This past weekend much of the JConcepts Midwest team headed to St. Louis Dirtburners for the annual ProTek RC Midwest Nitro Challenge. Friday would be a full day of practice with 2 rounds of qualifying on Saturday and main events on Sunday.
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Both rounds of qualifying would count towards Main Event starting positions making finishing both round crucial to start towards the front of the grid. The JConcepts team had a fantastic qualifying effort with the following results.
Qualifying Results:
Expert Buggy: 2nd Mason Fuller, 3rd Braden Bruce, 4th Wesley Gifford, 5th Owen Vanderbeek
Expert Ebuggy: 1st Mason Fuller, 2nd Cole Tollard, 4th Braden Bruce
Expert Etruggy: 1st Cole Tollard, 2nd Larry Wright IV, 3rd Wesley Gifford
Open Truggy: 1st Larry Wright IV
40+ Ebuggy: 1st Troy Weber, 3rd Chad Rubenking
40+ Buggy: 5th Mike Fuller
The main events would all be single main format with 8 minute electric mains and 20-30 minute nitro mains. Mason Fuller put the A2 compound Relapse to good use to take the win in Expert Buggy and Ebuggy!
Expert Buggy: 1st Mason Fuller (JC), 2nd Braden Bruce (JC), 3rd Alex Vanderbeek, 4th Wesley Gifford (JC), 5th Parker Klemme
Expert Ebuggy: 1st Mason Fuller (JC), 2nd Jared Tebo, 3rd Braden Bruce (JC), 4th Cole Tollard (JC), 5th Alex Vanderbeek
Expert Etruggy: 1st Cole Tollard (JC), 2nd Larry Wright IV (JC), 3rd Wesley Gifford (JC), 4th Evan Tapp, 5th Vanja Vujkovic
Open Truggy: 1st Larry Wright IV (JC), 2nd Parker Klemme, 3rd Josh Dill, 4th Danny Bartholomew, 5th Devan Linkey
40+ Ebuggy: 1st Troy Weber (JC), 2nd Mack Vanderbeek (JC), 3rd Josh Brooks, 4th Toney Roney, 5th Danny Bartholomew