Defending Champion claims TQ double at ROAR Nats

What can best be described as an uneventful evening at the final day of qualifying for the ROAR Offroad Nationals, defending champion Jared Tebo continued his domination to add Truggy to the Buggy TQ honour that he wrapped earlier in the day. With Hot Bodies Ty Tessmann having taken the opening round of Truggy qualifying yesterday, the Canadian went into Q4 with a chance of denying Tebo a repeat of his 2008 performance, when the classes ran as separate events.  The 18-year-old could only manage third as Tebo topped the time sheets for a third time followed by Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri.

Despite being confirmed the Top Qualifier for Buggy after Q3, Tebo was not yet done proving he had the fastest package.  In an impressive display of his ability the Kansas City driver completed the clean sweep as he topped the final qualifier of these championships from Cavalieri and Xray’s Josh Wheeler, who enjoyed a great run to third. Tebo’s 100% domination of the buggy class has not been seen at the Nationals since Team Mugen’s Travis Amezcua pulled it off in 2006.

Although he will go into the record books as the Top Qualifier of the 2011 Nationals, Tebo’s job at Thunder Alley is far from done.  The first obstacle to successfully defending his title is the Semi finals from which the Top 5 from each and next fastest two drivers bump up up to the 45-minute Truggy and 1-hour Buggy Main.

Our coverage which has been made possible by Team Durango along with the support of Pro-Line, continues tomorrow when we will start with updates from the 1/2 Finals.

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