Jarosz TQs final 2WD qualifier

With Ryan Maifield having wrapped up the overall TQ in the second round of qualifying, Q3 was all about deciding the order of who would line up behind the new Team Losi Racing signing.  Team Associated’s Chris Jarosz would take the round with the fastest time of the three qualifiers followed by young team-mate Spencer Rivkin, a result that would secure the latter second on the grid.  With Maifield only 4th fastest, it would be an all Associated Top 3 as Steven Hartson, who topped seeding yesterday, produced his first Top 10 run. Unfortunately the result came too late in terms of a good overall result and Hartson finds himself BQ although a win of the single B-Main would see him bump up as the 11th starter on the triple A-Main grid.  In terms of the overall ranking it is Mark Pavidis who will start third ahead of Tyler Vik and Jarosz with Drew Moller completing the Top 6.

‘Amazing’ was how Jarosz described the performance of his B5M adding it was a joint effort thanks to the input of both AE team manager Brent Thielke and Brian Kinwald.  Brain storming with electric offroad legend Kinwald regarding tyres and a set-up to go with the slicks he said having watched the former 2-time World Champion try the idea in his 3rd heat he quickly made a camber link change which would adapt the car perfectly to the tyres.  With the car so good he said he just had to make sure he didn’t trip himself up over the 5-minutes and thankfully he managed to pull off a clean run topping the time by almost 3 seconds from Rivkin, the 15-year-old setting the fastest lap of the round.

2WD Buggy A-Main Grid
1. Ryan Maifield – Team Losi Racing – 0 pts
2. Spencer Rivkin – Team Associated – 4
3. Mark Pavidis – Team Losi Racing – 6
4. Tyler Vik – Team Xray (AE) – 7
5. Chris Jarosz – Team Associated – 9
6. Drew Moller – A-Main Hobbies (AE) – 9
7. Damion Borkowicz – Team Associated – 10
8. JR Mitch – Team Losi Racing – 14
9. Frank Root – Team Losi Racing – 15
10.Brian Strange – Team Associated – 17

2WD Buggy Qualifying Round 3
1. Chris Jarosz – Team Associated – 20/5:06.900
2. Spencer Rivkin – Team Associated – 20/5:09.740
3. Steven Hartson – Team Associated – 20/5:09.830
4. Ryan Maifield – Team Losi Racing – 20/5:10.521
5. Tyler Vik – Team Xray (AE) – 20/5:11.276
6. Damion Borkowicz – Team Associated – 20/5:13.757
7. JR Mitch – Team Losi Racing – 20/5:13.842
8. Frank Root – Team Losi Racing – 20/5:13.844
9. Brent Fiege – Team Associated – 20/5:14.396
10.Ryan Matesa – Kyosho – 19/5:01.666

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