History of The Dirt Nitro Challenge

Post by The Dirt 1y ago

With the help of R/C history legend Kenny Brosh, we were able to put this list together over the past couple of days!!! Please help fact check if any of these are incorrect. From my understanding, 1/8 Nitro Trucks did not make their debut at DNC until 2005, the second to last year at Joey's Hemet track. Before 1/8 Nitro Trucks were around, the DNC offered "Monster Truck" or “1/10 Gas Truck” classes. Just some more fun stuff leading up to this years historic 25th annual event!!!

Past winners / manufacturer / venue

2000
Pro Nitro Buggy – Richard Saxton – Thunder Tiger – Hemet, CA
Pro Nitro Truck – None – Hemet, CA

2001
Pro Nitro Buggy – Chad Bradley – Kyosho – Hemet, CA
Pro Nitro Truck – None – Hemet, CA

2002
Pro Nitro Buggy – Richard Saxton – Kyosho – Hemet, CA
Pro Nitro Truck – None – Hemet, CA

2003
Pro Nitro Buggy – Jeremy Kortz – Kyosho – Hemet, CA
Pro Nitro Truck – None – Hemet, CA

2004
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ryan Cavalieri – Kyosho – Hemet, CA
Pro Nitro Truck – None – Hemet, CA

2005
Pro Nitro Buggy – Jared Tebo – Kyosho – Hemet, CA
Pro Nitro Truck – Chad Bradley - Mugen – Hemet, CA

2006
Pro Nitro Buggy – Taylor James – Jammin – Hemet, CA
Pro Nitro Truck – Mark Pavidis – Kyosho – Hemet, CA

2007
Pro Nitro Buggy – Mike Truhe – Losi – The Nitro Pit, AZ
Pro Nitro Truck – Mike Truhe – Losi – The Nitro Pit, AZ

2008
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ryan Cavalieri – Team Associated – The Nitro Pit, AZ
Pro Nitro Truck – Ryan Cavalieri – Kyosho – The Nitro Pit, AZ

2009
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ryan Maifield – Team Associated – The Nitro Pit, AZ
Pro Nitro Truck – Ryan Cavalieri – Team Associated – The Nitro Pit, AZ

2010
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ryan Cavalieri – Team Associated – The Nitro Pit, AZ
Pro Nitro Truck – Ty Tessmann – Hot Bodies – The Nitro Pit, AZ

2011
Pro Nitro Buggy – Jared Tebo – Kyosho – The Nitro Pit, AZ
Pro Nitro Truck – Jared Tebo – Kyosho – The Nitro Pit, AZ

2012
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ty Tessmann – Hot Bodies – Fear Farm, AZ
Pro Nitro Truck – Ty Tessmann – Hot Bodies – Fear Farm, AZ

2013
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ryan Maifield – Team Associated – Fear Farm, AZ
Pro Nitro Truck – Ty Tessmann – Hot Bodies – Fear Farm, AZ

2014
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ty Tessmann – Hot Bodies – Fear Fam, AZ
Pro Nitro Truck – Ty Tessmann – Hot Bodies – Fear Farm, AZ

2015
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ryan Maifield – TLR – Fear Farm, AZ
Pro Nitro Truck – David Ronnefalk – Hot Bodies – Fear Farm, AZ

2016
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ryan Cavalieri – Team Associated – Fear Farm, AZ
Pro Nitro Truck – Ty Tessmann – Hot Bodies – Fear Farm, AZ

2017
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ryan Maifield – Mugen – Fear Farm, AZ
Pro Nitro Truck – Ryan Maifield – Mugen – Fear Farm, AZ

2018
Pro Nitro Buggy – David Ronnefalk – Hot Bodies – Fear Farm, AZ
Pro Nitro Truck – Ryan Cavalieri – Team Associated – Fear Farm, AZ

2019
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ryan Maifield – Mugen – Perris, CA
Pro Nitro Truck – Ryan Maifield – Mugen – Perris, CA

2020
Pro Nitro Buggy – David Ronnefalk – Hot Bodies – Perris, CA
Pro Nitro Truck – Ryan Maifield – Mugen – Perris, CA

2021
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ryan Maifield – Mugen – Thunder Alley, CA
Pro Nitro Truck – Ryan Maifield – Mugen – Thunder Alley, CA

2022
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ryan Maifield – Mugen – Perris, CA
Pro Nitro Truck – Ryan Maifield – Mugen – Perris, CA

2023
Pro Nitro Buggy – Ryan Maifield – Tekno – Perris, CA
Pro Nitro Truck – Ty Tessmann – XRAY – Perris, CA

Driver & manufacturer victories

Driver wins:
Ryan Maifield – 13 wins
Ty Tessmann – 8 wins
Ryan Cavalieri – 7 wins
David Ronnefalk – 3 wins
Jared Tebo – 3 wins
Chad Bradley – 2 wins
Richard Saxton – 2 wins
Mike Truhe – 2 wins
Taylor James – 1 win
Jeremy Kortz – 1 win
Mark Pavidis - 1win

Manufacturer wins:
Hot Bodies – 10 wins
Mugen Seiki – 10 wins
Kyosho – 9 wins
Team Associated – 7 wins
Team Losi – 2 wins
Jammin – 1 win
Tekno – 1 win
Thunder Tiger – 1 win
TLR – 1 win
XRAY – 1 win