Race Staff Replace – June 2023 Weeks #2 & #3 – JConcepts Weblog
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Six months into 2023 and the JConcepts race group reveals no indicators of slowing down! See the place we gained on the previous two weeks on this race packed version of the Race Staff Replace!
Let’s first roll again to the second week of June to see how the group completed up. Our first report is out of sunny California for Spherical 3 of the So Cal RC Monster Truck Racing sequence that was held at CTRC within the metropolis of Menifee. Staff driver Trever Adamo gained brackets 1 and a couple of in Professional Mod together with bracket 1 in Retro!
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Angling all the way down to Arcor Raceway in Albuquerque, NM we get our subsequent report from group driver Tony Hinojosa. He lately competed there for the Mid-America Championships within the Knowledgeable 1/8 Electrical Buggy class and simply missed out on the switch spot from the B Essential.
In Knowledgeable 1/8 Electrical Truggy he certified 4th for the AA Mains, and after each had been ran he would end in sixth place!
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Capturing over to Texas we get our subsequent report from JConcepts driver Jordan Hefler. He went to 4way Speedway in Abilene since they had been host to the RC Professional Oval Collection. He raced in three lessons and set the TQ in Midwest and SC Mod, and in addition went on to win these lessons plus one other W within the Late Mannequin class!
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Transferring north to Oklahoma, we meet up with JC driver Tyler Keel. He lately went to town of Yukon to race at Taylor Park RC Raceway for his or her level sequence. He competed within the Outlaw Dash class and took the TQ and win!
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Leaping as much as Omaha, NE the place the HobbyTown USA HobbyPlex (The Plex) is situated let’s see how the group completed up at Spherical 2 of their Summer time Collection that noticed 177 entries! Beginning with group driver Riley Filbert he signed up for 3 lessons on this most up-to-date spherical. He completed tenth in Mod 2wd Buggy, sixth in Mod four wheel drive Buggy, and set the TQ and took the win in 17.5 2wd Buggy! He was joined on the 17.5 podium with fellow JC driver Emerson Sturgeon!
Emerson additionally competed in three different lessons too. In 13.5 Stadium Truck he would end fifth, he locked up the 2nd podium spot in 13.5 four wheel drive Buggy, and he set the TQ and took the win within the Mini Truggy class! He additionally earns our coveted “ironman” award this week for racing in 4 lessons too!
Fellow group driver, and HobbyPlex race director, Alex Sturgeon competed in two lessons for Spherical 2. He would double down that day as he took the TQ and win in each the 13.5 four wheel drive and 40+ Mod 2wd Buggy lessons!
JConcepts driver Nick Gibson raced in each the Mod 2wd and four wheel drive Buggy lessons, and he would end fifth in Mod four wheel drive, plus picked up the win in Mod 2wd! He was joined on the Mod 2wd podium by group drivers Mason Herrick (2nd) and Alex Vanderbeek (third) to finish the JConcepts podium sweep! Talking of Mason, he additionally raced within the Mod four wheel drive Buggy class and would come dwelling with a TQ and win!
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Crossing the Missouri River we head into Iowa to get this subsequent report from group driver David Quick. He lately competed at Leighton Speedway within the city of Leighton for a latest level sequence occasion. On the finish of the evening he would end 4th general within the 410 Dash and Late Mannequin lessons!
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Subsequent, we head northeast to Heaven Interest and Raceway in New Franken, WI, There we discover group driver Ryan Derenne who lately competed in Spherical 2 of their Summer time Collection within the 1/8 Electrical Truggy and Mod Stadium Truck lessons.
Sadly because the mains began up so did the rain and the occasion was canceled for the day. So drivers completed of their qualifying spot so Ryan would end ninth general in truggy and fifth place in stadium truck!
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Making our means all the way down to the “land of Lincoln” we cease in at Eli Area in Monticello which was host to this yr’s Horizon RC Fest. Not solely was there RC shows and demos, however there was additionally some RC racing occasions too! Staff driver Andy Krivitz competed in a 1/8 off-road occasion and would end fifth in 1/8 Electrical Buggy and took the TQ and 1st place in 1/8 Electrical Truggy!
Additionally competing on this race was his tire teammate Brayden Billington. He signed up for 1/8 Nitro and Electrical Truggy and would end 2nd in each!
Additionally going down at this pageant was some monster truck motion. Staff driver Josh Rhodes was crushing the competitors, and he picked up the win within the LMT Open Class together with his Grave Digger fortieth Anniversary reproduction! On the second day of competitors he would win in bracket 2 on this identical class together with his Grave Digger #20 truck! Within the Promod class he would end third on day one, however the next day he would take the win together with his Grave Digger LMT!
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Now we burn rubber over to Kirkwood, MO to see how the group completed up on the Gateway Basic hosted by the St. Louis Filth Burners. There have been 178 entries in complete for this race, and group driver Braden Bruce competed within the Knowledgeable 1/8 Nitro and Electrical Buggy lessons. The nitro A Essential would get rained out so he completed the place he certified in 4th place, however they had been in a position to run the e buggy fundamental the place he took the win! Becoming a member of him on the rostrum in 2nd place was JConcepts driver Charles Day!
Additionally competing on this race was group driver Shane Alberico who completed ninth in Knowledgeable 1/8 Electrical Buggy!
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Now let’s rock out and head over to Knoxville, TN for our subsequent report from group driver Jonah Wilson. He went to ROCCK Racing to compete of their 1st Annual Arduous ROCCK Race within the Professional 1/8 Electrical and Buggy lessons. He would go on to safe the TQ and W in each lessons!
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Dipping all the way down to Callahan, FL we make our option to Callahan Off-Highway RC Raceway. They lately held Spherical 4 of the 2023 Southeast Tri-State Problem Collection, and JC driver Dustin Spallone TQed each the Professional 1/8 Electrical Buggy and 13.5 four wheel drive Buggy lessons! The rain washed out all the mains, so the ultimate order was decided by qualifying outcomes which gave Dustin the double TQ and win!
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Heading up the coast we get our subsequent report from group driver David Olsen who lately competed in Spherical 2 of the SOS (Southern Off-Highway Collection). This particular occasion was hosted by S&B RC Speedway in Piedmont, SC, and David would take dwelling the win within the Professional 1/8 Nitro Buggy class!
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Wiggling over to West Virginia, we now meet up with group driver Bella Rogers who attended Tri-Cities RC Racing’s King Of The Hillbillies trophy race within the city of Lavalette. She competed in each the 1/8 Electrical Buggy and Truggy lessons, and he or she would end fifth in e buggy and took the TQ and win in e truggy!
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Rolling as much as Rome, NY let’s cease in at CRC Raceway and Hobbies to see how the group completed up on the nineteenth Annual Rumble In Rome occasion which introduced in 204 entries! Beginning with group driver Aydan Manchanda, he would end 4th in 1/8 Electrical Buggy and 2nd place in 1/8 Electrical Truggy!
Additionally competing there for the group was JC driver Daemon Holon. He raced in three lessons and would endure a DNF in 1/8 Nitro Buggy, a eighth place end in 1/8 Electrical Truggy, and he additionally set the TQ and completed 2nd in 1/8 Nitro Truggy!
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Slicing the nook to Connecticut, we meet up with group driver Matthew Sousa at RC Insanity in Enfield. They lately hosted the USRC Turf Wars, and he signed up for the 17.5 2wd and 13.5 four wheel drive Buggy lessons the place he took the TQ and wins!
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Now let’s get some updates from our worldwide drivers. Heading as much as Canada, our first report comes into us from group driver Rob Wheeler. He went to Barnyard Brawl in Stratford, Ontario which noticed 180 entries! He would end seventh within the C Essential for four wheel drive Buggy and end seventh within the A Essential for 2wd Buggy!
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Staying in Canada we get our subsequent report from JC driver Peter Tozser. He lately competed within the fifteenth Annual Oil Metropolis Sprint held at RCRE in Edmonton, AB. He would end 2nd within the 1/8 Nitro Truggy A Essential, whereas his daughter Brittany completed 2nd in 1/8 Nitro Truggy and in addition took the win in 1/8 Electrical Truggy!
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Heading down beneath to Australia let’s see how the group carried out at just a few completely different occasions. Beginning with group driver Ray Munday he lately competed in Spherical 2 of the Victorian Drivers Collection within the regional city of Mildura which noticed 110 entries! He would end third in each the Mod 2wd and four wheel drive Buggy lessons, whereas his son Lachlan locked up the wins in each!
Their tire teammate Andrew Selvaggi competed within the 17.5 2wd and 13.5 four wheel drive Buggy lessons, and he would come dwelling with the TQ and win in each!
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Our ultimate report for the second week of June got here to us courtesy of group driver Lachlan Donnelly. He lately competed within the Annual Ryde Cup hosted by the Sydney RC Automobile Membership, and he would take dwelling wins in each the Mod 2wd and four wheel drive Buggy lessons!
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Shifting gears let’s now fly again to the Pacific Northwest to get the outcomes from the group for the third week of June. Beginning with group driver Robert Sorjonen he reported that he lately went to Skagit River Raceway in Burlington, WA to compete in SRR race #4. He raced in three lessons and set the TQ within the Mod 2wd and four wheel drive Buggy together with 1/8 Electrical Buggy! Within the mains a gremlin struck his wheeler as he would end with a DNF, however he was in a position to make the rostrum within the different two lessons, and he completed third in Mod 2wd and 2nd in e buggy!
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Flowing south into sunny California let’s meet up with JConcepts driver Jeremy Bunting. This previous weekend he competed at Spherical 3 of the Nor Cal RC Monster Vans JConcepts Factors Collection at Auburn RC within the metropolis of Auburn.
He would go on to seize the racing and general wins within the 2.2 Class together with his Crash Take a look at Dummy monster truck! Within the 2.6 Class he gained the tie breaker within the freestyle competitors together with his reproduction Carnage truck as properly!
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Zipping again over to Oklahoma let’s verify in once more with group driver Tyler Keel. Taylor Park RC Raceway in Yukon held a make up race for the RC Professional Filth Collection, and he completed 2nd in Outlaw Dash! Becoming a member of him on the rostrum was fellow group driver Jennifer Lathrop in third!
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Transferring into Missouri we now get just a few updates from the group competing at numerous occasions held at Fastlane Raceway in Blue Springs. Beginning with group driver Orlando Martinez he lately competed at Spherical 3 of their Indoor Off-Highway Summer time Collection, and he would end 2nd in 17.5 2wd Buggy plus took the TQ and W within the 13.5 four wheel drive Buggy class!
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On the identical day exterior on the 1/8 monitor, JConcepts driver Adam Kasch raced in Spherical 3 of their Outside Off-Highway Summer time Collection. He would end 4th within the 1/8 Electrical Buggy class and completed 2nd on the rostrum within the 1/8 Electrical Truggy class!
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Heading again to Iowa we get one other replace from JConcepts pilot David Quick. He competed for a second weekend in a row at a dust oval occasion, however this time it was in Adel on the Dallas County Fairgrounds the place Ship It R.C. Speedway is situated. He was competing within the Late Mannequin class, however sadly the occasion needed to be cancelled as a result of pouring rain within the second spherical of qualifying, so he would end in sixth place and nonetheless took dwelling an enormous verify for his efforts!
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Staying in Iowa let’s head down I-80 in the direction of Muscatine the place Island Speedway is situated. They lately held one other spherical of their factors sequence and group driver Brayden Nelson was in attendance.
He competed within the 17.5 2wd and 13.5 four wheel drive Buggy lessons, and on the finish of the day he left the island with the double TQ and win!
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Transferring as much as Minnesota we get our subsequent replace from group driver Joe Zaier Jr. He lately visited Loosenuts Raceway in North Department for an additional spherical of the MNRC Minnesota Off-Highway Racing Collection. He signed up within the 40+ 1/8 Nitro Class and would end seventh general for the spherical!
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Leaping over Lake Michigan we splash down within the city of Gobles the place M-40 Raceway is situated. Staff driver Kyle Munson lately went there to compete in Spherical 3 of their factors sequence within the 1/8 Electrical Buggy and four wheel drive Quick Course Truck lessons. He would set the TQ within the four wheel drive SCT class and go on to take the win in each!
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Staying within the state we now head to Jonesville to get this replace from group driver Jeff Todd.
Sandpit RC held their tenth Angie Mitchell Donate Life profit race, and Jeff signed up for the 13.5 Road Inventory class, and he would set the TQ and end third general!
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Kicking it south into Kentucky let’s get one other fast replace from JC driver Bella Rogers. She lately raced in a Nitro V.s. Electrical Money Race held at Dixon’s RC Raceway in Hazard.
She would end fifth within the money race, she grabbed the TQ and second podium spot within the 1/8 Electrical Truggy class and within the Professional 1/8 Electrical Buggy class she took dwelling the win!
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Capturing east into Virginia we meet up with group driver Brian Miskolczi.
He lately competed on the Buggy Masters race held on the Tiltyard in Dayton, and he completed third on the 1/8 Electrical Buggy class!
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Subsequent, let’s head north to LCRC Raceway in Oakland Mills, PA to see how the group completed up on the Celebration Rock Race occasion that introduced in 227 entries! Staff driver Joey Bourdon competed within the 1/8 Nitro and Electrical Buggy lessons, and he set the TQ in nitro buggy and went on to take dwelling the title in each lessons! Becoming a member of him the rostrum in fifth place was group driver Bryan Kota together with JC pilot Dylan Manchanda in ninth!
His brother Aydan Manchanda additionally competed on this occasion too. Within the Knowledgeable 1/8 Electrical Buggy class he would end in ninth place, whereas over within the Knowledgeable 1/8 Electrical Truggy class he would win the B Essential and end 2nd general within the A!
Staff driver Bibie Cruz completed fifth within the 1/8 Nitro Truggy class in addition to a fourth place end within the 1/8 Electrical Truggy class!
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Our ultimate cease within the third week of June is at RC Insanity in Enfield, CT. Final weekend they held their 1st Annual Beef Electrical Shootout which noticed over 100 entries! Staff driver Tom Bishop raced within the 40+ 1/8 Electrical Buggy class and set the TQ and completed third general!
Fellow group driver Andrew Bishop signed up for the 1/8 Electrical Buggy class and he would end 2nd general! Becoming a member of him on the rostrum was fellow group driver Daniel Sedler in third place! Daniel additionally completed 2nd general in 1/8 Electrical Truggy too!
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