The first carpet round of the 2024 INS Series (The Spring Indoor Nationals) is complete and it was a sellout show! The JConcepts crew headed out to RC One Raceway in Macomb, Michigan for the 300 entry event. Another record for a carpet or turf turnout for JConcepts. The track layout was extremely tricky for both the stock and modified classes with large jumps and a lot of precision required.
Thursday was a controlled practice day with racers getting acclimated to the surface and layout before heading into Friday. Friday would see seeding and the first round of qualifying. Seeding would be a success for the team with the following results.
Seeding Results:
2wd Modified: 1st Broc Champlin, 2nd Chase Lemieux, 4th Tom Rinderknecht
4wd Modified: 1st Broc Champlin, 2nd Brandon Foote, 4th Cole Tollard
Expert Stock 17.5 2wd: 1st Doug Lariviere, 2nd Tyler Hooks, 3rd Tyler Pattenaude, 4th Collin Miles, 5th Jeff Statkiewicz
Expert Stock 13.5 4wd: 1st Doug Lariviere, 2nd Tyler Pattenaude, 3rd Jeff Statkiewicz, 4th Kyle Holmberg, 5th Daniel Chavez (JC Privateer)
40+ 2wd Modified: 1st Allen Horne, 2nd Brent Thielke, 5th Aaron Brooks (JC Privateer)
13.5 Stadium Truck: 1st Kyle Holmberg, 2nd Brady Carrico, 3rd Evan Cook
Heading into qualifying consistency was going to be extremely important, some had an easier time putting down fast laps than others but a full consistent 5 minute run was going to be what it took to do well at this event. The following drivers found their way to the front.
Qualifying Results:
2wd Modified: 1st Broc Champlin, 3rd Chase Lemieux, 4th Tom Rinderknecht, 5th Brandon Foote
4wd Modified: 1st Dakotah Phend, 3rd Broc Champlin, 4th Chase Lemieux, 5th Cole Tollard
Expert Stock 17.5 2wd: 1st Kyle Gough (JC Privateer), 2nd Jeff Statkiewicz, 3rd Dustin Fox, 4th Tyler Pattenaude, 5th Doug Lariviere
Expert Stock 13.5 4wd: 1st Doug Lariviere, 2nd Tyler Pattenaude, 3rd Dustin Fox, 4th Daniel Chavez (JC Privateer), 5th Kyle Holmberg
40+ 2wd Modified: 1st Brent Thielke, 2nd Allen Horne, 5th Mike Himanek (JC Privateer)
13.5 Stadium Truck: 1st Kyle Holmberg, 2nd Brady Carrico, 5th Evan Cook
Main Event Results:
2wd Modified: The Main events in 2wd were fantastic battles in A1 and A2. Chase would strike first taking the win in A1 and Broc would answer with a win in A2. The two drivers would split 2nd place finishes and Tom Rinderknecht would finish 3rd in the first 2 mains. A3 would be a complete disaster of sorts, the Champlin and Lemieux would break away early with Champlin getting a sizable enough gap, Chase would break just after the 3:30 mark effectively giving the weekend win to Broc, Broc would continue to cruse along until a car would launch from an on-coming lane and completely destroy the front end of his buggy ending his race. Rinderknecht would end up winning A3 after all of the calamity. Not only would Broc end up losing out on winning A3 he would also end up losing the tie-breaker for the win with Chase. The final top 3 order would be as follows:
1st Chase Lemieux (JC), 2nd Broc Champlin (JC), 3rd Tom Rinderknecht (JC)
4wd Modified: 4wd Mod would be much more relaxed with Broc Champlin able to strike with wins in A1 and A2. These results wouldn’t come easy with Dakotah Phend finishing less than a second back in 2nd in both races. Dakotah would go on to win A3 and finish 2nd overall and Aydin Horne would round out the podium.
1st Broc Champlin (JC), 2nd Dakotah Phend (JC), 3rd Aydin Horne
17.5 Expert Stock 2wd: 1st Jeff Statkiewicz (JC), 2nd Kyle Gough (JC Privateer), 3rd Tyler Pattenaude (JC)
13.5 Expert Stock 4wd: 1st Dustin Fox (JC), 2nd Daniel Chavez (JC Privateer), 3rd Jeff Statkiewicz (JC)
40+ Modified 2wd: 1st Brent Thielke (JC), 2nd Matt Brienzo, 3rd Justin Kuretich
13.5 Expert Stadium Truck: 1st Kyle Holmberg (JC), 2nd Brady Carrico (JC), 3rd Evan Cook (JC)
13.5 Short Course: 1st Ryder Himanek, 2nd Matt Gulch, 3rd Andrew Smith
17.5 Independent Stock 2wd: 1st Memphis Duncan (JC Privateer), 2nd Vincent Benfant, 3rd Timothy Szaro
13.5 Independent Stock 4wd: 1st Memphis Duncan (JC Privateer), 2nd Garrett Miller, 3rd Vincent Benfant
21.5 Independent 2wd: 1st Memphis Duncan (JC Privateer), 2nd Jack Grider, 3rd Cody Hawks
17.5 Independent Stadium Truck: 1st Michael Kerr (JC Privateer), 2nd Eric Ramirez, 3rd Kyle Kelley
Winning Products:
- F2 Body
- S2 Body
- Fuzz Bite
- Pin Swag
- Swaggers
- Mono Wheels
- 7in” Carpet | Astro | Dirt Wing
- Fin Titanium Turnbuckles
- Titanium Screws
- Radial Bearings