This past weekend the majority of the United States heavy hitters in 1/8th scale off-road as well as some international stars traveled to Norco, California for the TNR Fuels Challenge with over 750 entries.
The event had a bit of a changing schedule but ultimately had one round of seeding, 2 qualifiers, and main events. Best 1/2 rounds of qualifying would count in a qual-points format on the very large footprint tricky and unforgiving track.
Seeding Results:
Pro Buggy: 1st Seth VanDalen, 2nd Burak Kilic, 3rd Phi-Long Nguyen
Pro Ebuggy: 1st Phi-Long Nguyen, 2nd Seth VanDalen
Pro Truggy: 1st Phi-Long Nguyen, 2nd Burak Kilic
Open Etruggy: 1st Burak Kilic, 2nd Jared Wiggins, 3rd Phi-Long Nguyen
Expert Buggy: 1st Nick Wautlet
Expert Ebuggy: 3rd Mario Rudy
Expert Truggy: 2nd Trevor Olins
40+ Buggy: 3rd Andrew Swanson
40+ Etruggy: 1st Bryce Beaver
52+ Buggy: 1st Dennis Wilson, 3rd Miguel Perez
52+ Ebuggy: 1st Dennis Wilson
Moving into qualifying the team continued to build momentum taking multiple IQs and great starting spots on the grid.
Qualifying Results:
Pro Buggy: 1st Seth VanDalen, 3rd Burak Kilic
Pro Ebuggy: 1st Seth VanDalen, 2nd Phi-Long Nguyen, 3rd Ryan Maifield
Pro Truggy: 1st Burak Kilic, 2nd Seth VanDalen, 3rd Ryan Maifield
Open Etruggy: 1st Burak Kilic, 2nd Jared Wiggins, 3rd Phi-Long Nguyen
Expert Buggy: 3rd Collin Beaver
Expert Ebuggy: 1st Trevor Olins, 2nd Mario Rudy
Expert Truggy: 1st Trevor Olins
40+ Buggy: 3rd Andrew Swanson
40+ Ebuggy: 2nd Reggie Tongue
40+ Etruggy: 2nd Bryce Beaver
52+ Ebuggy: 1st Dennis Wilson
52+ Truggy: 1st Dennis Wilson
Finally the main events would showcase some fantastic racing between the drivers with some epic finishes and compelling mid-race battles.
Pro Buggy: 1st Seth VanDalen (JC), 2nd Burak Kiilic (JC), 3rd Phi-Long Nguyen (JC)
Pro Ebuggy: 1st Phi-Long Nguyen (JC), 2nd Seth VanDalen (JC), 3rd Burak Kilic (JC)
Pro Truggy: 1st Burak Kilic (JC), 2nd Ryan Maifield (JC), 3rd Seth VanDalen (JC)
Open Etruggy: 1st Phi-Long Nguyen (JC), 2nd Burak Kilic (JC), 3rd Jared Wiggins (JC)
Expert Buggy: 1st AJ Rodriguez, 2nd Adrian Palalay, 3rd Andrew Swanson (JC)
Expert Ebuggy: 1st Dylan Peterson, 2nd Trevor Olins (JC), 3rd AJ Rodriguez
40+ Invite: 1st Tyler Brown, 2nd Greg Degani, 3rd Ronda Drake (JC)
40+ Buggy: 1st Justin Watson, 2nd Santos Rodriguez, 3rd Andrew Swanson (JC)
40+ Truggy: 1st Frank Root, 2nd Ronda Drake (JC), 3rd Eddie Laret
52+ Buggy: 1st Dennis Wilson (JC), 2nd Miguel Perez (JC), 3rd Grady Stretz
52+ Ebuggy: 1st Jeff G, 2nd Miguel Perez (JC), 3rd Jay Halsey
52+ Truggy: 1st Dennis Wilson (JC), 2nd Aaron Kallio, 3rd Ron Reid (JC)
Sportsman Truggy: 1st Landon Cartwright, 2nd Jon Vandermolen, 3rd Derek Fox
Sportsman Etruggy: 1st Landon Cartwright, 2nd Alex Pizano, 3rd Derek Litchtenberg