Maifield wraps it all up at Hobby Plex in A2

Ryan Maifield wrapped everything up early at the Finals of the JConcepts Indoor National Series taking place at the Hobby Plex track in Omaha, Nebraska, this afternoon as he backed up his clean sweep in A1 to claim the overall win in 2WD & 4WD Buggy and 2WD Short Course.  Coming into the event already confirmed as the champion of both buggy classes the win in Short Course added that title to his 2013 haul while the 4WD Buggy win completes the perfect season with five wins from the five events that make up the popular series.

Of the second round of A-Mains, it was 2WD Short Course that would prove the most difficult challenge for Maifield.  Top Qualifier for the race, the Team Associated star lead for 3 laps but on lap 4 at the end of the sweeper he caught the piping.  Loosing his rythm this allowed the No.2 starting TLR of Dustin Evans to close alongside and at the next corner Maifield again hit the piping, rolling over his SC10.  Setting the fastest lap of the race Maifield closed the gap back to Evans but it looked like the Colorado driver had enough in hand to force the battle for the overall win to go to the 3rd Main.  However in an almost carbon copy of Maifield’s early incident that cost him the lead, Evans caught the pipe on the penultimate lap allowing Maifield to slip through for the win.  Evans would hold on to finish 2nd with MIP team driver Matt Olson completing the Top 3 for the leg.

In 2WD Buggy once again Top Qualifier Taylor Larsen did well to lead away the strong field. The Team Losi Racing driver repeated his A1 performance by seeing off a patient Maifield for the opening 4-laps.   Once in front Maifield’s fourth 2WD Buggy win of the season in the JConcepts backed series was never much in doubt.  Setting the fastest lap of the race over team-mate Steven Hartson, who would only finish 5th, the Arizona driver would take the leg by almost half a lap over his protege Spencer Rivkin. The 15-year-old Associated supported driver had a great fight with Larsen, who would take his rear motored TLR22 to third, setting the two teenagers up to battle for the overall runners up spot in A3.

In 4WD Buggy, starting from the TQ position Maifield lead from start to finish to take the win over World Champion Hartson.  Hartson was a non-finisher in A1 while Evan was a non-starter due to a stripped spur gear.  Evans found a way passed his Associated rival on lap three but with three laps to go Hartson retook second spot.  A3 is set to be a battle between the factory backed duo to see which order they will line up behind Maifield on the podium this evening.

2WD Buggy A2 Result
1.(3) Ryan Maifield – Team Associated – 14/5:10.276
2.(5) Spencer Rivkin – Team Associated – 14/5:20.391
3.(1) Taylor Larsen – Team Losi Racing – 14/5:21.798
4.(6) Kyle Skidmore – Team Associated – 13/5:00.790
5.(2) Steven Hartson – Team Associated – 13/5:01.539
6.(10)Allen Horne – Team Associated – 13/5:04.262
7.(7) Cody Hollis – Team Losi Racing – 13/5:05.187
8.(4) Dustin Evans – Team Losi Racing – 13/5:05.771
9.(9) Alex Sturgeon – Team Losi Racing – 13/5:10.978
10.(8)Chad Due – Team Associated –  3/1:20.580

4WD Buggy A2 Result
1.(1) Ryan Maifield – Team Associated – 15/5:17.478
2.(3) Steven Hartson – Team Associated – 14/5:03.767
3.(5) Dustin Evans – Team Losi Racing – 14/5:04.119
4.(10)Mitchel Gardner – Kyosho  – 14/5:10.981
5.(6) Matt Gosch – Team Associated – 14/5:15.915
6.(2) Nick Gibson – Team Associated – 14/5:20.297
7.(7) Aydin Horne – Team Associated – 13/5:01.244
8.(4) JR Mitch – Team Losi Racing – 13/5:06.689
9.(9) Carter Flotron – Caster – 13/5:15.354
10.(8)Chad Due – Team Associated – 12/4:33.607

2WD Short Course A2 Result
1.(1) Ryan Maifield – Team Associated – 14/5:20.509
2.(2) Dustin Evans – Team Losi Racing – 13/5:00.156
3.(3) Matthew Olson – MIP – 13/5:09.556
4.(5) Steven Hartson – Team Associated – 13/5:11.359
5.(8) Cody Hollis – Team Losi Racing – 13/5:19.383
6.(7) Mack Vanderbeek – Team Associated – 13/5:22.357
7.(4) Alec Walters – Team Losi Racing – 13/5:23.897
8.(6) Taylor Larsen – Team Losi Racing – 12/4:46.637
9.(9) David Fast – Team Associated – 12/5:08.033
10.(10)Mike Maldonado – Team Durango – 12/5:08.467

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