2026 ROAR 1/10th Carpet Off-Road Nationals JConcepts Team Report

The first off-road ROAR Nationals event for 2026 is complete and the JConcepts team had some stand out results taking 3 class wins and a multitude of other podiums. Maximus Raceway put in a fantastic layout which lead to some epic racing across the classes.

The team started off strong in seeding finding speed early and holding onto it. After 2 rounds of seeding check out which racers found the most success.

Mod 2wd: 2nd Brennan Schimmel, 3rd Broc Champlin
Mod 4wd: 1st Brennan Schimmel, 2nd Broc Champlin
17.5 2wd: 1st Antonio Caputo, 2nd Dustin Fox
13.5 4wd: 1st Dustin Fox
40+ 2wd: 2nd John Cravotta, 3rd Mark Decker
13.5 ST: 1st Antonio Caputo, 2nd Kyle Holmberg, 3rd Nate Sutherland

Moving into qualifying, best 2/4 rounds would count in qual-points. With 4 total rounds low scores were going to be even more important with 2 drops. Racers were on the edge trying to put together TQ and podium pace runs. Check out the results from qualifying for the team here.

Mod 2wd: 3rd Broc Champlin
Mod 4wd: 1st Brennan Schimmel, 3rd Broc Champlin
17.5 2wd: 1st Dustin Fox, 2nd Antonio Caputo
13.5 4wd: 2nd Dustin Fox, 3rd Antonio Caputo
40+ 2wd: 2nd Brent Thielke
13.5 ST: 1st Nate Sutherland, 3rd Antonio Caputo

2wd Mod: Chase Lemieux would capitalize on mistakes from Dakotah Phend in A1 and A2 to take the win in 2wd mod in after the first 2 mains. Phend would end up 2nd with Brennan Schimmel battling hard for 3rd overall.

1st Chase Lemieux, 2nd Dakotah Phend, 3rd Brennan Schimmel (JC)

4wd Mod: Brennan Schimmel would drive away to the A1 win, but mistakes and the pass heard around the world on that Sunday would see Broc Champlin take the A2 and A3 win for the overall in the class. Brennan would recover for 2nd with Dakotah Phend finishing up 3rd.

1st Broc Champlin (JC), 2nd Brennan Schimmel (JC), 3rd Dakotah Phend