Monday, March 3, 2014

Kody Knudtson and Kyle Klingforth winners at 2014 ROAR On-Road Carpet Nationals

Team Awesomatix USA converged from points west and east to HobbyTown USA HobbyPlex in Omaha, Nebraska for the 2014 ROAR On-Road Carpet Nationals.  Team Awesomatix USA leaves the event with its first two National Championships - Kody Knudtson in Modified TC, and Kyle Klingforth in 17.5 TC.

Modified TC

Qualifying

Paul Lemieux (XRay) would TQ Modified TC but only by less than 0.5 seconds over Kody Knudtson's Awesomatix A700 Evo.  Filling out the top five would be Keven Hebert (Associated), Josh Cyrul (Awesomatix A700 Evo) and Andrew Doherty (XRay).  Jake Danilchik would make it three Awesomatix A700 Evo USA Spec cars all with the new C01AL 2mm Alloy Chassis making the A final.

  • 1)Paul Lemieux39/6:07.668 (R3)
  • 2)Kody Knudtson - Awesomatix A700 Evo USA Spec39/6:08.017 (R4)
  • 3)Keven Hebert38/6:00.968 (R2)
  • 4)Josh Cyrul - Awesomatix A700 Evo USA Spec38/6:04.165 (R4)
  • 5)Andrew Doherty36/6:00.336 (R3)
  • 6)Rick Hohwart36/6:00.401 (R3)
  • 7)Andrew Ellis36/6:00.452 (R3)
  • 8)Cody Woods36/6:02.230 (R4)
  • 9)Jake Danilchik - Awesomatix A700 Evo USA Spec36/6:05.620 (R2)
  • 10)Christopher Hillier36/6:09.574 (R4)

A1

Paul Lemieux would run away with the win, allowing for a tight battle between Kody, Keven and Josh for 2nd. Paul would cruise to the win, with Kody and Keven following.  

A2

Paul Lemieux again lead from the tone, with Kody, Keven and Josh in toe.  Kody would tap, allowing Keven to pass for 2nd.  Keven would then start to challenge Paul, and finally get by Paul on lap 14 -- and opening the door for both Kody and Josh to pass Paul.  Kody and Josh would exchange 2nd place a few times before Kody would retain the position.  Finishing order was Keven, Kody, Josh and Paul.  Kody and Josh would hold the fastest laps of A2, so everyone expected some excitement in A3.

A3

With two different winners in the prior mains, and Kody with two 2nd place finishes, three racers had the opportunity to win this exciting A3.  Paul Lemieux was again out in the lead with Kody, Keven and Josh in hot pursuit.  On lap 17 of the race Paul would tap in the chicane leading onto the straightaway allowing Kody to take the lead. Kody would only hold the lead for a lap before tapping out himself, but he could recover quickly. Kody continued to apply pressure on Paul until lap 25 when Paul would have his second board meeting with the chicane allowing Kody to rocket into the lead. Paul would fall back to to 3rd and work to case down Keven Hebert. Kody didn't back off the pressure as he would set the hot lap of the race on lap 35 and crossed the finish line with a 1.5 second lead of Keven.


Tie Breaker

After A3 there were three drivers taking wins, the deciding factor would then be points.  Kody and Keven both had 199 points, so the result would be determined by the best two runs time + laps.  Kody would take the win because of his faster win (A3) and faster 2nd place (A1).  

PosDriver (Qual #)A1A2A3Total
1Knudtson, Kody (2) - Awesomatix2nd = 99pts
39/6:09.536
2nd = 99pts
38/6:05.783
1st = 100pts
39/6:07.682
199
2Hebert, Keven (3)3rd = 98pts
38/6:03.173
1st = 100pts
38/6:02.684
2nd = 99pts
39/6:09.016
199
3Lemieux, Paul (TQ)1st = 100pts
39/6:08.130
4th = 97pts
37/6:03.064
3rd = 98pts
38/6:00.357
198
4Cyrul, Josh (4) - Awesomatix4th = 97pts
38/6:05.346
3rd = 98pts
38/6:08.492
4th = 97pts
37/6:04.237
195
5Hohwart, Rick (6)5th = 96pts
36/6:03.505
5th = 96pts
36/6:00.461
7th = 94pts
35/6:05.971
192
6Woods, Cody (8)7th = 94pts
35/6:06.764
7th = 94pts
35/6:05.476
5th = 96pts
36/6:05.475
190
7Doherty, Andrew (5)6th = 95pts
35/6:06.535
8th = 93pts
35/6:09.997
6th = 95pts
35/6:05.142
190
8Ellis, Andrew (7)9th = 92pts
15/2:36.532
6th = 95pts
36/6:08.653
9th = 92pts
6/1:13.031
187
9Hillier, Christopher (10)8th = 93pts
34/6:09.016
9th = 92pts
33/6:04.911
8th = 93pts
34/6:02.348
186
10Danilchik, Jake (9) - Awesomatix10th = 91pts
0/0:00.000
10th = 91pts
0/0:00.000
10th = 91pts
0/0:00.000
182
Tie Breaker: Combined Best 2 Runs Laps/Time

17.5 TC

Qualifying

The 17.5 TC class had one of the closest girds with the top 6 drivers all recording 36 laps.  The father-son team of Brent and Kyle Klingforth would put the field on notice by qualifying 2nd and 1st.  The top 5 qualifiers actually had four Awesomatix touring cars -- with Bill Sydor qualifying 4th and Art Scrimo 5th.  Eric Anderson would qualify 3rd with his XRay.

  • 1)Kyle Klingforth - Awesomatix A700L USA Spec36/6:03.428 (R3)
  • 2)Brent Klingforth - Awesomatix A700L USA Spec36/6:04.565 (R3)
  • 3)Eric L. Anderson36/6:05.612 (R4)
  • 4)Bill Sydor - Awesomatix A700L USA Spec36/6:07.192 (R3)
  • 5)Arthur Scrimo - Awesomatix A700L USA Spec36/6:08.596 (R1)
  • 6)Keith Yu36/6:09.906 (R4)
  • 7)Tim Copp35/6:03.617 (R4)
  • 8)Hamann Dan35/6:04.122 (R3)
  • 9)Chris Kemper35/6:06.244 (R4)
  • 10)Jones Michael35/6:07.105 (R3)

A1

Kyle would lead form the tone, with Brent, Eric and Bill all following.  The top three would separate out over the course of the run, but finish in that order.  Art Scrimo would rally after a rough start and finish 4th overall.

A2

Kyle again would lead, with Brent and Eric in close pursuit.  Kyle would have an easy race after Brent and Eric had some taps up front.  The top 5 qualifiers would finish in that order and Kyle Klingforth would tie up his National title!

A3

With Kyle sitting out, Brent Klingforth would lead from the tone easing away from Eric over the course of the run.  Brent would go unchallenged to finish a fantastic 1-2 for both Awesomatix USA, and the Klingforth family.



PosDriver (Qual #)A1A2A3Total
1Klingforth, Kyle (TQ) - Awesomatix1st = 100pts
36/6:03.201
1st = 100pts
36/6:04.891
10th = 91pts
0/0:00.000
200
2Klingforth, Brent (2) - Awesomatix2nd = 99pts
36/6:05.610
2nd = 99pts
36/6:05.617
1st = 100pts
36/6:06.485
199
3Anderson, Eric L. (3)3rd = 98pts
35/6:00.134
3rd = 98pts
36/6:05.713
2nd = 99pts
35/6:00.596
197
4Scrimo, Arthur (5) - Awesomatix4th = 97pts
35/6:01.454
4th = 97pts
36/6:10.355
4th = 97pts
35/6:04.427
194
5Copp, Tim (7)8th = 93pts
34/6:02.310
6th = 95pts
35/6:03.672
3rd = 98pts
35/6:01.404
193
6Jones Michael (10)5th = 96pts
35/6:06.365
8th = 93pts
34/6:00.822
6th = 95pts
35/6:08.302
191
7Sydor, Bill (4) - Awesomatix6th = 95pts
35/6:06.802
10th = 91pts
20/3:34.269
5th = 96pts
35/6:08.002
191
8Yu, Keith (6)10th = 91pts
12/2:06.817
5th = 96pts
35/6:03.593
7th = 94pts
35/6:09.964
190
9Kemper, Chris (9)7th = 94pts
34/6:00.716
7th = 94pts
35/6:09.781
9th = 92pts
34/6:05.403
188
10Hamann Dan (8)9th = 92pts
34/6:09.855
9th = 92pts
34/6:09.447
8th = 93pts
34/6:03.545
185
Tie Breaker: Combined Best 2 Runs Laps/Time


13.5 TC

Qualifying

Drew Ellis (XRay) would take TQ honors by 4 seconds over Kyle Klingforth, and Eric Anderson all with 37 laps.  Three other Awesomatix cars piloted by Brent Klingforth, Art Scrimo and Jake Danilchik would also make the show.

  • 1)Andrew Ellis37/6:04.887 (R4)
  • 2)Kyle Klingforth - Awesomatix A700 Evo USA Spec37/6:09.084 (R3)
  • 3)Eric L. Anderson37/6:09.560 (R3)
  • 4)Brent Klingforth - Awesomatix A700L USA Spec36/6:00.976 (R4)
  • 5)Jones Michael36/6:06.661 (R4)
  • 6)Tim Copp36/6:06.685 (R4)
  • 7)Arthur Scrimo - Awesomatix A700L USA Spec36/6:06.704 (R2)
  • 8)Bill Sydor36/6:07.127 (R3)
  • 9)Brock Witmer35/6:03.661 (R4)
  • 10)Jake Danilchik - Awesomatix A700L USA Spec35/6:05.692 (R1)

A1

Drew would lead from the start, but a few laps into the race his car spun out in the sweeper allowing Kyle to get into the lead.  Drew would drive hard through the pack as Kyle would tap out of the lead on lap 25 allowing Drew to take over the lead.  The top 3 qualifiers would finish in that order.

A2

Drew had a cleaner start this time and never give up the lead.  Kyle and Eric would swap 2nd and 3rd because of taps throughout the run.  Finally near the end of the run Brent Klingforth would rally past Eric after a top to finish 3rd.  Drew Ellis took the 13.5 National Championship.

A3

With Drew sitting out of A3, Kyle would lead from the tone.  Kyle tapped on lap 3, and allowing Eric to get by only until returning the favor on lap 4.  Kyle would drive uncontested for the rest of the race, with Eric finishing 2nd, and Tim Copp in 3rd from a 6th starting spot.  

PosDriver (Qual #)A1A2A3Total
1Ellis, Andrew (TQ)1st = 100pts
36/6:01.180
1st = 100pts
37/6:07.519
10th = 91pts
0/0:00.000
200
2Klingforth, Kyle (2) - Awesomatix2nd = 99pts
36/6:02.367
2nd = 99pts
36/6:01.165
1st = 100pts
36/6:01.170
199
3Anderson, Eric L. (3)3rd = 98pts
36/6:08.896
5th = 96pts
35/6:04.891
2nd = 99pts
36/6:07.341
197
4Klingforth, Brent (4) - Awesomatix4th = 97pts
35/6:05.906
3rd = 98pts
36/6:09.930
9th = 92pts
4/0:48.404
195
5Copp, Tim (6)5th = 96pts
35/6:06.807
7th = 94pts
34/6:05.906
3rd = 98pts
36/6:08.831
194
6Jones Michael (5)10th = 91pts
1/0:12.281
4th = 97pts
35/6:02.286
5th = 96pts
35/6:00.095
193
7Scrimo, Arthur (7) - Awesomatix6th = 95pts
34/6:07.151
8th = 93pts
34/6:08.504
4th = 97pts
36/6:09.062
192
8Witmer, Brock (9)7th = 94pts
32/6:01.841
9th = 92pts
33/6:03.168
7th = 94pts
34/6:06.252
188
9Sydor, Bill (8)8th = 93pts
30/5:34.190
6th = 95pts
35/6:07.043
8th = 93pts
15/2:46.302
188
10Danilchik, Jake (10) - Awesomatix9th = 92pts
23/4:25.136
10th = 91pts
33/6:11.672
6th = 95pts
35/6:03.555
187
Tie Breaker: Combined Best 2 Runs Laps/Time


The Team



All of this weekend's success wouldn't have occurred without team work.  I cannot thank everyone's efforts enough yielding an amazing result -- the first two ROAR National Championships for Awesomatix!!