Tebo tops Truggy Q2

Kyosho’s Jared Tebo has taken the second round of Truggy Qualifying at the US Nationals his Kyosho outpacing the Associated of Ryan Cavalieri and Jesse Robbers’ Hot Bodies while Q1 Top Qualifier Ty Tessmann ended up only sixth after getting t-boned by Cody King. Tebo had one roll during his run but was still able to knock 2-seconds off the morning’s TQ time. Happy with the set-up on his truck he said they are still ‘fighting’ the tune on his Orion engine which on the starterbox sounds lean however on the track is running rich.

Cavalieri was pleased with his second P2 of the day but admitted he faded a little at the end of the run having a few moments.  Finding his RC8T still a little too soft for the conditions he plans to ‘play it by ear’ tomorrow before choosing what oil to run in Q3.  Associated team-mate Ryan Maifield posted the fourth fastest time describing it as ‘satisfactory’.  Having switched from his regular Reedy engines after the opening day’s practice to LRP the former Champion said he is still playing around with the power delivery.  Running a steel flywheel in Q2 he said it didn’t have the desired effect and he will revert to aluminium for tomorrow. The Arizona racer said he ‘has searched high & low and traveled Oceans’ looking for the gearing he wants but to no avail but will try a different ratio for tomorrow.

Having suffered from his OS engine being too rich in Q1, Robbers said the tuning was much better but he wasn’t able to fully capitalise as the front end of his D8T was too soft meaning he couldn’t be aggressive with it.

Fastest Losi for the round was Chad Bradley.  The A-main Hobbies team driver was fifth fastest but missed out on a 15 lap run after he blew out two corners.  Still running the same Adam Drake set-up on his truck since getting here, Bradley said the extra pace in Q2 came from the fact that he got to run a dry track, the track having being watered for his first qualifier.

Disappointed by King’s move, which saw the Buggy World Champion get a Stop & Go penalty, Tessmann said his Proline shod D8T was really good and felt a second TQ run was possible prior to the incident which spun his truck.

Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz took his Mugen truggy to the seventh fastest time ahead of JR Mitch, Mark Pavidis and Josh Wheeler whose Xray completed the Top 10.

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