire Hudy family has been a great support and continue to allow me to follow my dream. I look forward to another great race season and all the exciting things to come.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]