Round 2 of the 2026 JBRL 1/8th scale series took place this past weekend at Pro-Line Raceway in Banning, California. 250+ entries showed up for the stacked one day west coast event.
JBRL for 2026 features Friday practice, followed by 2 rounds of qualifying and main events on Saturday. Qualifying is qual-points best 1/2. Jermaine Robinson and Adam Drake lead the team to multiple wins and podiums starting with some speed in qualifying.
Qualifying Results:
Expert Buggy: 2nd Jermaine Robinson, 3rd Adam Drake
Open Ebuggy: 1st Jermaine Robinson, 2nd Tyler Fenster, 3rd Adam Drake
Intermediate Buggy: 1st Adam Drake
Open Etruggy: 1st Adam Drake
Moving into the main events Jermaine Robinson would have a dominant main event in nitro buggy taking the win by 12 seconds. In Ebuggy Robinson would just barely beat Spencer Heckert to take his 2nd win of the day. Adam Drake would convert his TQ’s to wins in Intermediate Truggy and Open Etruggy.
Expert Nitro Buggy: 1st Jermaine Robinson (JC), 2nd Adam Drake (JC), 3rd Carlos Arredondo
Open Ebuggy: 1st Jermaine Robinson (JC), 2nd Spencer Heckert, 3rd Adam Drake (JC)
Intermediate Truggy: 1st Adam Drake (JC), 2nd Chad Panek, 3rd Adrian Ramos
Open Etruggy: 1st Adam Drake (JC), 2nd Chad Panek, 3rd Mike Graves
40+ Buggy: 1st Richard Saxton, 2nd Ronda Drake (JC), 3rd Chris Nelson