Race Group Replace – June 2023 Week #1 – JConcepts Weblog
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The primary weekend in June was a busy one for the JConcepts race workforce as they proceed to compete at completely different occasions. Learn all about our continued success on this week’s Race Group Replace!
We begin this week’s report down at Thompson RC Raceway in Justin, TX. This previous weekend they held their fifth annual WFO For Wilcox occasion that introduced out practically 260 entries! Let’s see how the workforce completed up beginning with JConcepts driver Jordan Hefler
He competed in 5 lessons at this race and grabbed the highest qualifier spot in two of them!
- Avenue Inventory = TQ and 1st
- Latemodel – 1st
- SC Mod = 1st
- Wingless Dash – 1st
- Midwest Mod = TQ and 2nd
With this effort he earns our coveted ‘ironman’ award for the week too!
JC driver Kevin Mcnatt additionally competed within the SC Mod class and was the quickest driver in qualifying! Sadly he would escape in the principle to complete with a DNF, however as much as that time his automotive was operating quick!
Group driver Billy DiCorte Jr. signed up for 3 lessons at this race. He would end seventh general within the 10.5 Dash class, fifth within the 13.5 Avenue Inventory class and fifth in Midwest Mod!
Fellow tire teammate Tyler Keel raced within the Open Dash class the place he completed 2nd general!
Group driver Kevin Lenderman raced within the Wingless Dash and SC Mod lessons. Within the wingless class he would end in 4th place, whereas in SC Mod he grabbed the 2nd spot on the rostrum!
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Now we head over to The Yard in Columbus, GA for our subsequent replace. This previous weekend they held a ROAR 1:10 Electrical Off-Highway Nats warm-up race, and workforce driver Justin Cranford went there to get a really feel for the observe. He competed within the 17.5 2wd and 13.5 4 wheel drive Buggy lessons, and he would end third in 2wd and 2nd in 4 wheel drive! His nephew ran within the 17.5 Quick Course Truck class and completed third general too!
Additionally placing down laps at this heat up occasion was fellow workforce driver Talon Henley in three lessons. He would set the TQ and end 2nd in Stadium Truck, plus took two wins wins within the 17.5 2wd and 13.5 4 wheel drive Buggy lessons together with a 13.5 4 wheel drive TQ!
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Heading up the shoreline we get our subsequent report from workforce driver Josh Parrish. He not too long ago competed on the World of RC in Lucama, NC for Spherical 3 of their Tremendous 7 Sequence. He raced within the Professional 1/8 Electrical Buggy class the place he locked up 4th place!
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JConcepts driver Brian Miskolczi and his son Layton not too long ago raced on the VCS (Virginia Off-Highway Championship Sequence) held at Powerline RC in Fredericksburg, VA. Brian ran within the Professional 1/8 Electrical Buggy class the place he set the TQ and completed in third, whereas Layton completed third in Intermediate 1/8 Electrical Buggy!
Additionally competing there for the workforce was JConcepts driver Rusty Mihelich and his household. Rusty competed in three lessons and he completed 4th in 1/8 Electrical Buggy, plus took the TQ and wins in each the 1/8 Nitro Buggy and Electrical Truggy lessons!
His daughter Maddy Lengthy completed tenth in 1/8 Electrical Truggy, 2nd in 1/8 Nitro Buggy, and took the win within the 1/8 Electrical Buggy class!
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Bouncing again to Indiana we meet up with workforce driver Nick Reppen who saved himself busy on the observe final week. On Thursday he attended the opening spherical of the Summer season Factors Sequence at Hoosier RC Hobbyplex in New Albany. He would take residence the W within the 17.5 2wd Buggy class and becoming a member of him on the rostrum in 2nd place was fellow workforce driver Lucas Smith!
Then on Saturday he made a quick break to Ellis Efficiency Raceway within the metropolis of Freetown for Spherical 2 of the HORCS (Hoosier Off-road RC Sequence). He raced within the 1/8 Electrical Truggy class and would stand on high of the rostrum as soon as once more, and becoming a member of him on the rostrum in third place was fellow JC driver Adam Rayls!
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Crossing the stateline into the “Land of Lincoln” let’s see how the workforce completed up on the Spherical 3 of the Set off King RC Summer season Sequence occasion held on the Dream Fields Raceway in Waterloo. Group driver Jeremy Mark competed within the Retro, Sport Modified, and Professional Modified lessons for this latest spherical. He stories that he was capable of TQ three of the six racing brackets (one in every class), and he additionally reached the semi-finals or additional in all six brackets with three closing spherical appearances!
Additionally crushing the competitors at this latest spherical was teammate Chris Parrish in three lessons. Within the Retro class his duplicate Bearfoot began with the second quickest qualifier and made it to the finals in Bracket 1! In Retro Bracket 2 his Grasp of Catastrophe truck was the TQ, however Bearfoot gained the bracket! With these two robust finishes Bearfoot additionally grabbed the general Occasion Championship! In SportMod Bracket 1 his Equalizer monster truck ripped to the TQ spot, but it surely was his Bearfoot Racer experience that made it to the Semi Finals. In Bracket 2, Bearfoot Racer was within the 2nd quickest qualifier and rode to the finals to face JConcepts teammate Jeremy Mark and his Taurus 3 duplicate rig with Bearfoot Racer taking the victory! After the factors have been calculated this result in a race off and a rematch for the general class championship for the occasion between the identical vehicles with the vehicles lining up in the identical lanes, and Bearfoot Racer as soon as once more took the victory and the category general for the day!
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Our closing report this week involves us courtesy of workforce driver David Quick. This previous weekend he went to Ship It R.C. Speedway on the Dallas County Fairgrounds in Adel, IA. This filth oval occasion introduced in over 100 entries, and David would end fifth within the 410 Dash class together with a 2nd place end in Open Latemodel!
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