The JConcepts race team keeps their winning momentum moving forward into the month of May with another solid weekend of racing. Read about our continued success in this week’s Race Team Update! We start this week’s report down in Coral Springs, FL where the Coral Springs RC Track is located. They hosted Round 4 of the 1/10 Florida RC Championships, and team driver Patrick Rossiter Jr. took the TQ and win in the 13.5 Short Course Truck class, plus picked up another win in the 13.5 4wd Buggy! Team products used: 3050 – Green compound Carvers SCT tire 3043 – Green compound Double Dees V1 SCT t ..read more

In this edition of the JConcepts Friday5 we talk to Colorado team driver, Zeke Ballinger! 1. When did you get your start in RC racing? Did you bash cars at first or jumped right into the racing scene? I started about 12 years ago. I was talked into getting an HPI Savage X by a friend, shortly after I discovered Colorado Fast Track home of the 2010 Fuel Nats and the rest is history. 2. This year you joined JConcepts as a new team driver. What are some of your racing goals for this year and what do you think you can bring or add to the team in 2024? At the end of 2022 and 2023 I was really h ..read more

The sand has settled from the 2024 Silver State Nitro Challenge and the JConcepts crew couldn’t be anymore proud of our team. This was the largest 1/8th scale off-road event in history and JConcepts was top of the charts in all 4 pro classes as well as a host of others. Living in a casino for a week and spending long hours racing with your competitors and buddies is hard work, but the team made the most of it and good times and smiles were had all around. Wednesday was a full day of practice with one 8 minute session for each driver with each car. This was also used as seeding for qualifying ..read more

The JConcepts race team finishes the month of April with more wins on tracks around the world! Read about our winning ways in this fresh edition of the Race Team Update! We start this week’s report out in sunny California in the town of Rescue. The opening round of the Nor Cal RC Monster Trucks Points Series took place at Rescue RC Raceway, and team driver Jeremy Bunting took the TQ and 2nd place in the Retro class with his replica Shotgun truck! In the Challenger Spec class he took the win with his Titan mini monster truck too! Team products used: 3168 – Blue compound Renegades monster tr ..read more

In this edition of the JConcepts Friday5 we talk to South Carolina team driver, Rob Lupo! 1. Ok let’s start with how you got first involved in RC. Did you pick it up from someone, stumbled across a local track, etc.? While in high school I used to build car models. I built most of all the NASCAR models at the time and went to local hobby shop in Savannah, GA. The owner asked if I have ever thought of building a remote control car. I said no of course and he sold me an Team Associated RC10T stadium truck. I then went to SCORE series and attempted to race, but didn’t have much money so was mor ..read more

This past weekend the North Georgia Shootout took place at Rabun Arena in Tiger, GA. This 1:8 off-road event brought out 342 entries competing in 15 different classes. On Friday drivers threw down laps on the new layout from 7am till 10pm that night. Saturday morning qualifying kicked off slightly after 7:30am and there were 28 heats per round. There were three rounds of qualifying, but since this event used qual points only a driver’s best two finishes would count toward their final qualifying position in each class. On Sunday all of the electric classes used a AA Main format. The drivers ..read more

Another week of racing is in the books for the JConcepts race team as they continue their winning ways! Read about our latest podium finishes in this new edition of the Race Team Update! We start this week’s report out at Maximus RC Raceway in York, ME. This past weekend they held their Iron Maximus trophy race, and team driver John Cravotta TQed both the 17.5 2wd and 13.5 4wd Buggy classes then raced on to finish 2nd overall in both! His tire teammate Matthew Sousa also competed in these same two classes and was able to take the win in both! Team products used: 3181 – Pink compound Pin Sw ..read more

Buy Now   Schumacher Cougar LD3 Fin Turnbuckle Kit JConcepts is Titanium with the introduction of the 3.5mm Fin turnbuckle sets designed specifically for style, durability, and performance. The base of the design is centered around a .143” (3.7mm) titanium hex size which gradually tapers down into a 3.5mm thread base design which accepts the Schumacher ball-cup after modification*. The focus of the styling surrounds the lengthened adjustment hex area and the “finned” cuts that rotate about the center. The Fin turnbuckles are lightweight, and the original design brings out the glamour and ..read more

The JConcepts team had a standout weekend at the 2024 ROAR 1/10th Scale Dirt Off-Road Nationals hosted by Beach RC in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The track surface and grip level threw drivers for a bit of a loop but ultimately the team was able to figure it out and prevail in the end. The team started on the tried and true Silver Compound Smoothie 2.0s to kick things off for the week on Wednesday. The Silver compound was leaving a little to be desired for some drivers mostly in the modified classes so the Aqua (A2) compound was broken out and gave racers like Spencer Rivkin and Dakotah Ph ..read more

Over the past two weeks our international team has had a great showing across the world. Using the full range of products Juan Carlos Canas was able to grab the TQ and win at the 2nd round of the Spanish Nationals for 1/8th Nitro Buggy. Alex Bernadzik head it down at the Philippine Masters qualifying 2nd in Nitro Buggy and Ebuggy and finishing up the Ebuggy main 3rd. Finally Michal Orlowski took the 2024 European Championships win in 1/12th Scale Modified aided by JConcepts accessories! #GoJConcepts Juan Carlos would have a near flawless weekend taking the TQ and Win in Alicante on JConcepts ..read more