Tebo wins A1

Jared Tebo has won the opening A-Main at the 1:10 2WD Offroad World Championships in Japan.  The Top Qualifier would end up taking a comfortable win surviving a mistake and a challenge from star of the event Spencer Rivkin.  The young Associated driver found himself twice locking wheels with his team-mates first with Neil Cragg early on, ending the former Champions challenge, and later with Ryan Cavalieri.  Despite the contact Cavalieri would see off the challenge of Ryan Maifield to complete the Top 3 behind Tebo and Rivkin.  Starting from 2nd Cragg would finish 6th.

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Tebo to defend World title as Top Qualifier

Jared Tebo will defend his 2WD Offroad World title from the front of the grid after a dramatic finish in the final round of qualifying at the Yatabe Arena.  Going into the fifth qualifier only Tebo and Neil Cragg were left in contention for the overall TQ and with both making mistakes it looked like star of the event Spencer Rivkin would post his first TQ run.  Such a result would have led to a double celebration at Team Associated as it would mean 2005 champion Cragg with take the overall TQ due to previous results.  It was not to be however as Rivkin would have issues passing Naoto Matsukura with the resulting rollover enough to allow a recovering Tebo snatch the round and a second consecutive overall World’s TQ.  Lining up behind the Kyosho driver will be a trio of Associateds with 2011 Top Qualifier Cragg 2nd, Rivkin an very impressive 3rd and Ryan Cavalieri fourth.  Interestingly for an event that created a lot debate when it was announced it would be run on astro turf, with home advantage one of the big arguments against the artificial surface, no Japanese driver has made the final, most notably Naoto Matsukura, with the 10 car line up a split of five from offroad racing powerhouse nation American and five Europeans.

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Cragg & Tebo to go head to head for Worlds TQ

Neil Cragg and Jared Tebo will go head to head in the final round of qualifying tomorrow morning for the honour of being Top Qualifier at the 1:10 2WD World Championships in Japan.  A second TQ run from Cragg in the fourth round of qualifying, when he headed an Associated 1-2 from star of the event Spencer Rivkin, sets up the dual between the former Champion and Tebo. The defending champion also took two TQ rounds from the day but a bad second & fourth qualifier means Tebo sits 3rd overnight behind Rivkin.

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40+ Electric Buggy Race Finland – Announcement

After a successful pilot event in 2015 the 40+ Electric Buggy Race is back in 2016 with an even more refined concept. Held in Vaasa, Finland and organized by the same club as the 2011 IFMAR Electric Buggy Worlds the race is not only focussed on racing but also on the social aspects, trying to prevent the usual airport-track-hotel routine of international events. The race will be held at the beginning of August with the exact date being announced after the EFRA AGM. More information and details will become available soon.

Tebo sees off Cragg challenge in Q3

Jared Tebo has posted his second TQ run of the IFMAR World Championships but Q2 pace setter Neil Cragg made the reigning champion work hard for it, a late roll over by the former champion allowing the American top the 3rd & fastest qualifier so far by 1.2 seconds.  Behind them Cavalieri would post his first Top 3 time with the 2011 Champion becoming only the 3rd driver to run 18-lap of the Yatabe Arena circuit.

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Cragg TQs second round of 2WD

Neil Cragg has TQ’d the second round of qualifying at the 1:10 2WD Offroad Championships, the Team Associated star becoming the first driver to knock defending champion Jared Tebo from the top of the time sheets in Japan.  While Tebo would have a run full of mistakes leaving the Kyosho driver only 8th fastest, Cragg would drive a faultless 5-minutes to claim the qualifier ahead of Ryan Maifield who made amends for his DNF in Q1.  Showing that his impressive P2 in the opening round was genuine pace Spencer Rivkin would complete the Top 3 despite Tebo’s car landing on his Associated while the teenager was on TQ pace.

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