The east coast portion of the JConcepts team headed to Gainesville, Georgia this past weekend for the 2026 Southern Indoor Championships. Just over 335 entries joined in on the action despite the cold weather.
Racers would battle it out in 3 rounds of qualifying with the best 2/3 qual points counting and single main events for each class.
Qualifying Results:
Pro Buggy: 1st Brandon Rose, 3rd Cole Kasten, 5th Julien Oliveras
Pro Ebuggy: 2nd Brandon Rose, 5th Julien Oliveras
Open Etruggy: 2nd Benny Komerian, 3rd Patrick Rossiter, 4th Maddy Long
Intermediate Buggy: 2nd Maddy Long, 4th Wilson Cowart
Intermediate Ebuggy: 2nd Patrick Rossiter, 3rd Maddy Long, 4th William Ables, 5th Justin Cranford
Intermediate Truggy: 1st Maddy Long, 4th Benny Komerian, 5th Wilson Cowart
40+ Buggy: 2nd Mark Moon
40+ Ebuggy: 2nd Mark Moon, 5th Jason Westfall
The JConcepts team also had great results in the main events with the following finishes.
Pro Buggy: 1st Dakotah Phend, 2nd Tater Sontag, 3rd Cole Kasten (JC), 4th Brandon Rose (JC), 5th Julien Oliveras (JC)
Pro Ebuggy: 1st Tater Sontag, 2nd Hunter King (JC), 3rd Julien Oliveras (JC), 4th Cole Kasten (JC), 5th Dakotah Phend
Expert Etruggy: 1st Aidan Ridgeway, 2nd Hunter King (JC), 3rd Benny Komerian (JC), 4th Patrick Rossiter (JC), 5th Chad Cupp
Intermediate Buggy: 1st Maddy Long (JC), 2nd Ryan Daze, 3rd Aidan Ridgeway, 4th William McIver, 5th Donald Elliott
Intermediate Ebuggy: 1st Aidan Ridgeway, 2nd Patrick Rossiter (JC), 3rd Maddy Long (JC), 4th Benny Komerian (JC), 5th Chris Rakus
Intermediate Truggy: 1st Maddy Long (JC), 2nd Wilson Cowart (JC), 3rd William McIver, 4th Benny Komerian (JC), 5th Mark Moon (JC)
40+ Buggy: 1st Donald Elliott, 2nd Timothy Hobbs, 3rd Josh Fine, 4th Greg Rupe, 5th Dan Reino
40+ Ebuggy: 1st Donald Elliott, 2nd Rusty Mihelich (JC), 3rd Greg Rupe, 4th Jason Westfall (JC), 5th Michael Delay
Sportsman Buggy: 1st Santaigo Mejia, 2nd Breck Burns, 3rd Michael Goebel, 4th Dee Nice, 5th Roland Compton
Sportsman Ebuggy: 1st Breck Burns, 2nd Gene Shrout Jr., 3rd Ronald Compton, 4th Garrett Tucker, 5th Michael Goebel
Sportsman Truggy: 1st Jean Sabatier, 2nd Jeremy Strawn, 3rd Roland Compton, 4th Santaigo Mejia, 5th Zac Coren
Sportsman Etruggy: 1st Ronald Compton, 2nd Garrett Tucker, 3rd Augie Morgan, 4th Wyatt Brown, 5th Bobby Knight