The 25th Annual CRCRC Winter Mid-West Electric Off-Road Championships were held this past weekend in Jeffersonville,OH. This is known as the first big electric off-road race of the new year as well as being one of the longest on-going races to date. This years event reached an impressive 355 entries! Kyosho would bring a big team once again this year, including their star driver Jared Tebo leading the way.
Race Schedule: Wednesday, January 9th: Open Practice Thursday, January 10th: Controlled Practice Friday, January 11th: 2 Rounds of Qualifying Saturday, January 12th: 2 Rounds of Qualifying Sunday, January 13th: Lower Main Bump-Ups / Triple A-Main Events
Race Program: To determine the overall qualifying order in each class, the points system was used. This system would take each drivers 2 best qualifying round finishes out of 4. The top 10 drivers from each class would automatically go into the A-Main Events. This would be the first year CRCRC incorporated the bump-up system to their electric race. Lower main events up through the B's were ran earlier on main day. The top 2 finishers from each main event would bump into the next main. This would make for a 12 car field for the triple A-Main Events.
2wd Modified Buggy
Kyosho/Team Orion Factory Driver Jared Tebo would TQ 3 out of a possible 4 rounds of qualifying to take the overall TQ!
Tebo would then put in dominating performances in A-Main #1 and A-Main #2 leading each main from start to finish and take home the highly contested 2wd Modified Buggy Championship with his Team Orion powered Kyosho RB6!
Kyosho's young talent and rising star Andy DiBrino put in an impressive drive in A-Main #3 to take the Win and earn him 3rd overall with his Kyosho RB6!
Winning Equipment used by Jared Tebo:
30068B Kyosho RB6 Race Kit
ORI65102 Team Orion R10 Pro Speed Control
ORI28207 Team Orion Vortex 7.5 Brushless Motor ORI14055 Team Orion Carbon Pro XS 4000mah 90C Shorty Li-Po Battery
Geared: 21/76
-------------------------------------------------------------- 4wd Modified Buggy
Kyosho/Team Orion's Jared Tebo would start 2nd on the grid for the Triple A-Main Events after a solid qualifying effort.
A-Main #1 was won by AE's Ryan Cavalieri with Tebo finishing a close 2nd.
A-Main #2 was won by Tebo after a great battle with Cavalieri who finished 2nd.
A-Main #3: The Championship would come down to this third and final A-Main. Tebo and Cavalieri once again had a great race where Tebo would edge out Cavalieri for the Win and take the 4wd Modified Buggy Championship with his Team Orion powered Kyosho Lazer SP!
Winning Equipment used by Jared Tebo:
30045B Kyosho Lazer SP Race Kit
ORI65102 Team Orion R10 Pro Speed Control
ORI28206 Team Orion Vortex 6.5 Brushless Motor
ORI14048 Team Orion Carbon Pro 5500 90C Saddle Pack Li-Po Battery
Geared: 18/78
-------------------------------------------------------------- 2wd Modified Truck
Kyosho/Team Orion Factory Driver Jared Tebo went on to TQ all 4 rounds of qualifying to take the overall TQ!
Tebo made quick work of the competition in A-Main #1 and A-Main #2 to take the 2wd Modified Truck Championship with his Team Orion powered Kyosho RT5!
Kyosho's Andy DiBrino finished up a very impressive weekend by also finishing on the podium in 2nd place with his Kyosho RT5!
2wd Modified Truck Top 12 Overall: Driver -Manufacturer 1. Jared Tebo (TQ) - Kyosho RT5 2. Andy DiBrino - Kyosho RT5
3. Gunnar Rieck - AE
4. Brandon Marsh - AE
5. Brent Thielke - AE
6. Mitchel Gardner - AE
7. Mike Sontag - TLR
8. Kai Goff - AE 9. Zach Phillips - Kyosho RT5 10. Andrew Michael - Kyosho RT5
11. Steven Prochko - Durango
12. Kevin Westendorf - AE
Winning Equipment used by Jared Tebo:
30065 Kyosho RT5 Race Kit
ORI65102 Team Orion R10 Pro Speed Control
ORI28206 Team Orion Vortex 6.5 Brushless Motor
ORI14053 Team Orion Carbon Pro 4000mah 90C WTS Li-Po Battery
Geared: 18/82
