Mayo, Jelin & Drake win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd5

Round 5 of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at the Wild West R/C track in Winchester, California last weekend. The event had nearly 130 entries and attracted some of the region’s fastest nitro off-road racers. In Expert Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ, but the 15-minute A-main event would see 4th place qualifier Jake Mayo (Xray) taking the win from 8th place qualifier Carlos Arredondo (Tekno RC) in 2nd and TQ Adam Drake in 3rd.

Open Truggy had Kyosho’s CJ Jelin taking the overall TQ that the young man would also convert in to a win in the 15-minute A-main. Adam Drake came in 2nd from 2nd place qualifier Anthony Westergaard (TLR) in 3rd.

Open E-Buggy was top qualified by Tekno RC’s Jared Wiggins, however it was Adam Drake with the overall win some ten seconds in front of Jared as CJ Jelin completed the top 3 result, coming from P4 on the grid.

Images: Carlos Arredondo & CJ Jelin