The second round of the 2025 JConcepts Indoor National Series was hosted by RC One with over 325 entries showing up to battle it out. As Always the RC One and Elite RC crews put on a fantastic event with racers from around the country on the roster.
The new 2025 INS schedule was in full affect, with the planning crew wanting to put less of a travel burden on everyone. This means the events don’t start until Thursday with controlled practice all day. Friday is more practice, seeding and the first round of qualifying. Saturday starts and finishes with qualifying, and the main events take place Sunday.
The first time drivers were on the clock for something that was classified was Friday for seeding. This would put racers into their heats for qualifying.
Seeding Results:
2wd Modified: 1st Brennan Schimmel, 2nd Davey Batta, 3rd Dakotah Phend
4wd Modified: 1st Brennan Schimmel
17.5 Expert 2wd: 1st Dustin Fox, 2nd Nate Sutherland, 3rd Brady Carrico
13.5 Expert 4wd: 1st Brady Carrico, 2nd Daniel Chavez (JC Privateer), 3rd Talon Henley
40+ 2wd: 2nd Al Horne, 3rd Dan Miles
13.5 ST: 1st Nate Sutherland
13.5 SC: 1st Kris Norlock, 3rd Jamie Thompson
Qualifying would be the standard 2/3 rounds counting to set the grid for the main events, for 2wd and 4wd modified the main events would be 10 lock in plus 1 bump. The rest of the classes would be 8 lock in plus 2 bumps.
Qualifying Results:
2wd Modified: 1st Dakotah Phend, 2nd Brennan Schimmel
4wd Modified: 1st Dakotah Phend
17.5 Expert 2wd: 1st Dustin Fox, 2nd Aaron Mitchell, 3rd Talon Henley
13.5 Expert 4wd: 1st Nate Sutherland, 2nd Dustin Fox, 3rd Aaron Mitchell
40+ 2wd: 1st Al Horne, 3rd Jamie Thompson
13.5 ST: 1st Nate Sutherland
13.5 SC: 1st Kris Norlock, 2nd Jamie Thompson
The main events would have triple mains for the Modified and Expert Stock 2wd and 4wd buggy classes. The rest of the classes would have single mains with some exciting outcomes!
2wd Modified: Dakotah Phend would take a relatively quiet A1 win, but mistakes in A2 would allow Aydin Horne to take that leg. Phend would recover in A3 to take another win and the overall. Davey Batta would have consistent 2nd place finishes in A1 and A2 to take 2nd overall. Aydin would use his win coupled with a 3rd to finish 3rd overall.
1st Dakotah Phend (JC), 2nd Davey Batta (JC), 3rd Aydin Horne
4wd Modified: Chase Lemieux would strike first in A1 to take the win with even further insult to injury being a DNF for TQ Dakotah Phend. Dakotah would bounce back for a win in A2 making it an A3 showdown. Laboring with some mechanical gremlins Phend would find himself passed by Chase who would take the A3 win and the overall. Dakotah would hold on for 2nd which would be enough to clinch 2nd overall. Aydin Horne would finish up with another 3rd with 2/4 finishes.
1st Chase Lemieux, 2nd Dakotah Phend (JC), 3rd Aydin Horne
17.5 Expert 2wd: 1st Dustin Fox (JC), 2nd Aaron Mitchell (JC), 3rd Brady Carrico (JC)
13.5 Expert 4wd: 1st Dustin Fox (JC), 2nd Nate Sutherland (JC), 3rd Aaron Mitchell (JC)
40+ 2wd: 1st Al Horne (JC), 2nd Matt Brienzo, 3rd Jamie Thompson (JC)
13.5 Stadium Truck: 1st Nate Sutherland (JC), 2nd Evan Cook (JC), 3rd Ryder Himanek
13.5 Short Course: 1st Kris Norlock (JC), 2nd Jamie Thompson (JC), 3rd Agent Zero
17.5 Indy 2wd: 1st Braeden Banci, 2nd Schuyler Mandella, 3rd Tucker Mitchel
13.5 Indy 4wd: 1st Braeden Banci, 2nd Tucker Mitchel, 3rd Garrett Miller
21.5 Indy 2wd: 1st Matthew Hudak, 2nd Daniel Marino, 3rd Aaron Rees
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