Maifield is 2WD Short Course Top Qualifier
Defending 2WD Short Course Champion has put himself in the best position possible to retain his title at the Pro-Line Cactus Classic in tomorrow’s finals after the factory Associated driver made it three of of three in Q3 to become the first Top Qualifier at the 26th running of the prestigious American event.
Setting the pace for much of the run with his Reedy powered SC10, Maifield rolled his truck on lap 9 allowing Jared Tebo to take control of proceedings but the Kyosho driver was to throw it away with a mistake of his own on his last run through the quad section. Losing almost two and a half seconds Tebo, who set the fastest lap of the round, crossed the line 2.1 seconds off Maifield handing his rival early TQ honours at his home track.
With the crew from Hobby Town Scottsdale R/C Speedway carrying out maintenance work to the track overnight Maifield, who was critical of how the track broke up yesterday, said conditions today were better and the grip felt to be up. Running JConcepts high temperature running Orange compound Double Dee fronts and Barcode rears tyres, Maifield said he ran the truck unchanged from yesterday because with it working well it was best to leave it alone.
While he is struggling to find a tyre to suit his Short Course truck, which he said is fast but hard to drive, Ryan Cavalieri had no such problems with his Mod Truck notching up his second TQ run producing the only 13 lap run of the round ahead of TLR’s Dakotah Phend and team-mate Maifield who lost time after tangling with Matt Chambers. Topping the opening qualifier Maifield is the only driver who can deny Cavalieri, the defending champion, from becoming Top Qualifier in the evening’s fourth and final qualifier.
Round 3 Qualification (Top 6)
Mod Truck
1. Ryan Cavalieri – Associated – 13/5:21.625
2. Dakotah Phend – TLR – 12/5:02.006
3. Ryan Maifield – Associated – 12/5:07.530
4. Dustin Evans – TLR – 12/5:08.572
5. Brian Kinwald – Associated – 12/5:09.117
6. Mike Truhe – TLR – 12/5:10.6882WD Short Course
1. Ryan Maifield – Associated – 12/5:08.660
2. Jared Tebo – Kyosho – 12/5:10.706
3. Brian Kimwald – Associated – 12/5:13.157
4. Ryan Cavalieri – Associated – 12/5:16.149
5. Cody Turner – TLR – 12/5:20.822
6. Frank Roots – TLR – 12/5:23.629
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