Event: Short Course King Series – R1 Date: Febuary 11, 2012 Track: FZRC – Sarasota, FL
JConcepts gets off to a great start at the 2012 Short Course Kings round 1 event. Tracy Carver taking the win in Stock 2wd SC, Eddie Ramirez winning Super Stock SC, and Paul Wynn, Daimon Borkowicz, and Chad Cason taking 1, 2, and 3 in Modified SC.
In Mod SC, Paul Wynn set the tone all day with his JConcepts Factory Team SC10. Battle for the second spot heated up all day between JConcepts Drivers Daimon Borkowicz and Chad Cason. Daimon secured the second spot in the first qualifier, but Chad came back to grab second in the last qualifier. The pack was set, and the last race of the day started off great. Daimon got into some trouble early with traffic allowing Paul and Chad to stretch out a lead. Chad stayed on the heels of Paul for half of the race, but began to fade out in lap traffic. With only 2 laps left in the race, Daimon was now hot on Chad’s heels for the second spot. Out of nowhere, Daimon puts a move on Chad Cason at the end of the straight away that defied all laws of Physics. Paul Wynn grabs the win and TQ, Daimon takes second at the last minute, and Chad Cason settles for third. [click to continue…]
The 2012 JConcepts Indoor Clash has been officially announced. $3000 combined cash payout offered to winning drivers at one of a kind indoor event.
For 2012 the JConcepts Clash is going Indoors to the Flowood, Indoor R/C park in Flowood, Mississippi on the weekend of September 21-23, 2012. A large building and track operated by super promoter Bubba Barham equals big-time Clash action. The 6th annual event will take place on a newly built indoor race course at the Flowood R/C park and will be specifically built for this annual event. With the uniqueness of the Clash, special considerations are always made to the layout, making it both electric and nitro friendly; rest assured your vehicle of choice will be tested. A 125’x100’ Indoor track is easily among the largest in the world and contains one of the best indoor racing surfaces in existence. Be prepared for a well run race courtesy of the JConcepts Events crew and a famous race director who will be named at a later date.
The Clash has always been one of the more spectacular events in the world drawing entries from all parts of the world. Racers such as Ryan Maifield, Ryan Cavalieri, Jared Tebo, Lee Martin, JR Mitch, Steven Hartson, Tanner Denney, Brent Thielke, Jorn Neumann, Hupo Honigl, Barry Pettit, Billy Easton, Ryan Eckert, Jason Ruona and Paul Wynn have always made racing fast and exciting at the Clash throughout the years. For the 6th annual event, it’s indoors and the competition should be more fierce than ever. One of the most entertaining events, and an excellent platform for cross promotion, the Clash is in a league by itself. [click to continue…]
Event: Malaysian Nationals Round 1 Track: Southern Alley Raceway Johor Bahru, Malaysia Date: February 12th 2012
A great turn out of 130 drivers attended the first round of the Malaysian nationals. With a freshly rebuilt track at the Southern Alley Raceway and plenty of sunshine for the event it looked to be a perfect day for racing. However it had been so hot the track was extremely dry, drivers raced in what was the worlds largest dust pit for the weekend. A tough track due to all the dust, the lack of traction presented plenty of problems for all drivers.
JConcepts Team Driver, Ben Panic headed up from Singapore for the event on Saturday to get some practice in with the drivers and they were greeted with a technical track with lots of jumps and demanding corners, ruts, holes bigger than cars and so much dust it looked like people had their hair colored over the weekend. [click to continue…]
Today was qualifying day here at the circuit. The format for the day was three five minute qualifiers, with the best two out of three counting for your seeding into the IFMAR semi bracket. With two strong runs, finishing with a four, and a two, Ryan Maifield sits forth, placing himself as top American. Wait, what? He is the only American.
Ryan is looking strong, as he learns the challenging surfaces, that the home town field competes on regularly. The tire of choice for us is the Crossbows, which have provided the most traction consistently. We were still testing during the qualifiers, to prepare for the hour long main event. Ryan feels confident that his choice will work best for the long race. Turning some of the quickest lap times in round two, I am looking forward to the days events and then head for some warmer weather. I miss my new hometown. Did I say it’s been cold here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That is the catch phrase of the weekend. Must be a Euro thing. Say it three times, as fast as you can, when you agree with something.
It’s cold, and Ryan is going fast…Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Event: 2012 JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals – round 1 of series Date: February 4-5 , 2012 Location: Smac Trac Raceway – St. Charles, MO
With a record 371 entries in attendance, Steven Hartson, Brent Thielke, Justin Driemeier and Mike Stoll win with JConcepts at Winter Indoor Nationals.
For the 3rd year in a row racers made their way to Smac Trac raceway in St. Louis, MO for the JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals. A record turnout of 371 entries filled the building and the pit area was in a constant buzz of excitement. The amazingly prepped track by Scott Mcdonald featured the best layout in the short history of the event which produced some extremely close racing and challenged even the best drivers in attendance.
With temps, well I don’t know, it is cold. Forecasted highs are calling for mid to high 40′s. The rental ride says -6c in the morning. Many layers of cloths is the fashion statement of the day, along with hats, and gloves. Other than that, things are going well. The track started off looser than expected, but is starting to come around. With the multi-surface track, getting the layout down is only half the task. Knowing what is good traction or slick is still challenging drivers with the controlled format practice. Four rounds of 5 minute heats are all of the track time that every driver gets. One trick that Ryan has down, on the polished concrete corner, placing the front tire on the concrete curb helping the car rotate, as well as accelerate forward. Sure, sounds easy Ryan, whatever you say.
Qualifiers begin in the morning. Tune in for more racing action. After my fingers thaw out so the iPad will work.
JConcepts’ own John Piant and Team Driver Ryan Maifield have crossed the pond to Montpellier, France for the 2012 Montpellier GP. Ryan Maifield flew into Miami meeting up with John for a long 8 hour flight to Madrid, Spain. A short flight from Madrid will bring them to Montpellier, a beautiful city in Southwest France. Other than slow baggage handlers in France the trip seemed to go well.
The weather is sunny but cold with a breeze occasionally helping to take off some of the dust from the track. The track started out with very low grip, with patches of dusty areas and a super slippery cement corner. NeoBuggy.net has some great photos from the first day of practice along with some footage of the “Fast Guys” on the track. Stay tuned for updates from John and Ryan at the track throughout the weekend.
JConcepts hit the ground in Vaasa, Finland with an all new body design specifically for the IFMAR World Championships. Cleverly named, Finnisher, the unique design quickly rose to the top of the field during competition and proved effective on the ground and in the air. Designed with aspects learned from the Punisher line of bodies, the Finnisher provides an even more aggressive look with included details which remain crucial to performance. JConcepts is pleased to introduce the Finnisher body design specifically for 1/10th truck racing. The TLR 22-T Finnisher body is a drop fit for the popular vehicle and bears a stunning look with its massive front headlight and grill coverage. [click to continue…]
It’s main time here at the Winter Indoor Nationals. 68 races make up the entire heat sheet for the main events. A lot of drivers are battling hard to secure positions as they bump their way up with the hopes of an A-main appearance later today. The t-shirt line was long today as everyone got their new 2012 event t-shirt along with JConcepts shock-stand. We have a busy pit area here at Smac Trac and drivers are focused.
A lot of close races have already been ran here today so a lot of anticipation is in store for the A-mains. Stay tuned.
We are here at Smactrac raceway in St. Louis, MO for the first round of the 2012 Indoor National Series. Traveling together this weekend we have Brent Thielke, Steven Hartson, Tanner Denney, Nick Gibson and myself as we all get ready to kick off our Winter Indoor Nationals.
We had 190 entries for just the club race Friday night which featured Steven Hartson running a great run in 2wd modified and 4×4 Short Course. Everyone packed it up a little early to get some rest to prepare for qualifying on Saturday. The tires of choice here at Smac Trac appears to be V1 Bar Codes in 2wd and 4wd and Pressure Points on Short Course. The track is very wet and tacky and lap times are in the 17 second range for the faster drivers. [click to continue…]
Event: Short Course King Series – R1
