Mike Jenkins
- Hometown: Fairview, TX
- Website: http://www.jenkinsbrothersracing.com
Mike Jenkins has always held 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.
2009 marked a new chapter for short-course racing as The Traxxas Off-Road Championship (TORC) made its debut. For the first time, the best drivers in short-course off-road racing would all be together in one series that included the legendary tracks of the Midwest as well as West Coast venues. Racing against the nation's best short-course drivers, Mike scored five top-5 finishes and two podium finishes, including a dramatic win at the TORC finale in Las Vegas.
