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Just over a week ago the JConcepts Team returned to Island Speedway and Star Collectables for another amazing event in Iowa. This year’s event topped out at 274 entries and was over 100 entries larger than the event the previous year. The Island crew displayed excellent hospitality and provided a fantastic race course for the national level event.
The JConcepts team settled in during practice using the tried and true combinations. Either Fuzz Bite Front and Rear tires or Pin Swag Front and Fuzz Bite Rear tires depending on driver preference. The following drivers found speed early in the seeding rounds.
Seeding Practice:Â
Modified 2wd Buggy: 1st Broc Champlin, 2nd Tom Rinderknecht, 3rd Spencer Rivkin,
Modified 4wd Buggy: 1st Broc Champlin, 2nd Tom Rinderknecht, 3rd Davey Batta
17.5 Expert 2wd: 1st Phi-Long Nguyen, 2nd Jake Wiggs, 3rd Aaron Mitchell (JC Privateer)
13.5 Expert 4wd: 1st Tyler Pattenaude, 2nd Kyle Holmberg, 3rd Doug Lariviere
40+ 2wd Modified: 1st Brent Thielke, 2nd Jamie Thompson (JC Privateer)
13.5 Stadium Truck: 1st Jovy Levin, 2nd Kyle Holmberg, 3rd Cody Meiferdt
Qualifying saw mostly similar faces gravitate towards the front, but the added element of consistency really showed racers where they stacked up in the rankings. The following drivers had the most success in qualifying!
Qualifying:Â
Modified 2wd Buggy: 1st Broc Champlin, 2nd Tom Rinderknecht, 3rd Davey Batta
Modified 4wd Buggy: 1st Broc Champlin, 2nd Tom Rinderknecht, 3rd Davey Batta
17.5 Expert 2wd: 1st Jovy Levin, 2nd Phi-Long Nguyen, 3rd Aaron Mitchell (JC Privateer)
13.5 Expert 4wd: 1st Jovy Levin, 2nd Tyler Pattenaude, 3rd Jake Wiggs
40+ 2wd Modified: 1st Jamie Thompson (JC Privateer), 2nd Brent Thielke
13.5 Stadium Truck: 1st Jovy Levin, 2nd Kyle Holmberg, 3rd Jake Wiggs
Sunday allowed for some epic main events across the classes find out where everyone stacked up!
Main Events:
Modified 2wd Buggy:
Tom Rinderknecht and Broc Champlin would have a slug fest of a day, Tom would strike first taking the A1 win, He would try it again in A2 but the result would be overturned after contact giving Broc the A2 win. With 1-2 finishes each for both drivers, A3 would be winner take all. The drivers would make contact a few laps into the race with Tom having a better recovery to take the A3 win with Broc recovering to 2nd. This would give Rinderknecht the win with Champlin 2nd and Davey Batta 3rd with 3-4 finishes.
1st Tom Rinderknecht (JC), 2nd Broc Champlin (JC), 3rd Davey Batta (JC)
Modified 4wd Buggy:
An unfortunate breakage for TQ Broc Champlin in A1 would allow Tom Rinderknecht to take the win in the first main. In A2, Tom would battle past Broc through mistakes to take the win and the overall in 2 mains. Davey Batta would be opportunistic and take a 3rd in A2 and the win in A3 to finish 2nd overall. The veteran, Ryan Cavalieri, would take 3rd with a 2nd in A1 and A3.
1st Tom Rinderknecht (JC), 2nd Davey Batta (JC), 3rd Ryan Cavalieri (JC Privateer)
17.5 Expert 2wd:
1st Jovy Levin (JC), 2nd Doug Lariviere (JC), 3rd Aaron Mitchell (JC Privateer)
13.5 Expert 4wd:
1st Jovy Levin (JC), 2nd Jake Wiggs (JC), 3rd Tyler Pattenaude (JC)
40+ 2wd Modified:
1st Jamie Thompson (JC Privateer), 2nd Brent Thielke (JC), 3rd Alex Sturgeon (JC)
13.5 Stadium Truck:
1st Jovy Levin (JC), 2nd Kyle Holmberg (JC), 3rd Jake Wiggs (JC)
13.5 Short Course:
1st KC Belke, 2nd Chris Garay, 3rd Blaine Gould
17.5 Independent 2wd:
1st Braden Koob (JC Privateer), 2nd Joey Salome, 3rd Blaine Gould
13.5 Independent 4wd:
1st Braden Koob (JC Privateer), 2nd Memphis Duncan (JC Privateer), 3rd Tucker Mitchel
21.5 Independent 2wd:
1st Memphis Duncan (JC Privateer), 2nd Braden Koob (JC Privateer), 3rd Blaine Gould
Novice: 1st Nova Grebner, 2nd Grace Londre, 3rd Lane Lazarz
