Race Workforce Replace – January 2023 Week #3 – JConcepts Weblog
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It was one other busy weekend of racing for the JConcepts crew as they proceed to place in work across the globe! Learn extra about our profitable methods on this recent version of the Race Workforce Replace!
We begin this week’s report in Blue Springs, MO the place Fastlane Raceway is positioned. This previous weekend they held their 2023 January Jam trophy race which introduced in almost 200 entries! Let’s see how the crew completed up beginning with JC driver Nick Gibson.
He would compete in each the Mod 2wd and 4 wheel drive Buggy lessons and double down with a TQ and W in each!
Workforce driver Matthew Pyle competed within the 17.5 2wd Buggy and 13.5 Brief Course Truck lessons. He would end 4th total within the 17.5 class and took the TQ and win in SCT!
Workforce driver Braxten Culley additionally raced within the Mod 2wd and 4 wheel drive Buggy lessons and completed third within the 2wd class and 2nd in wheeler!
JConcepts driver Shane Alberico competed within the 17.5 2wd and 13.5 4 wheel drive Buggy lessons. He would end 2nd within the 17.5 class and took the TQ and win within the 13.5 class!
JC pilot Emerson Sturgeon additionally raced within the 17.5 2wd and 13.5 4 wheel drive Buggy lessons. He would end proper behind Shane in 13.5 4 wheel drive. and he set the TQ and took the win within the 17.5 class!
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Transferring north we now cease in at Omaha, NE the place the HobbyTown USA HobbyPlex (The Plex) is positioned. They simply wrapped up their carpet sequence and crew driver Alex Sturgeon reported that he took the title within the Mod 2wd Buggy class!
His son Emerson was racing at Fastlane this previous weekend as we famous earlier, however that didn’t cease him from taking the title within the Knowledgeable 17.5 2wd Buggy class!
Additionally competing on this sequence was crew driver Mike Sanders. After the season factors had been calculated he would end third total within the Knowledgeable 17.5 2wd Buggy class and 2nd place within the 13.5 4 wheel drive Buggy class!
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Transferring even additional north let’s go to the “Land of 10,000 lakes” to get just a few updates from the crew competing at totally different occasions. Beginning with crew driver Austin Jacobson he just lately competed at Thunder Highway RC Raceway in Waite Park, MN for his or her January trophy race. He raced in three lessons and completed ninth in Knowledgeable 13.5 4 wheel drive Buggy, fifth in Knowledgeable 17.5 2wd Buggy and set the TQ and completed 2nd within the 13.5 Stadium Truck class!
Additionally competing at this race was fellow JC driver Brayden Nelson within the Knowledgeable 13.5 4 wheel drive and 17.5 2wd Buggy lessons. He would end in 4th within the wheeler class and locked up 2nd place within the 17.5 class!
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Now let’s verify in with crew driver Christopher Malooly who competed at just a few tracks all through the state. On Friday he raced at MMR³ in Minneapolis for his or her off-road carpet sequence and completed the night time 4th total in 17.5 2wd Buggy! Then on Saturday and Sunday he competed at 510 Raceway within the metropolis of Foley for his or her Sub Zero Problem occasion. He entered the Mod and 13.5 4 wheel drive Buggy lessons and on the finish of the weekend he would end third in each!
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Crossing the stateline we head to Trackside Hobbies in Brookfield, WI to get our subsequent replace from JC driver Josh Hohnstein. He just lately competed of their 2023 Chili Dump occasion which noticed over 200 entries! He signed up for the 17.5 2wd and 13.5 4 wheel drive Buggy lessons, and he would end seventh within the 13.5 class, and took the win within the 17.5 class!
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Leaping over Lake Michigan we splash down at RC ONE in Macomb, MI for our subsequent crew replace. This previous weekend they held Spherical 4 of their Midwest Carpet Off-Highway Sequence, and crew drivers Michael and Evan Ciresi signed as much as race in just a few lessons.
Michael would miss out on the switch spot for the A Principal in 13.5 4 wheel drive Buggy, however his son Evan made the principle and completed in eighth, plus he additionally completed sixth within the 13.5 Stadium Truck class!
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Dribbling over to Indiana let’s cease in at Invoice’s RC Raceway within the metropolis of Marion. They just lately held a classic race occasion that included lessons equivalent to rear motor stadium truck and pre 1997 buggy! Workforce driver Justin Inexperienced competed within the 17.5 and Classic 2wd Buggy lessons. He has some powerful luck in each mains to complete with a DNF, however he did TQ the Classic class earlier within the race program!
Additionally competing at this occasion was his tire teammate Adam Rayls within the Classic Buggy and Rear Motor Stadium Truck lessons. He would TQ the truck class and go on to take the win in each lessons!
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Heading out east let’s cease in at The Monitor in Gaithersburg, MD for our subsequent crew replace. They just lately held Spherical 2 of the USRC Winter Sequence and JConcepts driver Jose Zayas was there to compete in three totally different lessons. He would end the day in third place for each the 17.5 2wd and 13.5 4 wheel drive Buggy lessons, plus he took the win within the Stadium Truck class!
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Now we shoot all the way down to Texas to verify on the crew competing at opening spherical of the Thornhill Championship Sequence within the metropolis of Hutto.
Beginning with crew driver Kayty Roxberry she tell us that she completed tenth within the Knowledgeable 1/8 Nitro Electrical class, and locked up 4th place within the 1/8 Electrical Truggy class!
Workforce driver Billy DiCorte Jr. tell us that he completed the spherical tenth total within the Knowledgeable 1/8 Nitro Buggy class, eighth place within the Knowledgeable 1/8 Electrical Buggy class, and he additionally took the W within the 1/8 Electrical Truggy class!
JC driver Dillon Caldwell additionally competed within the Knowledgeable 1/8 Nitro Buggy class and he would take the win! Becoming a member of him on the rostrum in third place was fellow JC driver Robbie Darby!
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Flying out west let’s contact down in Anaheim, CA the place Thunder Alley is positioned. This previous weekend they held the TNR A Principal Problem which noticed almost 700 entries! Workforce driver Phi-Lengthy Nguyen completed 2nd within the Professional 1/8 Nitro Truggy class, plus he took the W within the Open 1/8 Electirc Truggy class! Becoming a member of him on the Professional 1/8 Nitro Truggy podium in first place was fellow JConcepts driver Ryan Maifield!
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Our subsequent cease is at Tacoma RC Raceway in Tacoma, WA. This previous weekend they ran Spherical 3 of their NIS (Northwest Indoor Sequence) which noticed almost 150 entries! Workforce driver Brannon Beauchamp competed within the Mod 2wd Buggy class and he locked up the ultimate spot on the rostrum! He additionally completed third within the Mod 4 wheel drive Buggy class, and becoming a member of him on the Mod 2wd podium had been teammates Harley Yoshii in 2nd and Austin Cracknell in 1st to finish the JConcepts podium sweep!
Talking of Austin not solely did he TQ and win within the Mod 2wd class, however he additionally took the TQ and win within the Mod 4 wheel drive Buggy class as nicely!
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Now let’s get some updates from our worldwide crew. This previous weekend was the Tundra Winter Champs at CTSR (Circuit Teleguide St-Roch) Raceway in Quebec, Canada which noticed 169 entries.
Workforce driver Kevin Lachapelle reported that he competed in three totally different lessons at this three day occasion, and he completed fifteenth in 13.5 4 wheel drive Buggy, ninth in 17.5 2wd Buggy, and he additionally took the win within the Mod Stadium Truck class!
His tire teammate Guillaume Tremblay additionally competed in three lessons too, and he took the TQ and win in he Mod 2wd and 4 wheel drive Buggy lessons in addition to Mini Truggy!
JC driver David L’Ecuyer competed in the identical lessons and completed sixth within the buggy lessons and 2nd total in mini truggy!
JConcepts driver Xavier Belanger additionally competed in each Mod buggy lessons and completed fifth in Mod 2wd and 4th in Mod 4 wheel drive!
Workforce driver Jordan Miles raced in each the mod buggy lessons as nicely and completed third in Mod 2wd and 2nd in Mod 4 wheel drive!
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Now let’s go all the way down to Australia for just a few updates from the crew competing at varied occasions.
Beginning with JC driver Darren Johnston he reported that he competed on the first spherical of the 2023 West Australian EP Interclub sequence held at West Coast Mannequin RC. He competed within the Mod 4 wheel drive Buggy class and would safe 4th place total!
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Our last report this week involves us courtesy of crew driver Lachlan Munday.
He competed within the SummerSlam occasion held at Wodonga on their outside crimson dust observe floor, and he took the wins in each the Mod 2wd and 4 wheel drive Buggy lessons!
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