Midwest Nitro Series – Finals

TLR/JConcepts driver Tyler Jones wrapped a very successful summer season this past weekend. Tyler only had 1 DNF all summer due to a fuel tank issue and his great results have shown that this year. He has gained a lot of experience and had a ton of fun in the meantime. He can’t thank all his sponsor help enough for providing him the equipment to have such a great season!!

This weekend the young gun attended the Midwest Nitro Series finals at Leisure Hours raceway in Joliet,IL. Rain and cold weather scared some off but still a great turnout. With the rain, we were forced to run on the indoor track and the crew had a great track for us. Tyler was able to TQ both Pro nitro buggy and truggy again. With the only 19 lap runs in Pro nitro buggy.

In truggy at the tone Tyler would check out and lead wire to wire for a dominating win. Tyler only ran 3 of the races in the series in the Pro truggy class and would have 3 tq’s, 2 wins, and a second place finish with zero DNF’s.

In buggy at the tone Tyler would start to pull away until lapped traffic would cause issues letting the field catch up. Tyler has a couple small bobbles on his own that kept the field close. In the end, with same lapper taking him out four times, he would finish second behind first place car by only couple seconds. Tyler would end up running 4 out the 6 rounds of the series. He ended up with 3 TQ’s, 2 wins, and 2 second places with zero DNF’s for the series.

Tyler ended up winning the points series overall in buggy and finished 7th overall in truggy with only running 3 races.

Tyler’s JConcepts equipped TLR 3.0’s were flawless all summer. The Clockwork Racing Engines on Bones Brew had zero flameouts with great mileage. His Spektrum radio equipment handled all of the racing put on them this year with zero issues.

Tyler would like to say ” Thanks to everyone for all the support this year!! Stephen Wilson at Infamous Designs had my cars looking awesome all year. Thanks to Gary Wright and all the tracks that participated in the MWNS for some great racing. Thanks to TLR, Spektrum, Horizon Hobby, JConcepts, Clockwork Racing Engines, Bones Brew, Dynamite, 92zero Designs, Hot Headz for all the continued support.”

Race Report By: Randy Jones