2025 Cayote USA Professional Driver Roster

Press Release From Amain Hobbies:
www.amainhobbies.com

AMain Hobbies is pleased to announce the Team Cayote U.S.A. Professional Driver Roster for the 2025 season, which includes 11 drivers who have amassed three IFMAR World Championships and an astounding 69 ROAR national titles. AMain Hobbies is the exclusive North America distributor of the Team Cayote brand line and manager of the Team Cayote U.S.A. race team.

Headlining the Team Cayote U.S.A. race team is Two-Time IFMAR 1/10 Off-Road World Champion Ryan Maifield and 31-time ROAR winner Dakotah Phend. Reigning 18-year-old 2wd IFMAR Off-Road World Champion Tater Sontag along with 2024 JConcepts INS Series 4wd Champion Tom Rinderknecht and 2021 ROAR Mod Stadium Truck Champion Cole Tollard also are featured on the star-studded team.

With representation throughout the United States, Team Cayote U.S.A. also includes 1/10 and 1/8 world class racers Frankie Contreras, Jr., Austin Cracknell, Spencer Heckert, Ethan Mackanick, Lee Setser, and Jonah Wilson.

“I have been doing this for nearly 15 years now and I’ve never seen a race line come together quite as quickly as Team Cayote,” states AMain Hobbies CFO Kevin Kiser. “It’s a perfect balance of commitment from the engineers, factory, and pro drivers who are developing, testing, and now winning at the highest level. This team is stacked with top tier drivers, who aren’t just racing, but providing critical feedback allowing us to bring new products to market with unbelievable efficiency.”

Kiser adds, “In the first three months of 2025, Team Cayote U.S.A. drivers have won at Clash of Champions, Southern Indoor Championships, and most recently a Pro Electric Buggy and Electric Truck 1-2 sweep at DNC. When you combine the Team U.S.A. results with the astounding European on-road titles being won by Team Cayote drivers, the performance is undeniable and we’re all excited to be a part of this.”

Team Cayote already has in place a world-class team featuring Marc Rheinard, Jiles Groskamp, David Ronnefalk, Atsushi Hara, Christopher Krapp, Jorn Neumann, and Michal Orlowski, and that squad has posted numerous victories and podium showings in the past several months. For a look at the Team Cayote (Europe) team, click the link here: https://cayote.com/drivers/

The first wave of Team Cayote products, including ESCs, Bluetooth accessories, and select batteries, are now available to North American hobby shops via AMain Hobbies Distribution or on AMainHobbies.com. Additional Team Cayote products, such as motors, ESCs, and additional batteries will be released in the coming months.

For a complete look at the Cayote products currently available in the United States and Canada, click the link here: https://www.amainhobbies.com/cayote/b4503. A new Team Cayote U.S.A. Facebook page will be launched next week.

TEAM CAYOTE U.S.A. ROSTER

Ryan Maifield (Chandler, AZ): Two-Time IFMAR 1/10 Off-Road World Champion, 31 ROAR National Titles

Dakotah Phend (Angola, IN): 13X IFMAR World Finalist, 31 ROAR National Titles

Tater Sontag (Grand Blanc, MI): 2023 IFMAR 2wd Off-Road World Champion, 5 ROAR National Titles

Tom Rinderknecht (Ankney, IA): 2024 JConcepts INS Series 4wd Modified Buggy Champion

Cole Tollard (Omro, WI): 2021 ROAR Modified Stadium Truck Champion

Frankie Contreras, Jr. (Whittier, CA): 2024 JBRL Expert Nitro Truggy Series Champion

Austin Cracknell (Eatonville, WA): Finished among Top 30 at 2023 IFMAR 2wd World Championships

Spencer Heckert (Mansfield, OH): Qualified directly into the A mains of all four Pro classes at 2025 DNC

Ethan Mackanick (Shippensburg, PA): Electric Buggy 3rd place podium finish at 2025 Motorama

Lee Setser (Winchester, VA): Electric Buggy Runner-Up at 2025 Motorama, 2024 SIC eBuggy TQ

Jonah Wilson (Knoxville, TN): 2023 ROAR 1/8 Off-Road Fuel Junior Champion