Gibson and Schoettler top JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals

0 Feb. 9, 2015, 11 a.m.

2/9/2015
By Aaron Waldron

LiveRC.com

The finals for the JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals at SmacTrac in St. Charles, MO ran yesterday, with triple A-Mains determining the winners for 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy, and single 8-minute finals for the remaining classes. The competition for the top titles of the event came down to two rising stars in electric off-road racing.

2WD Modified

Nick Gibson led from the start of the A1, but came up short on a double jump and allowed JP Richards to pass. A few laps later, Richards made a small mistake in the sweeper and collected Gibson. Michael Schoettler won ahead of Richards and Gibson. In A2, Gibson maintained his advantage and pulled away, while Richards crashed at the end of the straightaway and let Schoettler by for second. In A3, Schoettler moved to second after Richards crashed on lap seven, and while he poured on the pressure Gibson held on for the title.

Overall

Nick Gibson
Michael Schoettler
JP Richards
Mitchell Gardner
Brent Thielke
Cody Hollis
Justin Driemeier
Luke Richards
Brad Dean
Al Horne
Brad Shear

4WD Modified

Top Qualifier Michael Schoettler drove a perfect A1, leading tone-to-tone ahead of Michael Twilling and Daimon Borkowicz. Despite heavy pressure from JP Richards at the beginning of A2, Schoettler never cracked - and sped off to the overall win. A late mistake from Richards allowed Cody Hollis and Brad Dean into second and third. With Schoettler sitting out A3, Richards led tone-to-tone ahead of a terrific battle between Hollis and Michael Twilling, which closed up on the lead and set up a three-way battle drag race to the finish line.

Overall

Michael Schoettler
Cody Hollis
Michael Twilling
JP Richards
Mitchell Gardner
Brad Dean
Daimon Borkowicz
Colton Kruse
Zach Phillips
Chris Baumgartner
Brad Shear

Modified Truck

The single A-Main in the Modified Truck class pitted two new kits against one another, with the Team Associated T5M and TLR 22T 2.0 meeting on the track for the first time. JP Richards fended off early race pressure from Brent Thielke and held on at the end of the race, while Nick Gibson finished third.