This past weekend the JConcepts Dirt Oval Nationals series headed to Auburn RC in Northern California for the Summer Dirt Oval Nationals event. Auburn is one of the fastest, largest, and smoothest dirt oval tracks in the nation and the crew didn’t disappoint.
In the last 365 days the team at Auburn upgraded the track, re-painted the facility, and upgraded the on-site pro shop. The 111 entries were treated to fantastic accommodations. It was also a fantastic weekend for the announcement of the new JConcepts Swiper 2.2″ Buggy based class tires as well as the L8 Night G3 Speedway Body!
Friday practice showed that this would be a record breaking weekend with multiple classes resetting hot lap records for the track. Moving into Saturday, Auburn RC implemented a new, fun, qualifying session for the sprint car classes which would be used just for seeding purposes. sprint cars went out one at a time for 2 laps with the fastest laps setting the seeding order. Top of the charts for the 3 sprint car classes end up as shown below!
Top Seed 13.5 Sprint: Tyler Hooks 4.525
Top Seed 17.5 Sprint: Tony Gammel 5.028
Modified Latemodel: 3rd John Schultz
Winning Products:
- RM2 Inserts
- Smoothie 2 Tires
- Fin Titanium Turnbuckles
- Radial Bearings
- Mono Wheels
- 9-Shot Wheels
- Titanium Screws
- Sidewall Stiffeners
- Swiper Tires
- L8 Night G3 Speedway Body
- 1978 Chevy Camaro Street Stock Body
- 1987 Chevy Monty Carlo Street Stock Body
Series Sponsors:
- Team Associated
- Hobbywing
- Reedy Power
- Whitz Racing
- Power Products
- Custom Works
- Amain Hobbies
- ProTek RC