Jones jubilant about Junior class title

0 June 23, 2015, 4:30 p.m.

By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com

Race report from Tyler Jones:

This was my first time ever going to Cali to race. I was pumped to get out there and have some fun.

Qualifying went pretty well for both of my TLR rides and could have qualified better but I let nerves get to me and not driving the way I like to drive and did not end up where I thought I could have ended up. Still had a blast though.

In buggy I would start second in the quarter finals. On the first lap I clipped a tube and I fell back. Then, I let my nerves get to me and started making mistakes falling further back. Towards the end I gathered it up and started making my way back to front but ran out of time and finished fifth. My TLR 8B 3.0 with LRP power and The Nitro Shop fuel mileage mod was amazing all week long! I could have done ten minute pit stops but told my dad not to chance it. With Bones Brew fuel going through my engine, power was amazing as usual, run time was amazing, and we didn't have to touch the tune all week!! My JConcepts tires were hooked up all week and could ask for any better.

In my truggy main, I went out for warmups and the servo we were testing on steering had a gear break and never got to start my main. My TLR 8T 3.0 was amazing all week and my nerves got to me with it also and would have started in the C main but I have learned now I need to just be me and results will show I'm better than what I qualified for in both classes.

Since I am 15 I got to race in the first ever Junior National Championship race. I got to start on pole and led every lap. I pulled out to a 24 second lead at one point. It got close at the end. The tires we ran were a compound we had mounted up and knew they would not work at home and we decided to run them. At about the 15-20 minute mark I could tell they were gone. I held on for the win and had blast racing with all the fast kids there.

Thanks to Ryan Maifield for the setup help!! Car and truck were awesome!! Big thanks to all who helped get me to Nationals and we couldn't have done it without them!!!

Thanks to ROAR and Amain Hobbies for an awesome event!!!

Thanks to my sponsors who have put faith in me and provide excellent products:

TLR
LRP
JCONCEPTS
SPEKTRUM
BONES BREW AND MOTORSPORTS
92ZERO DESIGNS
THE NITRO SHOP
HORIZON HOBBY
INFAMOUS DESIGNS
STATELINE RC

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