JConcepts FSORS Series Results

Standings

2009 Race #5 Results

The FSORS season has now crossed the halfway mark and rolled into 555 Raceway this past weekend. Even with several other events going on in central Florida, the race nearly 140 entries. This track is known for brutal conditions, and often blows out badly when a larger event comes to town. The track crew did an excellent job of keeping the surface together with only minor issues throughout the weekend. The Florida sun and strong entry count helped to lay down a great groove and soon racers were switching to harder compound tires.

Saturday started qualifying and it was apparent that the track had seen a significant amount on water, with dew on top of that. The first round began a little slick and damp, but the sun soon dried the loam off and the track was full blue groove from then on. In 1/8th Pro Buggy JConcepts JR Mitch missed TQ for the round by less than 2 seconds to Easton. The 1/8th Sportsman TQ was taken by Jay Johnson running JConcepts gear as well. Gas Truck and 1/8th Pro Truck were both TQ’d by drivers on JConcepts rubber, Nick Angelides and JR Mitch respectively. The track had hardened well and rubbered in so the Sunday was sure to contain some awesome races.

The track was in pristine shape by the time the lower mains had finished and the A’s were ready to begin. The 1/8th Pro Buggy class proved to provide one of the best battles of the weekend between Mitch and Easton. They stayed within several second of each other for the first 15 minutes of the race, JR ended up with some motor issues and flamed, falling down the order. He put on a hard charge, and by the end of the race was back to 3rd. The 1/8th Pro Truck race was all JR though as he left the field behind from this TQ starting position. By the end of the race he had lapped up to 2nd place, with JConcepts’ Nathan Wincek finishing 3rd. Gas Truck TQ man Angelides had issues mid-race and conceded the win to JConcepts’ JP Tirronen who cruised to victory.

2009 Race #4 Results

For the fourth round of the series, FSORS swung all the way down to the South Florida Mills Pond track located in gorgeous Ft Lauderdale. The track crew put together a very technical layout complimented by a perfectly groomed surface. The sun and more than 120 entries helped the track to groove quickly and even during practice traction was clearly “up”. Mitch, Easton, Ruona, Eckert, McIntosh, and Tirronen were all looking fast so the battle up front was definitely going to be tough.

Qualifying was indeed tough with some of the front runners experiencing issues. Although they all made the main, their starting positions weren’t representative of their pace on the track. Regardless of this, JR Mitch was blazing fast all weekend setting the TQ in both 1/8th truck (only driver to go 12 laps) and 1/8th buggy (by 4 seconds). JR was so fast in fact, that he actually beat the computers default minimum lap time for the layout, forcing the race director to reduce it. JConcepts ended up with 6 drivers in the buggy main and 5 in the truck main. Manny Sanchez ran JC tires all weekend and was on a tear in the Sportsman 1/8th buggy class as he set the TQ.

The track was manicured all weekend and the mains were no exception as the track crew did a few touch ups to keep the track perfect. In the sportsman 1/8th class Josh Talmadge and Manny Sanchez posted a 1-2 finish on JC tires, with Manny capitalizing on his TQ starting spot. Yellow compound was a must have and JConcepts drivers showed this in the 30 minute main with a 1-2-3 sweep by Mitch, Tirronen, and Ruona respectively. Mitch had run the same set of Blue Cross Hairs all weekend in 1/8th Truck and since they were still in great condition he left them on for the main. They still had plenty of life left and JR took the win by a margin of several laps over second place. His continuing domination has built a nearly unassailable lead in both classes.

2009 Race #3 Results

The Florida state off-road series is now into midseason and their latest stop was the famed track at Lake Park in Tampa, Florida. This track is maintained by Hurricane RC Club who always puts on a fantastic show. The layout had good flow, some large jumps and a buttery smooth surface. Even at first glance you could tell that a lot of work had gone into track prep and the layout. The entries were very strong (just shy of 200) with drivers coming down from as far away as South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. The popularity of this track is certainly no secret.

As the sun started to heat the track, the traction really came around hard. The smooth surface began to take rubber really quickly and even after the first few heats a good groove was starting to develop. Qualifying got off to a great start with JConcepts driver JR Mitch setting TQ in both 1/8th Expert Buggy and 1/8th Expert Truck. More sun and a thicker groove meant that the 2nd round was quite a bit faster than the first. JR mounted up a set of Yellow compound Crowbars and stepped up to the challenge by going more than 10 seconds faster, re-securing his TQ by some 8 seconds over the traveling Ryan Lopez. In 1/8th Expert Truck it was a similar situation with JR setting a blazing 2nd round time, further cementing his TQ.

Local racers Sean Krause and Josh Talmmadge TQ’d the Sportsman 1/8th Buggy and Truck classes respectively both using JConcepts products. Good job!

Sunday brought optimism and the start of the mains with it. The track had not seen any rain and still had a very dark groove affixed to its surface. JR got off to a good start in 1/8th Expert truck and ended up the main ahead of JConcepts drivers Nathan Wincek and Greg Smith, creating a 1-2-3 SWEEP for the Half-Ups Cross Hairs. The 1/8th Expert Buggy main wasn’t quite as easy for JR, as he had a few issues during the race. By the time he got it sorted out, he was several laps down, but was able to fight his way back to 2nd place ahead of Nathan Wincek. JP Tirronen was able to get into the lead and stretch it out on the field taking the win in 1/10th Gas Truck using Double Dees and Carvers.

JR’s finished allowed him to stretch the lead on both the Expert Buggy and Truck classes.