Larsen TQ’s 2WD Buggy in Omaha

TLR driver Taylor Larsen has secured the overall TQ honours for the blue ribboned 2WD Buggy class at the JConcepts Indoor National Series Finals taking place in Omaha, Nebraska.  Getting the day off to a dream start by topping the opening round of qualifying for the event’s biggest class, with 71 entries, the 15-year-old will start the triple A-Mains ahead of factory Associated duo of Steven Hartson and Ryan Maifield.

Posting his worst of the three qualifiers in Q3, with the fifth fastest time, Larsen benefited from a coming together between Maifield and TLR’s JR Mitch which would cost Maifield a TQ run for the round to go with his Q2 topping time.  Having TQ’d round 1 and backed it up with second behind Maifield in Q2, Larsen said his final heat could have been better but his nerves got the better of him.  Running his Orion powered TLR22 in rear motor configuration while his rivals are running mid motored cars, he said it was ‘so cool to out qualify the best drivers in the world’. Looking forward to Sunday’s finals, he said the plan is to try & shake the nerves and just focus on doing his own race and try ‘not to wreck’, an approach that paid off for him in Q1 & 2.

With Maifield’s potential TQ run coming to an end on lap 12 of 14 when he had a 26 second lap, it was Hartson who would take the TQ ahead Maifield’s young protege Spencer Rivkin.  The 15-year-old will start the A-Main from 5th on the grid just behind TLR’s Dustin Evans who completed the Top 3 in the final qualifier ahead of Maifield.

2WD Buggy A-Main Grid
1. Taylor Larsen
2. Steven Hartson
3. Ryan Maifield
4. Dustin Evans,
5. Spencer Rivkin
6. Kyle Skidmore
7. Cody Hollis
8. Chad Due
9. Alex Sturgeon
10.Allen Horne

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