Kyle Klingforth wins 13.5 at 2015 Mile High Champs

The North American carpet racing season is capped off by maybe people's favorite race, the Mile High Champs, run by everyone's friends at 5280 Raceway outside of Denver, CO.

In 13.5 Touring, Kyle Klingforth was the class of the field, TQ'ing multiple rounds over Team XRay's Drew Ellis, last year's 13.5 winner.  Jake Danilchik put it in the big show during last chance qualifying.  In the main, Kyle would lead from tone to tone taking the win.  5280 local, Syndr0me, would finish in the runner up spot and Cory Parsons would finish off the top 3.

This year, Team Awesomatix USA was out in force running big boy classes, leaving one lone soldier, Bill Sydor to attempt to defend the team's 17.5 victory from last year.  Bill would go on to repeat his TQ for the class performing his fastest run in round 2.  In the main, Bill would lead from Art Scrimo until lap 10 when a series of taps started to drop bill down the running order.  Bill would recover to finish 3rd, behind Cory Parsons who took the win and Sydr0me scoring his second 2nd place finish of the day.

In Modified Touring, Kyle Klingforth would challenge XRay's Paul Lemeuix and Associated's Keven Hebert for overall TQ round over round.  In the final round of qualifying, Blake Bell grabbed the last position in the A-main to join Kyle starting 3rd.  The A-main win went to Paul, followed by Keven and Ralph Burch.

• Results
• 13.5 TC A-Main
• 17.5 TC A-Main
• Mod TC A-Main

Inventory Restock with D2.1-S, D2 to D2.1 Upgrade Parts and others

Our latest inventory restock includes a bunch of new parts-

• The revised A700-D2.1-S Damper has been released featuring a larger diameter damper (A700-AT41-1), damper cap (A700-AT40-1) and o-ring (A700-OR155).  
• A700-ST05L Long Shock Rods
• A700-AM05-2 Rear Body Holder
• A700-OR05M Medium O-Ring for GD2

From Wild Turbo Fan two new products are now available-

• Revision of the Mad Max 3D Fan Mount 2015
• ‘Blow Them All’ BTA ESC fan mount

Wild Turbo Fans back in stock and Windy deemed ROAR legal!

Wild Turbo Fans are finally back in stock!  Almost better news than that, while at the 2015 ROAR On-Road Carpet Nationals, ROAR RMT official Bob Ingersoll declared the Wild Turbo Fan Windy model as legal since the fan blade was sub-30mm.  This is a great option for everyone needing to keep their motor cool under the pressure of competition!

• Wild Turbo Fan Windy Fan
• Wild Turbo Fan 30MM Fan
• Wild Turbo Fan 40MM Fan

Mike Gee wins 17.5 and 13.5 Touring Car at 2015 ROAR On-Road Carpet Nationals

This past weekend Horsham RC in Horsham, PA hosted the 2015 ROAR On-Road Carpet Nationals.  Team Awesomatix USA left the event with two more National Championships, this time both from Mike Gee -- 17.5 TC and 13.5 TC.

17.5 TC

Qualifying

After two days, and four rounds of qualifying, Mike Gee would find himself in the TQ position on his own lap (~3 second advantage).  Prior TQ holders Robbie Dodge [XRay] and Larry Fairtrace [Awesomatix] would find themselves in 3rd and 4th position after the fast 4th round of qualifying.  All in all, 5 Awesomatix touring cars would make the highly competitive race field.

• 1)Michael Gee [Awesomatix A700 Evo II]
  37/6:07.743 (R4)
• 2)Eric Anderson36/6:01.232 (R4)
• 3)Robbie Dodge36/6:01.394 (R3)
• 4)Larry Fairtrace [Awesomatix A700 Evo II]36/6:01.664 (R1)
• 5)Craig Xavier36/6:02.203 (R4)
• 6)Michael Hanulec [Awesomatix A700 Evo II]36/6:03.523 (R4)
• 7)Danny Jenkins36/6:04.828 (R4)
• 8)Jeff Cuffs36/6:05.666 (R4)
• 9)Bill Sydor  [Awesomatix A700 Evo IIC]36/6:05.936 (R3)
• 10)Karl Hoffmeister  [Awesomatix A700 Evo]36/6:08.183 (R4)

A1

Mike Gee would lead from the tone while the rest of the pack would pile up on the first lap.  Eric Anderson would hold the second place position until lap 13 when Robbie Dodge would get by after a mistake by Eric.  Another mistake on the difficult layout would drop Eric to 4th and promote Craig Xavier to 3rd.  Rounding out the top 5 was Bill Sydor working his way up from 9th on the grid.

A2

A2 would have an exciting start with 3rd place qualifier Robbie Dodge not starting and collecting a few people on the tone.  Gee and Eric would break free from the chaos with Craig, Danny Jenkins and Michael Hanulec in tow.  On lap 4, Eric would have a bobble dropping him to 5th place, and promoting Craig, Danny and Michael up a position.  This trio would battle for 2nd place until the end of the race allowing Gee to cruise to the win.

A3

With Gee sitting out, Robbie Dodge would lead the first lap followed by Michael Hanulec, Karl Hoffmeister and Danny Jenkins.  Bill Sydor would take over the 4th place position from Danny on lap 15, and the 3rd place position from Karl on lap 32.  Robbie would continue to hold a 1 to 2 second lead over Hanulec to win A3.  

Results

1. Michael Gee

2. Robbie Dodge

3. Craig Xavier

4. Michael Hanulec

5. Bill Sydor

13.5 TC

Qualifying

Mike Gee would again TQ, this time ahead of Robbie Dodge [XRay], Drew Ellis [XRay], and joined by Larry Fairtrace and Michael Hanulec running Awesomatix A700 Evo II.  

• 1)Michael Gee [Awesomatix A700 Evo II]
  38/6:07.226 (R4)
• 2)Robbie Dodge38/6:09.037 (R3)
• 3)Andrew Ellis37/6:00.726 (R1)
• 4)Larry Fairtrace [Awesomatix A700 Evo II]37/6:03.039 (R1)
• 5)Michael Hanulec [Awesomatix A700 Evo II]
  37/6:04.214 (R4)
• 6)Eric Anderson37/6:06.002 (R3)
• 7)Ray Darroch
  37/6:06.650 (R4)
• 8)Danny Jenkins
  37/6:07.395 (R1)
• 9)Mike Haynes
  37/6:07.671 (R3)
• 10)EJ Evans
  37/6:08.082 (R4)

A1

On the first two corners Robbie Dodge would apply serious pressure to Michael Gee causing Gee to make a mistake and let Robbie by.  Gee would chase Robbie until lap 18 when his radio failed causing the car to go straight off at the end of the straightaway.  Behind the Dodge/Gee race, Hanulec and Fairtrace would exchange 3rd and 4th, and then later 2nd and 3rd until the last 30 seconds of the race when Hanulec would roll on a dot allowing Ray Darroch [TOP] to grab the 3rd spot with Mike Haynes finishing 5th.

A2

Gee would have a better start this time, and cleanly lead lap 1 with the field running mostly in qualifying order.  Gee would open up a few second lead within the first few laps and by then the race order started to change.  Drew Ellis and Robbie Dodge swapped positions and Michael Hanulec took over 4th.  Gee would take the win by 3 seconds over Robbie, and Michael would nearly take over third after a mistake from Drew in the closing laps.  Mike Haynes [Associated] would take over 5th late in the race.

A3

After a called false first start, Gee would successfully re-start the race, and take the lead from the tone.  Drew Ellis would pass Robbie Dodge on the 2nd lap with Michael Hanulec and Eric Anderson in tow.  A late race bobble by Gee on lap 34 would almost decide the race, but Gee collected his car and maintained his lead in front of Robbie.  Michael Hanulec and Drew Ellis would continue their battle from A2 with Drew holding onto the advantage to take 3rd.  A hard charging Eric Anderson would have to settle for 5th after rolling on a few dots during the 6 minutes.

Results

1. Mike Gee
2. Robbie Dodge
3. Drew Ellis
4. Michael Hanulec
5. Ray Darroch

Race Coverage

• http://live.liverc.com/350-ROAR_2015_Electric_Carpet_Nationals/ 

Team

Two years ago at the 2013 ROAR On-Road Carpet Nationals (also hosted at Horsham RC), Awesomatix USA was launched to the public.  At that race we had three competitors running an Awesomatix chassis -- Mike Gee, Karl Hoffmeister and Mark Dawson.   Fast forward 2 years later, and with 10+ racers this year, it is great to see the growth of the racer base but more importantly we have racers helping other racers to improve, and excel.  Big thanks again boys!

A700L2 and C01L2 Inbound

The new Awesomatix carbon chassis, A700-C01L2, and the A700L2 Car Kit are now available from Oleg and are on order by Awesomatix USA.  The products should be available the week of February 23rd.

New Store is Live!

The new web store is live at shop.awesomatixusa.com.  The store is open for all new orders now!  Dealers and Team Drivers must create new accounts and contact us to have their account status updated.  The major product lines have been added, and triple checked for stock and price accuracy.

Our old store will be available until January 31st, 2015 to _ONLY_ review past order history.  As of February 1st, 2015 the old store will be no longer available.

As always, if you have any questions, or don't see something you're looking for ... please ask!