The JConcepts Oval Team headed to Chandler, Arizona for the inaugural Western Worlds hosted by the World Famous Hobby Action Raceway. Home of the Wild West Shootout, Hobby Action has now added a spring oval race to the calendar with the Western Worlds.
The team showed up Wednesday and took part in the club race with the following results:
Late Model: 1st Tyler Hooks
410 Sprint: 2nd Tyler Hooks
Thursday was a full day of free practice followed by a seeding round with JConcepts drivers utilizing Silver Compound Smoothie 2.0s with some using Dirt Tech inserts and others using RM2.
Seeding Results:
410 Sprint: 4th Tyler Hooks
Modified Late Model: 1st Tyler Hooks
Expert 13.5 Sprint: 3rd Tyler Hooks
Midwest Modified: 3rd James Rodriguez
Midget (JC Silver Smoothie 2.0 Spec Tire): 1st Nic Case, 2nd Tyler Hooks (JC), 3rd Billie Bowerman Jr.
Qualifying was very tough at this event with 5 rounds of race points, each round counting towards the main event and the final round starting with the driving order inverted and the leading racers in the back of the field.
Qualifying Results:
410 Sprint: 2nd Tyler Hooks
Modified Late Model: 1st Tyler Hooks
Expert 13.5 Sprint: 1st Tyler Hooks
Midget (JC Silver Smoothie 2.0 Spec Tire): 1st Nic Case, 2nd Jamie Tennies, 3rd Tyler Hooks (JC)
Midwest Modified: 3rd James Rodriguez
21.5 Street Stock: 3rd Mac Mitchell
James Rodriguez took home the win in the Concourse portion of the event!
Moving into the main events each A Main would be a 65 lap event. Racers would battle it out from start to finish and the team brought home the following results.
Main Events:
Modified Late Model: 1st Tyler Hooks (JC), 2nd Ethan Kovalsky, 3rd Dustin Malicoat
410 Sprint: 1st Dustin Malicoat, 2nd Tyler Hooks (JC), 3rd Kyle Davis
Expert 13.5 Sprint: 1st Clark Templeman, 2nd Billy Fischer, 3rd Tyler Hooks (JC)
Midget (JC Silver Smoothie 2.0 Spec Tire): 1st Nic Case, 2nd Eddie Hill, 3rd Jamie Tennies
Midwest Modified: 1st Eddie Hill, 2nd James Rodriguez (JC), 3rd Craig Carothers
21.5 Street Stock: 1st Steve Bellah, 2nd Mac Mitchell (JC), 3rd Darrin Deforest