Thursday, April 28, 2022

Anderson, Dickson, Machler, and Nano win at the 2022 Mile High Indoor Champs

The North American on-road indoor carpet season came to its traditional close of major travel events at the 2022 Mile High Indoor Champs at 5280 Raceway / CORRC in a suburb of Denver, Colorado.  Team Awesomatix leave the event with the majority of TQs, wins and overall car counts within A-mains.  Successes at the event included-

  • Modified 1/12 - Sam Isaacs - TQ
  • Super Stock TC - Kemp Anderson - TQ & Win
  • Super Stock 1/12 - John Dickson - TQ & Win
  • Stock TC - Max Machler - TQ & Win
  • Stock 1/12 - John Dickson - TQ & Win
  • USGT - Arvin Nano - TQ & Win
  • GT12 - Shawn Rayfield - TQ

Super Stock TC



Qualifying in Super Stock TC would become the battle between Awesomatix's Kemp Anderson and Max Machler as Max would secure TQ in round 1 & 2 and Kemp would re-set TQ in round 3 & 4.  Team Awesomatix would lock out 8 of 10 qualification positions for the single A-main.  

In the A-main Kemp would lead under massive pressure from Max for 5 minutes to take the win.  Awesomatix's Kyle Klingforth retained 3rd place as Awesomatix's Craig Xavier raced up from 5th to finish 4th.

A-main finishing order
  1. KEMP ANDERSON [Awesomatix] + TQ
  2. MAX MACHLER [Awesomatix]
  3. KYLE KLINGFORTH [Awesomatix]
  4. CRAIG XAVIER [Awesomatix]
  5. BRAD JOHNSON [Awesomatix]
  6. THOMAS BEMMERL [Awesomatix]
  7. MIKE GEE
  8. BILL SYDOR [Awesomatix]
  9. ERIC JONES [Awesomatix]
  10. SEAN GUTHRIE

Super Stock 1/12


Awesomatix A12 cars would dominate qualifying with the top 5 positions being locked out by John Dickson, Eric Anderson, Max Machler, Fabio Evangelista and Kevin Van Ert.  David Panter would add a 6th Awesomatix A12 starting 9th on the grid.

In the A-main John Dickson would run away with the lead.  EA would have troubles during the run allowing Max and Fabio to elevate themselves to 2nd and 3rd.  

A-main finishing order
  1. JOHN DICKSON [Awesomatix] + TQ
  2. MAX MACHLER [Awesomatix]
  3. FABIO EVANGELISTA [Awesomatix]
  4. JUSTIN HENGELFELT
  5. CODY BURKE
  6. KEVIN VAN ERT [Awesomatix]
  7. DAVID PANTER [Awesomatix]
  8. WALTER HENDERSON
  9. ERIC ANDERSON [Awesomatix]
  10. DANIEL HAMANN

Stock TC


Stock TC was the largest class of the event with nearly 60 racers.  Awesomatix's Eric Anderson took the first round TQ and re-set the TQ in round 3.  Awesomatix's Max Machler would steal the TQ away in round 4 with Awesomatix's Brad Johnson qualifying 3rd overall.  Awesomatix TC cars would lock out 8 of 10 qualification positions for the triple A-main.  

Triple A-mains were exciting with Max Machler traction rolling out of the lead on lap 2 of A1.  Mike Gee would take the win in A1.  In A2, Max would take his revenge with a tone to tone win followed home by Awesomatix's Craig Xavier.  A3 would have the top 3 qualifiers finish where they started - Max, Eric and Brad cross the line in order.  Craig Xavier would again have a good race getting up to 4th position.  

Triple A-main finishing order
  1. MAX MACHLER [Awesomatix] + TQ
  2. ERIC ANDERSON [Awesomatix]
  3. MIKE GEE
  4. CRAIG XAVIER [Awesomatix]
  5. BRAD JOHNSON [Awesomatix]
  6. KYLE KLINGFORTH [Awesomatix]
  7. BILL SYDOR [Awesomatix]
  8. THOMAS BEMMERL [Awesomatix]
  9. MICHAEL HANULEC [Awesomatix]
  10. ANDREW DOHERTY

Stock 1/12


Qualifying was tight up front with Cody Burke taking TQ in round 1 & 2.  Awesomatix's John Dickson would take TQ in round 3 and then re-set it again in round 4.  Awesomatix cars would fill the main with 1/John Dickson, 3/John Witta, 4/Fabio Evangelista, 6/Michael Hanulec, 7/Shawn Rayfield, 9/Brandon Skewes.  

In the A-main John and Cody would run away allowing the rest of the field to battle.  Fabio would race up to 3rd followed by Shawn in 4th and John in 5th.

A-main finishing order
  1. JOHN DICKSON [Awesomatix] + TQ
  2. CODY BURKE
  3. FABIO EVANGELISTA [Awesomatix]
  4. SHAWN RAYFIELD [Awesomatix]
  5. JOHN WIITA [Awesomatix]
  6. JUSTIN HENGELFELT
  7. BRIAN WYNN
  8. MICHAEL HANULEC [Awesomatix]
  9. BRANDON SKEWES [Awesomatix]
  10. CHRIS LOCKHART

USGT


Awesomatix's Arvin Nano would take the first round TQ.  In round 2 Byron Ehlert would grab TQ but Arvin could not be stopped as he reset TQ in the final round.  

In the A-main Arvin would leave from 1st.  9th place qualifier Ryan Appleberry would race up from 9th to finish 4th with his Awesomatix TC!

A-main finishing order
  1. ARVIN NANO [Awesomatix] + TQ
  2. BRYON EHLERT
  3. JOSE MORENO
  4. RYAN APPLEBERRY [Awesomatix]
  5. DAVID PANTER
  6. ANDREW DOHERTY
  7. JD RAMSEY
  8. JEFF FLASSIG [Awesomatix]
  9. RAYMOND MCCOY
  10. JOHN SOLADAY

GT12


In Qualifying Awesomatix's Shawn Rayfield would set and re-set TQ in round 2 and 4.  

TQ holder Shawn Rayfield had an unfortunate single A-main event being taken out by a crybaby back marker while attempting to lap them.  Shawn rallied back to finish 3rd.

A-main finishing order
  1. CODY BURKE
  2. WALTER HENDERSON
  3. SHAWN RAYFIELD [Awesomatix] + TQ
  4. JODY FLIPSE
  5. SCOTTY ERNST
  6. LEO CASANOVA
  7. CHARLIE MENARD [Awesomatix]
  8. BRIAN WYNN
  9. DAVID PANTER [Awesomatix]
  10. CHRIS WILLCOX [Awesomatix]

Modified TC


Earlier in the week it was reported that Keven Hebert had figured something out --- and whatever that advantage he determined carried over into seeding, qualifying and racing for the 2022 Mile High Champs.  Awesomatix's Sam Isaacs and Kemp Anderson rallied to qualify 2nd and 4th.  Awesomatix cars represented the majority of Modified TC entries.

Keven easily took the win in the first two A-mains with Awesomatix's Sam Isaacs taking the win in A3 to finish 2nd overall with Alex Hagberg in 3rd.  

Triple A-main finishing order
  1. KEVEN HEBERT + TQ
  2. SAM ISAACS [Awesomatix]
  3. ALEXANDER HAGBERG
  4. KEMP ANDERSON [Awesomatix]
  5. BRANDON CLEMENTS
  6. SEAN GUTHRIE
  7. MICHAEL HANULEC [Awesomatix]
  8. CHAY BLOUNT
  9. COLTON KIEFER [Awesomatix]

Modified 1/12


Qualifying in Mod 1/12 would be very close between Awesomatix's Sam Issac & Kemp Anderson and they battled Alex Hagberg with these three separated by less than 6 seconds.  Sam would TQ round 1 and re-set in round 4.

In the A-main Sam would be stalked by Alex for the majority of the race until Alex was able to perform an amazing pass on Sam.  Keven Hebert would escalate himself up to 3rd.  

A-main finishing order
  1. ALEXANDER HAGBERG
  2. SAM ISAACS [Awesomatix] + TQ
  3. KEVEN HEBERT
  4. KEMP ANDERSON [Awesomatix]
  5. KEVIN VAN ERT [Awesomatix]

Congrats & Thanks

Big thank you to all of the Awesomatix runners this weekend for their efforts and teamwork.  Special thanks to Max Machler and Thomas Bemmerl for traveling from German to attend this years event.