Preparing of New Year's Eve - Back Orders and Inventory

With 2014 nearly in the books, the new parts for 2015 have started to stream in to help drive excitement for the new year.  All of the possible back orders shipped today and most everyone will be lucky to receive their orders before the weekend.  The web store has also been fully updated with Awesomatix and Lunsford inventories.

Many A700 Evo II kits still remain on back order and every customer received notice of their existing back order in the last 24 hours.  Once kits are inbound a personal notification will be sent.

Happy Holidays.  Be Safe.  Cya at the track!

Arrival of 2015 Edition Parts and Limited Kit Availability

Just in today is a large series of new parts including the A700-D2-S, A700-C01AL-S2 and A700-MM2.  Back orders will be processed before stock is live online.  Even with pre-orders, these new parts will be available, in stock in the next 24 hours.

A700 Evo II kits still are in limited quantities but we continue to take back orders with expected delivery in 2-3 weeks after receipt of order. 

Please contact us with any questions.

2015 Edition Car Kits and Upgrade Parts

For the 2015 season Awesomatix is proud to announce four new kit options

• A700 Evo II - Updated, Alloy Chassis Version of the A700 Evo - Pre-order available now
• A700 Evo IIC - Updated, Carbon Chassis Version of the A700 Evo - Available in January
• A700L2 - Updated, Carbon Chassis Version of the A700L - Available in January
• A700EX2 - Updated, Carbon Chassis Version of the A700EX - Contact us if interested in this design

These four kits will be evolutions to the prior A700 Evo, A700L and A700EX designs, not revolutions!  The first major details on the cars were posted on RCTech this week.

2015 Design Evolutions

• Rebuildable Dampers
• New Floating Motor/Battery Mount
• New Chassis Designs

A700 Evo II

A700 Evo II - Updated, Alloy Chassis Version of the A700 Evo - Pre-order available now

Detailed feature list of the A700 Evo II

1. Floating Front Gearbox - A700-FFG1.1
2. New Motor Mount - A700-MM2 - instead of AM03-1
3. Four new rebuildable dampers - A700-D2 - instead of DL6 and DR6
4. New Alloy Chassis - A700-C01AL-S2
5. Latest Alloy Chassis Brace and FFG Tower - A700-AM33-5 and A700-AM49-3
6. Floating Servo Mount - A700-AM24 - now included instead of AM07L/R
7. Latest Diff - A700-GD2-S - included instead of GD1
8. Latest Spool - A700-AT03M-S - included instead of AT03
9. Short Steering Link - A700-ST21S - included instead of ST21
10. Standard height ball studs - A700-AT21 - included just for lower arm mounts
11. New C04M carbon arms (much stronger material)
12. New Ball Studs included for upper camber links and all steering linkages - A700-ST24 and A700-ST24L - instead of AT21
13. Open ended ball cups - A700-P13-4 - included instead of P13
14. Various screw count changes

Upgrade Options for Existing Cars

You can upgrade your existing Awesomatix cars to the latest 2015 spec without buying a brand new kit -- unlike our competitors.  The simplest upgrade paths are for our 2nd and 3rd generation of cars - A700L, A700EXL, A700EX and A700 Evo.

Damper Upgrade

The A700-D2-S Rebuildable Damper 

Awesomatix USA has all of the major parts needed to upgrade to the A700 Evo II Rebuildable Damper / Shock for an existing A700L, A700EX, A700EXL, or A700 Evo.  Requires AM17L and AM17R Damper Holders (included in every car except the first A700)

Pre-order now

Chassis Upgrade

The A700-C01AL-S2 Alloy Chassis

Building upon the already successful A700-C01AL-S design, this chassis is the narrowest design yet to minimize chassis drag on the racing surface and raise overall corner speed.  All of the major parts needed to upgrade to the A700 Evo II Alloy Chassis, including the A700-AM33-5 Chassis Brace, A700-AM49-3 FFG Tower and A700-P06-1 Droop Screw Inserts.

Pre-order now

Motor Mount Upgrade

The A700-MM2 Motor Mount

This new floating motor mount offers different flexibility settings to adjust overall flexibility.  Motor Mount 2 requires A700-C01AL-S or A700-C01AL-S2 chassis (not included).

Pre-order now

Mike Gee, Bill Sydor and Manny Flores TQ & Win at 2014 US Indoor Champs!

This past weekend was the 35th running of the US Indoor Champs, held this year at the Holiday Inn in Cleveland, Ohio. This year saw over 200 entries, and 31 heats overall. 17.5 was the biggest touring class with 40 entries, with the USVTA, USGT, 13.5, and Mod classes also offered for TC's. This years track was very tricky combining a tight layout with high traction, soft spec tires and a bumpy subfloor, making perfect setups at a premium.

17.5 proved to be the toughest of all TC mains to make with all drivers completing 36 laps except the TQ, Awesomatix USA Driver Mike Gee being the only person to run 37 laps. Awesomatix USA Driver Bill Sydor would qualify 2nd, in addition to Manny Flores, Brian Wynn, and Dave Johnson making the show, for a total of 5 Awesomatix cars in the main, the most of any brand!  In the main, Mike would open up a gap and not look back, cruising to the win. There was chaos in the pack though, and in the end Sydor had to retire, but Johnson would navigate his way up to a podium spot in 3rd.

17.5 TC Finishing Order-
1. Mike Gee [Awesomatix]
2. Cody Woods
3. Dave Johnson [Awesomatix]
4. Damon Converse
5. Brian Wynn [Awesomatix]
6. Manny Flores [Awesomatix]
7. Chris Vogan
8. Mike Herald Jr.
9. Danny Jenkins
10. Bill Sydor [Awesomatix]

In 13.5 TC Bill Sydor would take the TQ and win the main easily after fending off an opening lap challenge

13.5 TC Finishing Order-
1. Bill Sydor [Awesomatix]
2. Daniel Mills
3. Chad Stowe
4. Alex Fournier
5. Adam Russell
6. Steve Laliberte
7. Alexandre Chryssikos

Mod TC saw Mike Gee and Awesomatix USA Driver Josh Cyrul qualify 3rd and 4th respectively, behind the Canadian duo of Andrew Hardman (Yokomo) and Keven Hebert (Associated).

Mod TC Finishing Order-
1. Andrew Hardman
2. Keven Hebert
3. Michael Gee [Awesomatix]
4. Josh Cyrul [Awesomatix]
5. Paul Ciccarello
6. Cody Woods
7. Mike Wise
8. Chad Stowe
9. Daniel Cook
10. Will Jossens

In the USGT class, Awesomatix USA Driver Brian Wynn set the early qualifying pace, but in rounds 3 and 4 Manny Flores stepped up to take TQ. In the main, Manny got off to a clean start and opened up a lead he would not relinquish. A few mistakes at the end by Manny made it interesting the last few laps, but in the end Manny held on with Brian finishing second, securing an Awesomatix 1-2.

USGT Finishing Order-
1. Manny Flores [Awesomatix]
2. Brian Wynn [Awesomatix]
3. Chris Vogan
4. Eric Schneeweis
5. Steve Schuttenberg
6. Bill Eisenhard
7. Ken Pepe
8. Robert Brandow
9. Jerry Birchfield [Awesomatix]
10. Grant Galloway

Overall it was a great weekend for Awesomatix USA with 3 TQs, 3 Wins and a podium in Mod TC. With Gee's win in 17.5, Awesomatix has swept 17.5 TC at the "Big 4" races for 2014 (ROAR Carpet Nats & International Indoor Championships - Kyle Klingforth, Snowbirds - Larry Fairtrace), not an easy feat! Special thanks to Awesomatix customers, team drivers, and the US Indoor Champs crew for putting on a great race, we will be back next year!

• Results
• Pictures from Snowy

Hanulec and Tiamson treat themselves to wins at the Halloween Classic

Team Awesomatix USA rolled deep into the Halloween Classic ready to have and challenge the competition in everyone's favorite yearly event at The Gate.

In the largest class, 17.5 TC, Kyle Klingforth TQ'd the class and lead a total of 7 Awesomatix A700 Touring Cars into the A-main.  During the main, Kyle and Mike broke out into the lead while the pack behind was lead by Manny Flores in 3rd.  Kyle lead until lap 26 when he closed on the trailing pack and attempted to put racers a lap down.  He was taken out by the "failnado" happening at the back of the pack.  Hanulec was promoted into the lead and he drove the heads up race, avoid the "failnado" while managing the gap back to second.  Awesomatix swept the top three - Hanulec, Wynn and Goetter.  This win allows Awesomatix to hold onto the 17.5 TC win for two years in a row.

17.5 TC Finishing Order:
1. Michael Hanulec [Awesomatix]
2. Brian Wynn [Awesomatix]
3. Ronald Goetter [Awesomatix]
4. Jim Piersol
5. Kyle Klingforth (TQ) [Awesomatix]
6. Chris Vogan
7. Brent Klingforth [Awesomatix]
8. Steven Stewert [Awesomatix]
9. Cody Woods
10. Manny Flores [Awesomatix]

In the sparse 13.5 TC class, Mike Hanulec TQ'd the class, and took the win after a good battle with Michael Jones after tapping out of the lead.  Once Hanulec returned to the lead he cruised to the win.  Zac Donathen rounded out the top 3.

13.5 TC Finishing Order:
1. Michael Hanulec (TQ) [Awesomatix]
2. Michael Jones
3. Zac Donathen
4. Mike Pavlick
5. Phil Vertrees
6. Jim Wu
7. Adam Russell

In the Vintage TransAM class, Mark Tiamson would qualify 2nd behind Chris Vogan.  The Awesomatix of Corey Groves would also make the A-main in 9th place.  In the main Vogan and Tiamson would both have a rough start, but by lap 5 Mark Tiamson would take the lead and soon open up a large lead over eventual 2nd place finisher Chuck Mackin.  Mark would lap the entire field on the way to the win.

USVTA Finishing Order:
1. Mark Tiamson [Awesomatix]
2. Chuck Mackin
3. Pat Barber
4. Zack Schuttenberg
5. Geoff
6 Dave Kuhart
7. Jeffrey Moczynski
8. Corey Groves [Awesomatix]
9. Tony Williams
10. Chris Vogan (TQ)

In Modified Touring Car, Josh Cyrul mounted a tremendious run in the 4th qualifier to put himself 3rd on the grid and be separated by less than a second between Andrew Hardman (TQ) and Keven Hebert.  Filling out the rest of the grid were Kyle Klingforth (4th), Michael Hanulec (9th) and Brent Klingforth (10th).  Awesomatix had the largest car count in the Mod TC A-main.  On the start, Andrew, Keven, Kyle and Josh broke out into the lead pack, while behind other battles continued to rage.  After 6 minutes of racing Andrew would convert his TQ into a win, followed by Keven 2 seconds behind, and Josh another 2 seconds behind.

Mod TC Finishing Order:
1. Andrew Hardman (TQ)
2. Kevin Hebert
3. Josh Cyrul [Awesomatix]
4. Paul Ciccarello
5. Josh Hohnstein
6. Cody Woods
7. Michael Hanulec [Awesomatix]
8. Brent Klingforth [Awesomatix]
9. Kyle Klingforth [Awesomatix]
10. Mike Wise

In USGT, Brian Wynn would TQ the class over Chris Vogan. Completing the field would be the Awesomatix cars of Manny Flores (4th), Jerry Birchfield (5th) and Nate Wagner (7th) in the A-main.  At the start Brian would run into troubles handing the lead over to Chris Vogan would would run away with the race.  Brian would recover for second with Rob King rounding out the top 3.

USGT Finishing Order:
1. Chris Vogan
2. Brian Wynn (TQ) [Awesomatix]
3. Rob King
4. Jerry Birchfield [Awesomatix]
5. Adam Hutchison
6. Steve Schuttemberg
7. Nate Wagner [Awesomatix]
8. Von Perry
9. Bill Eisenhard
10. Manny Flores [Awesomatix]

Once again we need to thank all of the Awesomatix drivers for coming out and giving it their all.  Special thanks to the Klingforth's - Brent and Kyle - for taking the long trip out from Colorado.

• Full Results
• 17.5 TC Video (watch in HD)

Kyle Klingforth Wins 17.5 in Vegas!

At the 2014 International Indoor Championship (IIC) in Las Vegas, NV -- 2014 ROAR National Champion Awesomatix driver Kyle Klingforth TQ and Wins the 17.5 Touring Car class.  Kyle ran a nearly box stock Awesomatix A700L.  In total, Awesomatix put 5 cars into the 17.5 Touring Car A-main, more than any one manufacture.  Awesomatix touring cars have now won swept the big three 17.5 Carpet Races in 2014 --- Snowbirds (Fairtrace), ROAR Carpet Nats (K. Klingforth) and IIC (K. Klingforth)

In 13.5 Touring Car qualifications, Mike Gee placed 3rd and Kyle Klingforth placed 6th.  Gee ran a near perfect race to finish 2nd behind Associated's Keven Hebert.  Gee's A700 Evo featured an Alloy Chassis, and Awesomatix Servo.

Finally, in Modified Touring, Josh Cyrul qualified 7th but his run would end early after an accident.

Overall the team and loyal customers worked really well together to dial their cars in for the super high grip surface.  Big thanks to everyone for their efforts.