Phend on pole for Buggy Main

Top Qualifier & freshly crowned Truggy Champion Dakotah Phend is on pole position for the Buggy Main at the US National Championships. The Team Losi Racing star won his 30-minute Semi-Final in the fastest time ahead of Ryan Maifield, the Associated driver’s time securing him second on the grid for the title deciding 1-hour encounter.  Winning the first of the Semis, 2012 Champion Ty Tessmann will line up 3rd with his HB followed by the Mugen of Carson Wernimont who was second to the Canadian.

After a disappointing qualifying, defending champion Adam Drake has made it into the main event finishing fourth in his Semi to line up seventh one place behind Warm-up Race winner Cody King.  A field made of six previous champions, the race will see seven different manufacturers complete with TLR the best represented team with five 8ight 3.0s on the grid.

A-Main Buggy Grid
1. Dakotah Phend – TLR/Orion
2. Ryan Maifield – Associated/Novarossi
3. Ty Tessmann – HB/OS Speed
4. Carson Wernimont – Mugen/OS Speed
5. Ryan Lutz – Durango/Alpha
6. Cody King – Kyosho/Reds Racing
7. Adam Drake – TLR/Novarossi
8. Billy Fischer – TLR/Novrossi
9. Ryan Cavalieri – Associated/Orion
10.Mark Pavidis – TLR/OS Speed
11.Austin Blair – Mugen/OS Speed
12.Jared Tebo – Kyosho/Orion
13.Josh Glancy – TLR/Novarossi
14.Tyler Vik – Xray/FX
15.Josh Wheeler – Xray/OS Speed

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