2026 JCONCEPTS FLORIDA RC CHAMPIONSHIP FRCC RND 2 - MILLS POND RC PARK
The FRCC brought Round 2 to Mills Pond RC Park, and the format gave the entire day a championship feel from the very first lower main to the final A-main . The event drew 183 entries and produced 7,433 total race laps, so every transfer spot carried weight and every mistake had consequences.
Mills Pond RC Park track layout. Rene Infante, Bart Collins, and the Mills Pond crew did an awesome job with the track layout.
Good Times at Mills Pond RC Park, Always!
RACE FACTS
Most overall wins: Jader Lopez with 2
Most podium appearances: five-way tie at 2
Ociel Corado, Edward Taylor, Jader Lopez, Ryan Harris, and Zack Milner
Fastest A-main lap overall: Dustin Spallone, Pro Electric Buggy A1, 30.221
Fastest nitro A-main lap: Gabriel Santiago, Pro Nitro Truggy A Main, 30.692
Best bump-up result: Jake Blaney transferred from the Open EBuggy B Main and finished 3rd overall
Only driver to win two classes on the night: Jader Lopez
ACTION GALLERY
TEKNO WINNER
TOP QUALIFIERS
LOWER MAINS
The lower mains gave the afternoon its pulse. Open EBuggy started the ladder with Seth Patton and Christian Martinez transferring out of the C Main, setting the tone for a program where no one could afford to cruise. The Rookie EBuggy B Main then delivered one of the first dramatic finishes of the day as AJ Peeling took the win, while Richard Louis stole the second transfer by just two-tenths of a second over Raymond Klappert.
In 40+ Nitro Buggy, Michael Mennella and Luis Perez earned the two bump spots into the A Main after a race that changed shape more than once in the middle stages. Open Nitro Buggy’s C Main was more straightforward at the front, with Bobby Blair driving away to a commanding win and Mike Proenza securing the second transfer. That result mattered later because it kept both drivers alive deep into the night instead of ending their program early.
Open EBuggy’s B Main produced the best transfer drive of the entire event. Jake Blaney won the race and Gene Shrout Jr. took the second bump, but Blaney was the driver who turned a lower-main win into a real championship-level result later in the evening. Open ETruggy’s B Main had its own movement, with Bart Collins taking the win and Jordan Segrini claiming the second transfer after traffic and late-race position changes kept the order fluid.
The electric ladder stayed busy. Luis Perez and David Corey advanced from the 40+ Electric Buggy B Main, while Open Nitro Buggy’s B Main sent Felipe Rodriguez and Kevin Ramos on to the feature. Ramos’ run stood out because he climbed from sixth on the starting grid to the second transfer position, exactly the kind of salvage job that defines a long mains program.
MAINS
Once the A mains rolled out, the focus shifted from transfer survival to race management, pace, and closing speed.
Nitro Finals
Jader Lopez controlled 40+ Nitro Buggy in the kind of performance that leaves little room for debate. He won by two laps over Scott Blaney, with Nick Angleides completing the podium. Rene Infante and Joe Vietro rounded out the top five, but the race belonged to Lopez from the front.
Open Nitro Truggy was a more compressed fight at the sharp end. Jake Lasko took the win on 43 laps in 25:00.386, while Brooke Wolford stayed on the same lap and finished second, just over 32 seconds back. Freddy Villalona completed the podium, followed by Santiago Vallejo Mejia and Seth Patton. It was one of the steadier nitro finals of the evening, decided more by consistency than by late-race chaos.
Pro Nitro Truggy turned into a showcase for Ryan Harris. He put together 45 laps in 25:21.374 to take the win over Juan Serna, with John Bertelsen securing third. Gabriel Santiago ended up fourth, but his 30.692 was the fastest nitro A-main lap of the night, which says plenty about the raw speed in that race even if the final order did not fully reflect it.
Open Nitro Buggy went to Daniel Martinez, who held the top spot through the late stages and won on 42 laps in 25:23.665. Johnny Mejia finished second and Dalton Hashbarger third, with Mason Montminy and Mike Wolford completing the top five. Montminy’s run was notable because he recovered into fourth after starting the main buried deeper in the order.
The last major nitro headline belonged to Trent Walker in Pro Nitro Buggy. Walker won in 25:11.478, with Renato Tradardi Jr. just 8.522 seconds back in second after one of the tighter top-two finishes of the night. Ryan Harris backed up his Pro Nitro Truggy win with a third-place finish here, while Donato Tradardi and Gabriel Santiago filled the remaining top-five spots. Harris leaving the event with a win and another pro-class podium made him one of the strongest all-around performers of the night.
Electric Finals
The electric classes carried a different kind of tension because the overalls were built across A1 and A2.
Jader Lopez was again the benchmark in 40+ Electric Buggy, sweeping both mains and locking down the overall cleanly. Rene Infante was second overall with a pair of runner-up finishes, while Ed Fernandez, Joe Vietro, and Nick Angleides completed the top five. It was one of the cleanest examples of a double-A class being controlled from the front.
Rookie EBuggy belonged to Edward Taylor, who won both mains and left no doubt in the overall standings. Ociel Corado took second overall, and Mauricio Nunes climbed to third thanks to a strong A2 after a rougher first leg. AJ Peeling and Jacob Wagner were next in line, but Taylor’s two-win sweep was the defining performance of the class.
Rookie ETruggy delivered the most balanced overall battle of the night. Ociel Corado won A1, Edward Taylor answered in A2, and the overall came down to the IFMAR tiebreak, with Corado taking the class and Taylor settling for second. Joey Medders completed the podium. It was the one class where the overalls felt genuinely unresolved until the second leg was complete.
Open EBuggy combined the best of both formats: a clear favorite at the front and a major bump-up story underneath. Zack Milner won both mains and secured the overall, but the eye-catching run came from Jake Blaney, who had to bump into the A Main from the B and still fought his way to 3rd overall. Mike Wolford took second overall despite the swing between his A1 and A2 results, while Daniel Martinez and Rene Infante filled out the top five.
Open ETruggy split the race wins. David Diehl won A1, Zack Milner won A2, and Jimbo Kvidera was the steady driver in the middle with two runner-up finishes. When the points were sorted, Diehl took the overall, Milner finished second, and Kvidera completed the podium. That class probably best captured the chess-match side of double mains, where consistency can matter as much as a race win.
Pro Electric Buggy closed the electric side with the most polished performance of the evening. Julien Oliveras won A1 and A2, securing the overall ahead of Donato Tradardi and Gabriel Santiago. Trent Walker and Renato Tradardi Jr. rounded out the top five. The speed at the front was serious all night, and Dustin Spallone’s 30.221 in A1 stood as the fastest A-main lap recorded anywhere in the uploaded mains.
PODIUM
