Dakotah Phend, one of the US’ upcoming stars will race for Team Orion until 2014. This will be Phend’s third and fourth consecutive year with Team Orion and over the past years, he has won the ROAR National Championship as well as many podium finishes at the major events. Last year Dakotah attended his first IFMAR World Championship in Vaasa, Finland where he made both A finals with his Team Orion-powered TLR rides. This past year has been very impressive as well, finishing second in both classes at the ROAR 1:8 Gas Nationals and making the grand final at the IFMAR 1:8 Off-Road World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Source: Team Orion