Team Associated/Kyosho/O’Donnell ace Jared “The Kid” Tebo (who just turned 18 this past weekend) won both the 1/10-scale and 1/8-scale pro classes at The Dirt Nitro Challenge.
In the Unlimited Monster Truck class, Mugen’s Chad Bradley TQ’d and won with the new Mugen MBX5-T truggy, which will be offered as a conversion kit for the MBX-5 buggy.
Tebo was top qualifier in 1/10-scale and managed to break away from an early battle with Team Trinity/Losi’s Adam Drake. In 1/8-scale, Jared put in a valiant effort late in the race to pass Kyosho/Peak driver Mark Pavidis with just a couple minutes remaining in the race. Eight-scale TQ Ryan Cavalieri passed Pavidis with seconds remaining to grab second.
While Bradley TQ’d and won the monster truck class, Matt Gosch put in a strong showing taking second place earning him a100% Pro-Line ride—and did we mention he’s just 13 years old?. Mugen’s Jason Ashton (also running an MBX5-T) was on fire, and bumped all the way up from the G-main (the lowest Main for monster trucks) to take home third place. Ashton even led part of the A-main despite being 12th on the grid for the start of the race.

1/8-scale Pro
•1st Jared Tebo Kyosho MP-777
•2nd Ryan Cavalieri(TQ) Kyosho MP-777
•3rd Mark Pavidis Kyosho MP-777

1/10-scale Pro
•1st Jared Tebo (TQ) Team Associated GT
•2nd Adam DrakeTeam Losi Triple X-NT AD2
•3rd Jeremy Kortz Team Associated GT

Unlimited Monster Truck
•1st Chad Bradley (TQ) Mugen MBX5-T
•2nd Matt Gosch Hot Bodies Lighting Pro
•3rd Jason Ashton Mugen MBX5-T

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