Southern Nationals - Indoor RC Racing

JConcepts and Jason Ruona score a Double Victory at first annual Southern Nationals.

The JConcepts racing team made their way to West Monroe, Louisiana to participate in the 1st Annual Southern Nationals. After a lengthy drive from Florida the crew arrived and settled in to find a fantastic race turnout of 260 entries and a dynamite facility with specifically constructed indoor track built in and on the floor of the Ike Hamilton Convention Center. A smooth technical layout was built which included a large ~30' table top jump near the grand stands and a compliment of double and triple jumps throughout. The race management crew decided to leave the track alone with very little maintenance throughout the day which made for a slightly bumpy surface. Drivers were forced to learn and develop the best driving lines via experience and trial and error during the qualifiers.

The 1/8th E-buggy class was one of the most popular classes offered and proved to be one of the most competitive. David Joor, Quincy Hughes, Ryan Lopez and Jason Ruona each took a turn running their best in qualifying with Ruona coming out on top in the 3rd and final round of qualifying. A 3-way tie was decided by a slim 1 second after combined times and qual. points were tabulated placing Ruona out front for the triple A-main events.

In the Modified Short Course class, Ruona had his sights set on victory from early on. With a fresh Factory Team SC10 loaded with JConcepts Goose Bumps, Rulux wheels and topped off with a Manta body, the truck was on rails. Taking each of the first 2 rounds of qualifying Ruona experimented in round 3 by mounting up a fresh set of the new SC Double Dees for a dryer and harder condition. Double Dees were on target, taming the increasingly loose / rough conditions with another TQ.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• JConcepts
• Jason
• Ruona
• Double
• Victory
• Southern
• Nationals
• 1/8th
• E-buggy
• Modified
• Short
• Course

[14ipathskater]

What a crowd

[redneckalex08]

That chick has no idea what he's talking about...

[rcrunkle]

hot chick

[lightmaster275]

@xxheroxx15 Fuck yeah bro

[xxheroxx15]

Damn girl nice rack :)

[208BrAnDo]

Nice, good work J!

[AceThee]

only thing missing was a good high place to record the action

[tallenrc1]

the guy keep on saying lopez....lopez as in ryan lopez????