Kyosho take both Truggy Semis

Team Kyosho’s Jared Tebo and Cody King have won the Semi finals for Truggy at the ROAR Nationals with defending champion & Top Qualifier Tebo set to start the 45-minute main from pole.  The first of the 25-minute Semis saw King cruise to a rather easy win over Hot Bodies duo Ty Tessmann and Jesse Robbers while Tebo had to fend off close attention of Associated’s Ryans Maifield and Cavalieri in a more lively and faster affair.  As a result Maifield and Cavalieri, who posted the fastest lap, will line-up 2nd and 3rd respectively on the grid with Cody fourth.

TLR will be represented by Mike Truhe and the youngest of the starters, emerging talent Dakotah Phend, who start in 7th and 8th spot. Adam Drake’s chances of progressing ended just as he completed the first lap with his Novarossi powered 8ight flaming out.  Rejoining the race he was to suffer a second flame out finishing a distant 10th.

Making its debut at the Nationals Serpent’s new Cobra-T will be represented in the final after a busy morning for Billy Easton.  Qualifying in the Quarter finals he bumped up to the Semi before going on to finish fifth after a close battle with JR Mitch and Josh Wheeler, who having to wait on the result of the second Semi, go to the main event due to being the fastest drivers to finish outside the Top 5.

Some big names failing to progress from the Semi include 2010 finalists Travis Amezcua and Ryan Lutz, Lutz suffering a broken rear drive shaft on his Alpha powered Mugen.  Mark Pavidis came close to bumping up but will be reeling from a Stop & Go penalty he got for jumping the start as he finished 6th in the second of the Semi’s just 2.4 seconds behind SoCal ace Dylan Rodriguez who lines up last on the grid as the sole Mugen.

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