Tessmann tops Q1 of eBuggy

HB’s Ty Tessmann TQ’d the opening round of eBuggy at the Dirt Nitro Challenge, the defending Buggy & Truggy Champion setting the pace by 2.4 seconds from Kyosho’s Jared Tebo.  The only driver to make the podium in all three 1:8 classes at last year’s DNC, TLR’s Dakotah Phend took his 8ight to the third fastest time 7/10ths of a second off Tebo.  Tekno’s Ryan Lutz was fourth fastest around the Fear Farm track followed by reigning Champion David Ronnefalk.  With his 2014 win in eBuggy making him the first European to win a DNC title, Ronnefalk had both a bad opening and final lap in the first qualifier.  After a rough 41-second second lap, the HB driver would post the fastest lap (37.419) to put himself on target for a Top 2 time but then on the final lap the Swede would make contact with a stranded car, hidden by the tracks elevation changes, resulting in another 41-second lap dropping him to fifth.  Just 0.027 of Ronnefalk, Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri completed the Top 6.

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