NNRC MEDIA • 2026 IFMAR 1/8 OFF-ROAD WORLDS • QUALIFYING

Qualifying Round 3

Davide Ongaro ends the day at the top! 🐐

Sep 30, 2026
Written by Max Mört

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Davide Ongaro stamped his authority once more as he went out and put together the fastest lap of the event so far along with the fastest 10 minute run of the event so far. Chase Lemieux did however put together an incredible run only getting beat by a tenth of a second but managing to beat out Spencer Rivkin by a few tenths himself.

This round every single American on this list went the full 10 minutes whereas all of the Europeans except for Remy Bermudez stopped for fuel. Clearly there is some benefit for the American racers running 10 minute qualifiers at the roar nationals and pushing that fuel mileage. It can however bite you back as shown by Dakotah Phend who has now ran out of fuel twice out of three tries.

This round the weather did indeed play a role as the moisture changed drastically during the top heats. Some heats looked slower than they have previously been and others faster. Jermaine Robinson and Remy Bermudez took full advantage and put themselves within the top 13 from the lower heats by putting on stellar drives.