Reported by Jubal Dike - JCP held its final 2011 outdoor race of the season on Saturday, also known as "The Great Pumpkin Race". This has become an annual trophy race to close out the season and is always filled with great times with good friends and awesome racing and not to mention GREAT food!!!!

PRO 4: My first two qualifiers left little to be desired although I was in the "A" qual after the resort out of the 23 trucks entered. This was the largest class of the event. I however felt I had something to prove to myself and my competitors going into the 3rd and final round. The track was very loose and definitely slower than the first rounds but I managed to win my heat along with setting my fast run for the day. This left me starting 5th in the A. 

I decided I was going to make a hard push to the front early so the leaders didn't get away early. This played out well for me, after the second lap I had takin the lead and started stretching the gap. I would continue on uncontested and lapping the entire 12 truck field, except 2nd and 3rd which were 9 and 20 seconds back!

My Tekin RX8/Pro4 powered OFNA Nexx 10SC was a rocket ship and was on rails! As always I have to thank OFNA, Tekin, Avid, BCE and Fastlane Graphix for their awesome support and products! They help me go fast and look good every week!

Reported by Jubal Dike - Saturday was the warm up to the Great Pumpkin Race to be held 10/15/11. It was an absolutely fabulous day and evening to be at the race track!

The only class I entered was Pro4 SC. The first qualifier I set the TQ at 17 7:13. I knew I had left plenty on the track because of a few mistakes.

The second qualifier I went out and just flat out over drove the truck. It was on rails but I just pushed entirely too hard and made too many mistakes again. New TQ was set at 17 7:10 by Chuck Hayse driving a Losi.

As usual with JCP the third qualifier was when the track was at it's best and I was determined to put the run in I expected. Long story short, my Nexx 10sc was on point. At 6 mins in I was on what I believe to be a new track record pace of 18 7:20. To my knowledge there has never been 18 laps turned on that particular layout. With less than 30 secs to go a combination of lappers and myself spoiled my run with a broken truck. Epic Fail

Well after I got the truck fixed it was main time. I was confident in my Tekin Pro4 powered Nexx 10 as long as I drove smart. That's exactly what I done. Early into the 10 min main there were several lead changes between myself, and a few others. After a few laps we settled in and my Ofna teammate, Brian Bourland, had the lead. I worked my way up to his bumper and when he opened the door I slid by for the lead. This is the way it would stay. Two Ofna Nexx 10's with Tekin horsepower and AKA rubber going 1-2!

4x4 Short course A-main Video

Pos.		Driver	Short Course
1st/TQ		Chad Bradley	Nexx10sc
2nd		Kevin Smith	TLSC
3rd		Eric Beier	DESC410

4x4 Short course A-main Video

Pos.		Driver	Short Course
1st		Chad Bradley	Nexx10sc
2nd/TQ		Stephen Bess	TLR

Reported by Jubal Dike - JCP/RC was back at it again for the Heartnut Festival Cash Race in Saturday. With a sketchy forecast it scared some of the out of towner's away, but we still ended up with 68 entries.  As luck would have it the tracks were dialed all day/night long till the last main (ebug), then mother nature couldn't hold back any longer!

I entered both Pro4 and 1/8 electric buggy for the day. With basically zero practice time because of prior engagements, I was behind right from the start.

We ran qual points this race, which is not the norm for JCP. This would prove to cost me the TQ in Pro4 and 3rd in ebug qualifying. I ended up 3rd and 4th in the two classes regardless.

In the Pro4 main I received an unwelcome shove off the track by an overzealous driver which put me deep in the field. This proved to cost me any chance of winning because by the time I worked through everyone I was already almost a lap down. However with determination and some luck, as well as a dialed Nexx10 and new Tekin Pro4 Motor, I was able to finish second.

At the tone for the ebuggy main the sky lit up an the sprinkles and thunder started. I got off to a good start and was instantly working on the leaders. As the rain picked up I was swapping the lead with Ralph Krum (Nexx8) and we were only 5 secs in front of Brian Bourland (Hyper Star E). About halfway through I had a battery connection fail ending my night. This ended up being not such a bad thing. About the time I got my buggy from the track the rain cut loose! The race continued in the downpour with Ralph and Bourland finishing 1-2! Their cars were a MESS an they were soaked!

Reported by Michael Malott -  I was ready to go for the e buggy class. I knew a few new guys had made the switch from Nitro to Electric and had gotten really fast the the 1/8 buggy class was going to be a fast and hard class to win. I ran a couple packs in practice to get ready for the quals. My car was good right from the get go so I just left it alone. The first qual started really well and I was flying and on a TQ pace when it all started to go south. I got into traffic and started making a lot of mistakes and that drooped me down off of TQ pace. I ended up 3rd for the round so I was pretty happy with that. The 2nd round of quals started and after the shuffle I was in the A qualifier. The qual started off bad and right from the start, I was making stupid mistakes again and was having some troubles. I got the car rolling mid way through the qual and was clicking off fast laps and making up a lot of time but it was to late for the qual. I ended up 4th for the round and that is where I would start on the grid for the final. The A main got off to a good start and everybody was able to get away clean. Fellow OFNA team driver Brian Bourland had jumped out to an early lead and I had settled into 2nd. Bourland was setting a fast pace and I was pushing really hard to catch up to him. I was making up a little time and he got into traffic and had a few issues and made a few mistakes to let me catch up. I finally got to him and ran right behind him for about 4 laps putting pressure on him hoping he would make a mistake. In one section of tha track I was a little faster then he was and I put a lot of pressure on him and he let me go. I got to the lead and he stayed right with me pacing me the whole way. We got to lap traffic once again and I was able to get through it clean but Bourland got hung up with a lapper and that gave me the advantage I needed to pull away and take the win. I was super pumped with the results after being off the pace in quals and coming back and winning the A main. 

Also Brian Bourland and Jubal Dike were also out in attendance, showing how fast the Hypers were as Bourland took 2nd and Jubal just missing the podium in 4th

   OFNA DRIVERS ON A TEAR!!!