Thursday, March 17, 2022

Isaacs, Lia, Anderson, Trandell and Skeen win at 2022 ROAR Electric On Road Carpet Nationals

The 2022 ROAR Carpet On-Road Nationals just wrapped up in Fort Worth, Texas at RCCA and Team Awesomatix is excited to announce we've walked away with 5 new ROAR National Championships and 1 ROAR Cup!  In addition to the National Championships we had the largest car counts in the majority of Championship classes.


Our new 2022 ROAR National Champions-

  • Modified 1/12th - Sam Isaacs - TQ + Win
  • Modified TC - Sam Isaacs - TQ + Win
  • Super Stock 1/12th - Donny Lia - TQ + Win
  • Super Stock TC - Kemp Anderson - TQ + Win
  • Stock 1/12th - Joe Trandell - Win
And ROAR Cup / Exhibition class winner-
  • USGT - Michael Skeen - TQ + Win

Modified TC


Awesomatix's Sam Isaacs would TQ the event in front of Chris Adams and Keven Hebert.  AwesomatixUSA drivers Kemp Anderson and Michael Toth would qualify in the top 10 - 4th and 8th.  

In the A-main, Sam would take the first two wins to rack up his 6th consecutive ROAR Electric On Road Carpet National Championship in Modified TC -- 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.  Congrats to Sam!

Triple A-main finishing order-
  1. SAMUEL ISAACS [Awesomatix] + TQ
  2. KEVEN HEBERT
  3. CHRIS ADAMS
  4. KEMP ANDERSON [Awesomatix] 
  5. MAX KUENNING
  6. BRANDON CLEMENTS
  7. MICHAEL TOTH [Awesomatix] 
  8. JOHNEE FENIMORE
  9. JOHN HODGES
  10. JACOB CRUZ

Modified 1/12th


Awesomatix Team drivers Sam Isaacs and Donny Lia were in a class of their own at ROAR Nationals.  Sam would TQ round 1, Donny would re-set in round 2 and Sam would re-set for the final TQ in round 3.  

Sam would lock out the A-main win in the first two races.  Donny would take home 2nd place overall.  

Congrats to Sam for his second consecutive ROAR Electric On Road Carpet National Championship in Mod 1/12th!

Triple A-main finishing order-
  1. SAMUEL ISAACS [Awesomatix] + TQ
  2. DONNY LIA [Awesomatix] 
  3. KEVEN HEBERT
  4. MAX KUENNING
  5. ANDREW KNAPP
  6. GREG AMENDOLA

Super Stock 1/12th


Super Stock qualifying was DOMINATED by Awesomatix's Donny Lia as he hung 1 lap on fellow Awesomatix driver John Dickson.  Awesomatix drivers would fill the main with Joe Trandell in 4th, Eric Anderson in 6th, John Wiita in 8th and Michael Hanulec in 9th.  

Donny would lock out the A-main win in the first two races.  John Dickson would secure 2nd.  

Congrats to Donny for his second consecutive ROAR Electric On Road Carpet National Championship in Super Stock 1/12th!

Triple A-main finishing order-
  1. DONNY LIA [Awesomatix] + TQ
  2. JOHN DICKSON [Awesomatix] 
  3. ANDREW KNAPP
  4. JOE TRANDELL [Awesomatix]
  5. ERIC ANDERSON [Awesomatix]
  6. MAX KUENNING
  7. JOHN WIITA [Awesomatix]
  8. JEFF DAYGER
  9. JUSTIN HENGELFELT
  10. MICHAEL HANULEC [Awesomatix]

Super Stock TC


Awesomatix's Kemp Anderson would TQ the event Robbie Dodge and Michael Gee.  Awesomatix drivers would take qualifying spots 4th / Craig Xavier, 5th / Eric Anderson, 7th / Michael Toth, 8th / Jeff Rowland and 10th / Brent Klingforth.

The A-mains would be exciting.  Robbie Dodge would take A1.  Kemp would come back winning A2 and A3 to secure the overall win with Mike Gee racing up to 2nd overall.  

Congrats to Kemp for this 3rd consecutive ROAR Electric On Road Carpet National in Super Stock TC!

Triple A-main finishing order-
  1. KEMP ANDERSON [Awesomatix] + TQ
  2. MICHAEL GEE
  3. ROBBIE DODGE
  4. ERIC ANDERSON [Awesomatix]
  5. CRAIG XAVIER [Awesomatix]
  6. BRANDON CLEMENTS
  7. JEFF ROWLAND [Awesomatix]
  8. MARC LIVERMORE
  9. BRENT KLINGFORTH [Awesomatix]
  10. MICHAEL TOTH [Awesomatix]

Stock 1/12th


Qualifying for Stock 1/12th would be controlled by Awesomatix's John Dickson who set and re-set TQ in round 1, 3 and 4.  Fellow Awesomatix driver John Wiita would keep John honest in qualifying.  Awesomatix drivers would also qualify 5th / Michael Hanulec, 6th / Joe Trandell, 9th / Fabio Evangelista, 10th / Clayton Young.  

In the A-main there would be aggressive racing action.  A1 was won by Dickson with Trandell racing up to 2nd.  A2 was won by Trandell with Wiita in 2nd.  A3 would be the showdown for the overall win and although Wiita would win A3 the final point and tie break tally would make Joe Trandell the winner!

Congrats to Joe Trandell on his 3rd consecutive ROAR Electric On Road Carpet National Championship in Stock 1/12th!  2020 (Roche), 2021 (Awesomatix) & 2022 (Awesomatix)

Triple A-main finishing order-
  1. JOE TRANDELL [Awesomatix]
  2. JOHN WIITA [Awesomatix]
  3. JOHN DICKSON [Awesomatix] + TQ
  4. CODY BURKE
  5. JUSTIN HENGELFELT
  6. MARC MCGURREN
  7. MICHAEL HANULEC [Awesomatix]
  8. FABIO EVANGELISTA [Awesomatix]
  9. CLAYTON YOUNG [Awesomatix]
  10. JEFF DAYGER

USGT


Awesomatix driver Michael Skeen would take the TQ over fellow Awesomatix driver Marc McGurren.  David Panter would round out the top 3 in qualifying.  In the A-mains these top 3 would stay unchanged.  Congrats to Michael!

Triple A-main finishing order-
  1. MICHAEL SKEEN [Awesomatix] +TQ
  2. MARC MCGURREN [Awesomatix]
  3. DAVID PANTER
  4. ZACH MIKULENCAK
  5. GILBERTO SANTOS
  6. BRANDAN HICKSON
  7. SEAN BLOCH
  8. TIM MOORE [Awesomatix]
  9. THOMAS KEISER [Awesomatix]
  10. ROBERT CUNNINGHAM

Stock TC


Stock TC qualifying would be intense but shockingly the top two runs came out of Q1 by Robbie Dodge and Awesomatix's Eric Anderson.  It took until Q4 to have Michael Gee and Awesomatix's Craig Xavier to get onto the 34 lap runs like Robbie and EA.  Awesomatix drivers would take the majority of A-main spots with 6th / Michael Skeen, 7th / Jeff Rowland, 8th / Mark McGurren, 9th / Clayton Young and 10th / Brent Klingforth.  

In the A-main Robbie would take A1 and A2 wins.  Gee would win A3.  Eric Anderson would secure 3rd.  

Triple A-main finishing order-
  1. ROBBIE DODGE
  2. MICHAEL GEE
  3. ERIC ANDERSON [Awesomatix]
  4. CRAIG XAVIER [Awesomatix]
  5. MICHAEL SKEEN [Awesomatix]
  6. MARC LIVERMORE
  7. JEFF ROWLAND [Awesomatix]
  8. MARC MCGURREN [Awesomatix]
  9. CLAYTON YOUNG [Awesomatix]
  10. BRENT KLINGFORTH [Awesomatix]