2025 Silver State Nitro Challenge JConcepts Team Report

The 2025 Silver State Nitro Challenge hosted by The Dirt Racing and held at The South Point Casino never disappoints and racers were treated to a fantastic track, venue, and racing atmosphere in the city that never sleeps! This weekend was also special as we saw Mason Fuller complete a sweep that we rarely see at a major marquee event.

Silver State follows the same format at The Dirt Nitro Challenge with all practice Wednesday, Truggy/Ebuggy Thursday and Saturday, and Etruggy/Buggy Friday and Sunday. Going a full 24 hours before racing specific classes from qualifying to the main events is always tricky and unique.

Wednesday practice was also seeding almost directly out of the gate, the following racers found speed immediately with JConcepts.

Seeding:
Pro Buggy: 1st Mason Fuller, 2nd Juan Carlos Canas
Pro Truggy: 1st Ryan Maifield, 2nd Mason Fuller
Pro Ebuggy: 1st Juan Carlos Canas, 2nd Ryan Maifield, 3rd Jared Wiggins
Pro Etruggy: 1st Juan Carlos Canas, 3rd Jared Wiggins
Intermediate Ebuggy: 1st Trevor Olins
Intermediate Etruggy: 3rd Shane O’Connor
40+ Ebuggy: 3rd Brent Thielke
40+ Truggy: 2nd Sean VanDalen, 3rd Brian Eiter
40+ Etruggy: 1st Sean VanDalen, 2nd Brian Eiter
50+ Ebuggy: 1st Paul Ciccarello
50+ Buggy: 1st Paul Ciccarello

Thursday qualifying as we talked about focuses on Truggy and Ebuggy with best 2/3 rounds counting towards main event starting spots.

Truggy and Ebuggy Qualifying:
Pro Ebuggy: 1st Mason Fuller, 2nd Ryan Maifield, 3rd Juan Carlos Canas
Pro Truggy: 1st Mason Fuller, 2nd Jonah Wilson, 3rd Spencer Rivkin
40+ Ebuggy: 1st Brent Thielke, 3rd Paul Ciccarello
40+ Truggy: 3rd Sean VanDalen
50+ Ebuggy: 1st Paul Ciccarello

Friday qualifying picked up with Etruggy and Nitro Buggy to finish out all the qualifying action.

Etruggy and Nitro Buggy Qualifying:
Pro Buggy: 1st Mason Fuller, 2nd Juan Carlos Canas, 3rd Phi-Long Nguyen
Pro Etruggy: 1st Ryan Maifield, 2nd Spencer Rivkin, 3rd Mason Fuller
Intermediate Buggy: 1st Kyle Johnson
Intermediate Etruggy: 3rd Trevor Olins
40+ Buggy: 2nd Mike Truhe
40+ Etruggy: 1st Brian Eiter, 2nd Sean VanDalen
50+ Buggy: 1st Paul Ciccarello, 3rd Don Vinkemulder

For the sake of this report all the main events are going to blur together from the 2 days but Truggy and Ebuggy would take place Saturday with Nitro Buggy and Etruggy on Sunday.

Pro Buggy: This was the final main event of the weekend and the culmination of a lot of hard work for the Fuller family, Mason would lead from tone to tone never letting up on the field. Juan Carlos Canas and Phi-Long Nguyen would take ultimate advantage of their grid positions at the start and finish exactly as they started for 2nd and 3rd on the podium.

1st Mason Fuller (JC), 2nd Juan Carlos Canas (JC), 3rd Phi-Long Nguyen (JC)

Pro Truggy: Mason Fuller would grab a gap on the field fairly early and maintain it for the entirety of the race. His front body clip would come off just past the halfway point but the pit crew added one at the next fuel stop and it was a non-factor. Spencer Rivkin would battle it out with Seth VanDalen for most of the main before a late race mistake from Seth would see him drop back. Rivkin would end up 2nd with Ryan Maifield in 3rd.

1st Mason Fuller (JC), 2nd Spencer Rivkin (JC), 3rd Ryan Maifield (JC)

Pro Ebuggy: Not shocking, this one would be anther wire to wire win for Mason Fuller, the only other change would be a mistake from Ryan Maifield promoting Juan Carlos Canas to 2nd with Maifield in 3rd.

1st Mason Fuller (JC), 2nd Juan Carlos Canas (JC), 3rd Ryan Maifield (JC)

Pro Etruggy: Etruggy would be the only main event without Fuller starting from the 1 spot. Mason would find his way past Ryan Maifield just before the halfway point. Canas would find his way past Ryan for 2nd just past the halfway point and this is how the podium would ultimately finish up.

1st Mason Fuller (JC), 2nd Juan Carlos Canas (JC), 3rd Ryan Maifield (JC)