Maifield Wins The 2026 ROAR 1/8th Nitro Truggy National Championship [VIDEO]

Ryan Maifield has rolled through the second class of the weekend here at the 2026 ROAR Nationals at Silver Dollar Raceway with another ROAR National Championship, this time in the Nitro Truggy Class.

Maifield was unwilling to let anyone else top the charts from practice on taking the top seed ahead of Jermaine Robinson and Spencer Rivkin.

Moving into qualifying, Ryan would TQ all 3 rounds of qualifying. Brandon Rose would finish up 2nd in rounds 2 and 3 to start the main event in 2nd. 3rd on the grid would be a 3 way tie points wise with Phi-Long Nguyen winning the tie breaker to start 3rd with Seth VanDalen and Spencer Rivkin starting 4th and 5th.

Starting Grid:
1st Ryan Maifield
2nd Brandon Rose
3rd Phi-Long Nguyen
4th Seth VanDalen
5th Spencer Rivkin
6th Spencer Heckert
7th Jared Wiggins
8th Jermaine Robinson
9th Mason Fuller
10th Ryan Lutz
11th Chase Lemieux
12th Aydin Horne
13th Dakotah Phend (Bump)
14th Jimmy Fishback (Bump)
15th Jonah Wilson (Bump)

Main Event:

Brandon Rose would take over the lead for a few short laps before Ryan Maifield would take it back and was able to break away for the rest of the main. Towards the end of the main Seth VanDalen would close the gap to less than 10 seconds but would never get close enough for a battle to form. The end of the race battle would materialize between Brandon Rose and Phi-Long Nguyen for 3rd with Rose able to hang on for the final spot on the podium. Phi-Long Nguyen crossed the line 4th with Mason Fuller finishing up 5th.

1st Ryan Maifield
2nd Seth VanDalen
3rd Brandon Rose
4th Phi-Long Nguyen
5th Mason Fuller
6th Dakotah Phend
7th Jared Wiggins
8th Jonah Wilson
9th Chase Lemieux
10th Aydin Horne
11th Ryan Lutz
12th Jimmy Fishback
13th Jermaine Robinson
14th Spencer Rivkin
15th Spencer Heckert