BREAKING: Ryan Maifield testing in Florida

0 July 2, 2014, 12:13 p.m.

7/2/2014
By Aaron Waldron

LiveRC.com

To any Arizona native, a quick trip to Florida to escape the oppressive heat of summer probably sounds like heaven, but that's not why Ryan Maifield is visiting the Sunshine state. In a phone conversation, Ryan said that he was in the East Coast peninsula testing, but wouldn't say what he was driving or with whom he was staying, leaving us to play "guess who?"

Florida is the home of Ryan's long-time tire sponsor, JConcepts, so it only makes sense that he's spending time with Jason Ruona - the JC founder has played a huge role in Maifield's career and is often seen in Maifield's pit area, offering tire choice and setup advice. It would seem silly to suggest that Ryan would travel all the way to Florida and not hang out with Ruona.

As for what he's driving, that's not so easy to determine. Jason drives Team Associated cars, but even if he planned on continuing his career as a privateer we can't imagine that's what Ryan is driving. JR Mitch is one of JConcepts' top drivers in Florida, and he drives for TLR - which only adds fuel to the fire as TLR has been rumored to be Ryan's most likely destination.

The dark horse candidate, though, is Serpent - DeSoto Racing, Serpent's American headquarters, is based in Florida. Serpent may be one of the smaller players in the RC racing market, but they haven't been shy about trying to expand their podium presence by hiring former IFMAR World Champion Billy Easton (a former Associated teammate to Maifield) as an engineer several years ago, and signing former electric and fuel off-road national champion Mike Truhe before last season. Of course, if Maifield was simply looking to escape any media attention and simply go drive an assortment of vehicles with Ruona at his side, a visit to Florida would give him the freedom to do that.

Once we know more, you'll know more!

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