TORC PRO 4x4/PRO 2wd Driver Mike Jenkins

Mike Jenkins has always had a passion for high performance automobiles and racing as both a fan and an enthusiast. As the owner of Traxxas, The Fastest Name In Radio Control®, Mike has spent a lifetime around radio-controlled racing cars and trucks, and fulfilled his passion for full-size motorsports with forays into motocross, drag racing, and later, road racing with modified Corvettes and other sports cars. In 2007, Mike and brother Mark began racing the SCCA's Mazda MX-5 Cup series, which features specially prepared open-roof sportscars with strict "spec" rules that keep the cars very closely matched. After a trip to Primm, Nevada for an up-close look at short-course off-road racing, Mike recognized the high-intensity motorsport as the perfect fit for Traxxas, the number-one name in hobby-class radio-controlled cars and trucks. Mike and Mark formed Jenkins Brothers Racing to field a two-truck Traxxas team of their own, with Mark driving a Pro 2WD truck and Mike climbing into a Pro 4X4 machine. Despite racing against a field of drivers with far more off-road experience, Mike finished his rookie season with ten top-10 finishes, one top-five, and two second-place podium spots in seventeen starts. In 2009, Traxxas signed on as the title sponsor of TORC, the Traxxas Off-Road Championship. Mike finished the inaugural TORC season with five top-5 finishes and two visits to the podium, and capped the season with his first TORC-series win in the final round of TORC racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 2010 and 2011 TORC seasons brought more success, as Mike powered to a top-5 finish in all but one round and the win in OshKosh in 2010, and three podiums and five top-5 finishes in 2011. Mike and the Jenkins Brothers Racing team are set to return to TORC series competition in 2012, racing for the Pro 4X4 Championship.