REEDY RACE: Inside the defending champion's cars

0 Jan. 22, 2015, 10:24 a.m.

1/22/2015
By Aaron Waldron

LiveRC.com

Since winning his first 4WD World Championship in 2003, there’s perhaps no one else in the world who has won more major electric off-road racing events than Ryan Cavalieri. Though he won the one-off Reedy Race in Japan in 2009, which wasn’t quite as well attended as the invitational event was before or since, Cav went winless in the first two years the Reedy Race returned to Southern California. Cavalieri earned the 2013 title by winning a tiebreaker over previous winner Dustin Evans, and joined Cliff Lett as the only two drivers to win back-to-back when he won again in 2014. Now looking for a record third victory in a row, the veteran pro driver who calls OCRC his home track showed up with pristinely prepared buggies that are almost too gorgeous to get dirty.

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Two-time defending Reedy Race of Champions Invitational winner Ryan Cavalieri

Chassis: Team Associated B5M

Motor: Team Orion VST2 Pro LW 7.5-turn

ESC: Team Orion R10.1 Pro

Battery: Team Orion 2S "Carbon Pro" 4500mAh shorty

Controlled Tires (F/R): JConcepts Gold Dirt Webs & Pro-Line Closed Cell Inserts/JConcepts Gold Dirt Webs & Pro-Line V2 Closed Cell Inserts

Radio: Airtronics M12

Servo: Airtronics 94671

Body: Team Associated B5M (stock)

Notes: Titanium screws and ballstuds

Chassis: Team Associated B44.3