1/8th Electric Buggy A Mains - 2021 Roar Off-Road Electric 1/8th Scale Nationals

1/8th Electric Buggy A Mains - 2021 Roar Off-Road Electric 1/8th Scale Nationals

A1 E-Buggy:

Tessmann started first on the grid, Maifield immediately was surging on the tone. Tessmann snagged the pipe in the chicane, and Maifield took over the lead. Setser was right there in 2nd on Maifield’s wing. Maifield was trying to pull away from the pack. Cavalieri was only 0.79 behind Setser, but Setser wasn’t going to budge. Those top two were pulling away now with over 1 second on 3rd place. 3 minutes to go and they were spacing out. Maifield was 1.5 seconds in front of Setser, and Setser was 2.6 seconds in front of Phend who was in 3rd. Setser was shaving off time as he was only 1.0 second behind Maifield with under a minute to go. Phend now 3 seconds behind Setser in 3rd. The tone goes off, Setser was on Maifield’s tail he was trying to make the pass but ended up being only 0.2 seconds behind Maifield! Setser was driving fast! Maifield took the win in A1. Setser finished 2nd and Phend finished 3rd.

A2 E-Buggy:

Tessmann led it off with Maifield right behind him, hungry for the win once again. He wanted to secure his National Title. They were 0.3 apart. Cavalieri was 0.3 behind Ty, looking for 2nd place. Maifield and Ty got into quite the debacle on the back straightaway. A couple other drivers got caught up in it as well, as it all was unfolding so quickly. Dakotah Phend took over the lead, Bornhorst was in 2nd, and Cavalieri remained in 3rd. Setser had made a comeback from a mistake early on, as he was driving in 4th. Phend had 1.5 up on 2nd place. The main battle was between Cavalieri and Bornhorst for 2nd. Setser moved up into that 3rd spot. Meanwhile, Phend’s lead continued to lengthen. The tone went off, the race finished with Phend taking the win, Setser in 3rd, and Oliveras in 5th. Things were mixing up and A3 would be the determining factor.

A3 E-Buggy:

The final race of the day. The National Champion title was still up in the air, and there were a few contenders. Maifield took over the lead early on. Setser was in 3rd pushing to get by Tessmann. Tessmann was only 0.3 seconds behind Maifield, they had to keep it clean. Tessmann made the pass as they were drag racing down the front straightaway into first. Tessmann got it wrong in the quad, Maifield took over first. Setser and Tessmann were almost parallel going into the chicane. Setser was gaining on them. It was Tessmann, Maifield, and Setser through the chicane. Setser wanted to make a pass on Tessmann into 2nd. He went for it, after all it was for the title. Maifield remained in the lead and Phend moved into 2nd. The running order was Maifield, Phend, and Cavalieri. Tessmann and Cavalieri were battling it out for 3rd place. Cavalieri and Tessmann get by Phend, but Phend quickly takes 2nd place over once again. Jones gets up in the mix as he wedges himself into 4th in the final 30 seconds. The race finished with Maifield in 1st, Phend in 2nd, and Setser in 5th.

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