Team Orion Dominates Silver State

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Team Orion Dominates Silver State

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This years Silver State Nitro Challenge was held at the Silver Bowl Park in Las Vegas, NV. Temperatures were consistently in the upper 60’s as well as gusty winds all week long. The entries reached well over 300 for the event.

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The race format consisted of three, seven minute qualifiers with the two best counting for points. 12 drivers would go straight into the A-Main event with a three car bump. Then a 45-minute A-Main would be ran to decide the Champion for the 1:8 Pro Nitro Classes.

Team Orion Factory Drivers Jared Tebo, Ryan Cavalieri, Mike Truhe, Cody King, Teemu Leino, Travis Amezcua, and Joe Pillars were all in attendance.

In the 1:8 Pro Buggy Class it was Jared Tebo who TQ’ed overall. Team Orion team-mates Mike Truhe would start second, Ryan Cavalieri third, and Cody King seventh. At the start of the 45-minute A-Main Tebo, Truhe, and Cavalieri had a clean start and began to break away from the field. At the halfway point Tebo and Cavalieri had separated themselves by one lap on the field. JT and RC swapped back and forth for the lead several times while racing extremely clean with each other. With five laps to go it was Cavalieri leading by less than five seconds over Tebo. Tebo closed up the gap with one minute remaining but Cavalieri drove perfectly not making any mistakes to take home the 1:8 Pro Buggy Championship. Tebo finished a very respectable second overall and Cody King made a hard charge at the end to finish third. This gave Team Orion a clean sweep on the podium.

1:8 Pro Buggy Result

1. Ryan Cavalieri Team Orion
2. Jared Tebo (TQ) Team Orion
3. Cody King Team Orion
4. Ty Tessman
5. Adam Drake
6. Billy Fisher
7. Ryan Maifield
8. Ryan Lutz
9. Jesse Robbers
10. Mike Truhe Team Orion
11. Travis Amezcua
12. Dylan Rodriguez
13. Jeremy Kortz
14. Bobby Tillman
15. Richard Saxton

Winning Equipment Used By Ryan Cavalieri

ORI80647 – Team Orion .21 ABI Alpha Engine
ORI88217 – Team Orion 2013 Exhaust Kit
ORI88810 – Team Orion Hot Turbo Glow Plug
ORI12236 – Team Orion 1500 Li-Po Receiver Pack
ORI30127 – Team Orion Race Spec Charger
Charge Rate: 1.5 Amps @ CCCV

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Pro Buggy Podium

Ryan Cavalieri’s Winning Buggy

Team Orion USA Team Manager Joe Pillars was on hand to help the Team and would also compete in the Pro 2 SC Class. Pillars TQ’ed the last round of qualifying, laying down the fastest run of the weekend. Qualifying was very close and JP would start third on the grid, missing the overall TQ by one point.

The Pro 2 SC A-Main would be set for 10-minutes. At the start of the main event Pillars quickly made his way up to the second position. At the halfway point of the race, Pillars started to close the gap with the leader. With three minutes remaining in the race, Pillars made a pass for the lead and would never look back. Pillars went ahead to take the win by over 16 seconds to take the Silver State Pro 2 SC Championship with his Kyosho Ultima SC.