Race Team Update – March 2024 Week #1

Friday means it’s time for a new Race Team Update! Check out how the JConcepts team drivers faired this past weekend across the country and world.

A few of the JConcepts Team Drivers headed out to Mississippi for the Central Mississippi RC Battleground event:

Cody Babbitt grabbed a TQ and win in SC Modified and a 2nd place in Midwest Modified.

Brad Dean took the win in Midwest Modified as well as a 2nd in Late Model and Brian Germany was able to grab a 3rd in Midwest Modified!

Rod Rippee was on the podium in Outlaw Sprint as well as Masters Sprint with a 3rd place finish in both.

Ashon Bristol headed to the Diehard Carpet Series Round #7 and was able to come home with a TQ and Win in 4wd Modified and a win in 2wd Modified.

Andrew Beauchamp reported on the 4th round of the NIS series where he would finish 3rd in 4wd modified and 4th in 2wd modified. Teammate Austin Cracknell would take the wins in 2wd modified, 4wd modified and stadium truck. Harley Yoshii would also finish up 2nd in 2wd modified!

Some of the team headed down to Texas for the official Grand Re-Opening race at RCCA as they moved to a larger location. Rhett McNair would take a win in 2wd Expert Stock as well as a podium in 2wd Modified in 3rd. Ken Peterson would join Rhett on the podium in Modified with a 2nd and Hunter LaFlower would join the 17.5 podium with a 2nd place finish.

Quite a few team members headed to The ROCCK Raceway in Tennessee for the Tennessee State Championships!

Jonah Wilson would take the win in all three of the premier classes, Pro Buggy, Pro Truggy, and Pro Ebuggy. Team Members, Coty Ingram, Wade Piggott, Joey Bourdon, and Chris VanAir would all join him on the podium across those 3 classes!

Wade Piggott would also pick up a win in Pro Etruggy with Bella Rogers joining him on the podium during her birthday weekend.

In the intermediate classes Trevor Michael would take the win in Intermediate Truggy and Ebuggy with teammate Nick Reppen joining him on the ebuggy podium as well as taking the win in Intermediate Etruggy and a 3rd place finish in intermediate nitro buggy. Finally Randy Enger finished 4th in 40+ Nitro Buggy.

Jovy Levin grabbed some modified class victories in 2wd and 4wd modified at the Rainman’s Off-Road Shootout. Tyler Fenster, new addition to the JConcepts team would join Levin on the podiums!

At the same event, Jeff Guest and Rob Moots held it down for the older guys with Guest winning 40+ 2wd and 42d and Moots winning 17.5 Stadium Truck!

Jaxen Anderson grabbed a TQ and win in Open Ebuggy at the opening round of the 2024 RC Pro Series hosted by Thornhill Racing Circuit. He would also finish up 4th in Open Nitro Buggy.

Jake Wiggs had a successful weekend at the Midwest Carpet Clash taking a win in 13.5 Stadium Truck, 2nd in Modified 2wd buggy and 13.5 4wd buggy, and 5th in Expert Stock 2wd buggy. Tyler Pattenaude would take 2nd in Expert Stock 2wd buggy as well and Tyler Jones would take the win in 2wd Modified.

Aaron Dexter pulled a double header last weekend at the new Collie RC Club, TQ and 1st Saturday in Ebuggy at the Western Australia Interclub event. TQ and 1st Sunday in Nitro Buggy at the Australia Challenge Cup Series.

Korgae Scales headed to the Canadian Island RC Off-Road Championships this past weekend and took a TQ and Win in 2wd modified and a 2nd in 4wd modified!

At the Trains and Lanes Season Opener the Manchanda brothers split results. Dylan would finish 2nd in 4wd Modified and 3rd in 4wd Stock. Aydan would win 4wd Stock, 3rd in 4wd Modified, and 2nd in 2wd Modified!

Lukas Klein raced 7 seven crawler classes this past weekend at Crawler Canyon RC Park, he took the win in Anything Goes, 1/24th Scale Mod, No Scale, Scaled Out.