Race for the VETTS

Eric Hodge takes the win tone to tone with JConcepts.

Eric had a perfect day at the “Race for the VETTS” hosted by the T&T Speedway indoor facility in Shreveport, LA. This event attracted drivers from the Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana region also known as the “Ark-La-Tex”. With 23 2wd Mod buggy entries (the largest class) and almost 80 total entries the event raised approximately $2300 for the local Veterans home.

The crew at T&T prepared a fresh tacky red clay layout that was high speed with a couple make or break technical sections. Hot laps were in the high 17 second range. Changing temperatures made tire selection very critical. The surface changed from the qualifiers that were run during the day 70*F, to the mains starting after sunset 45*F which created a drastic change in the unheated building. Qualifying was based on your one fastest of three runs. Eric TQ’d 2wd Mod Buggy, with his JConcepts equiped TLR 22 2.0 RM car, being the only buggy driver to put in a 20 lap run. Going into the finals Eric made a last minute tire decision switching from green Bro Codes to black Pressure Points and continued with green Dirt Webs up front. The 8 minute, 10 car A final was pretty stacked with names like Larry Pryor and Mugen Seiki driver Drew Spurgeon. Overall the main was pretty uneventful “a racers dream” for Eric as he put in a near flawless run to take an unchallenged tone to tone victory.

“I had a great time racing with everyone at T&T Speedway! The track was awesome and my car was great all day. JConcepts black compound was a huge advantage over the competition when the track temps dropped. Its awesome to have fun racing and raise money for an important cause.”

Eric used the following JConcepts products:

3077– Dirt Web front (Green)
3066– Bro Codes (Green)
3035 – Pressure Point (Black)
2271 – Honeycomb motor mount
2249 – Chassis protector sheet
2209 – Medium roller bag.