1:8 Buggy Q3 Update

Dustin Evans has TQ’d the penultimate round of 1:8 Nitro Buggy qualifying at the JConcepts Clash, the Colorado driver setting a new outright fastest time in Q3 ahead of Ryan Maifield who he will now battle it out with in this evening’s final qualifier to decided which of the two great rivals with secure the overall TQ honours at the sixth running of event.  Behind the two favourites for the win here in Mississippi, 18-year-old Cole Ogden claimed his best round taking his Losi around the impressive indoor FRC track in the third fastest time.

The round saw Maifield produce a blistering fastest lap as he took his LRP powered RC8.2 to the first sub 21 second lap of the event with a 20.994, but the Arizona driver was not happy with the car’s handling. Having rebuilt the buggy for the second day of qualifying he said it was not nice to drive and was going to need a lot of changes for the Q4 showdown against Evans.

Completing the Top 3 in both of yesterday’s qualifier, Team Losi Racing’s JR Mitch became the first of the leading drivers to fail to finish a qualifier.  Looking to improve his fuel mileage they leaned out his Orion engine but it was a little too much and it flamed out on his 9th lap.

In 1:8 Electric Buggy Jake Dellinger, driving an Associated, ended Brent Thielke’s domination of the largest class at this year’s Clash, the 19 year-old Texan taking Q3 by half a second from the Associated team manager.  Fitting a fresh set of JConcepts green compound Hybrids on his RC8.2e for the round the set-up was not right for the new rubber and the buggy was difficult to drive but with the tyres now scrubbed in he said things should be fine for the final qualifier this evening.

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