The heavy hitting United States 1/8th scale racers on the JConcepts team headed out to Georgia this past weekend to take part in the 2024 Wicked Weekend.
Racers were greeted with one of the largest Wicked Weekend entry counts in history with over 700 entries. The team stood out at the event from start to finish and represented in fantastic fashion. Paul Wynn and Hannah Hardison were on hand for team and media support.
Despite the entry count, the schedule allowed for earlier finishing times each day and a more concise experience at the track. The large track was packed very well and on main day stayed together very well providing a bit of a polished surface. Drivers mostly utilized the Green compound in popular tread patterns like the Reflex, Dirt Bite, Relapse, and Falcon.
One round of qualifying took place Friday night followed by another 2 rounds on Saturday. The Best 2/3 rounds would count towards starting positions in the finals. Most drivers opted to use Green Relapse in qualifying with some using Green Reflex. Check out how the JC team faired in qualifying:
Pro Buggy: 1st Dakotah Phend, 2nd Ryan Maifield, 3rd Spencer Rivkin, 5th Brandon Rose
Pro Ebuggy: 1st Dakotah Phend, 2nd Seth VanDalen, 3rd Ryan Maifield, 5th Jonah Wilson
Pro Truggy: 1st Brandon Rose, 2nd Spencer Rivkin, 3rd Jared Wiggins, 4th Ryan Maifield, 5th Dakotah Phend
Intermediate Buggy: 1st Harel Senderov (JC Privateer), 2nd Cole Chura, 4th Patrick Rossiter
Intermediate Ebuggy: 1st Ashton Abdul, 2nd Wade Piggott, 3rd Dylan Raposo, 4th Trent Walker
Intermediate Truggy: 2nd Harel Senderov (JC Privateer), 3rd Cole Chura, 4th Wade Piggott, 5th Ryan Prince
Open Etruggy: 1st Aydin Manchanda, 2nd Hunter King, 3rd Wade Piggott
40+ Buggy: 1st Chris Pace, 2nd Brent Thielke, 4th Bryce Beaver, 5th Reggie Tongue
40+ Ebuggy: 1st Brent Thielke, 4th Reggie Tongue, 5th Bryce Beaver
Moving into the main events with dust increasing most drivers moved to Green Reflex to round out the event. The JConcepts team had the following results:
Pro Buggy: 1st Dakotah Phend (JC), 2nd Ryan Lutz, 3rd Ryan Maifield (JC), 4th Seth VanDalen (JC), 5th Brandon Rose (JC)
Pro Ebuggy: 1st Dakotah Phend (JC), 2nd Jonah Wilson (JC), 3rd Ryan Lutz, 4th Lee Setser (JC), 5th Mason Fuller (JC)
Pro Truggy: 1st Dakotah Phend (JC), 2nd Ryan Maifield (JC), 3rd Brandon Rose (JC), 4th Spencer Rivkin (JC), 5th Seth VanDalen (JC)
Intermediate Buggy: 1st Ashton Abdul (JC), 2nd Maddy Long (JC), 3rd Harel Senderov (JC Privateer), 4th Jake Stoeltzing (JC), 5th Patrick Rossiter (JC)
Intermediate Ebuggy: 1st Ashton Abdul (JC), 2nd Wade Piggott (JC), 3rd Aidan Ridgeway, 4th Harel Senderov (JC Privateer), 5th Dylan Raposo (JC)
Intermediate Truggy: 1st Jake Stoeltzing (JC), 2nd Jaden Tiu, 3rd Aidan Ridgeway, 4th Maddy Long (JC), 5th Reggie Tongue (JC)
Open Etruggy: 1st Aydan Manchanda (JC), 2nd Wade Piggott (JC), 3rd Hunter King (JC), 4th Eddie Cordoba, 5th Alex Thomas
40+ Buggy: 1st Reggie Tongue (JC), 2nd Chris Pace (JC), 3rd Gene Hickerson, 4th Dustin Loden, 5th Donald Elliott
40+ Ebuggy: 1st Brent Thielke (JC), 2nd John Bernard Jr., 3rd Dustin Loden, 4th Donald Elliott, 5th Bryce Beaver (JC)
Products Used:
- Reflex
- Relapse
- Falcons
- Dirt Bites
- Mono Wheels
- S15 Truggy Body
- S15 Body
- Dirt Tech Inserts
- Insert Bands
- Radial Bearings
- Fin Titanium Turnbuckles
- Razor Wing
- F2i Wing