Awesomatix has released these Alloy Steering Block Post 2 degree for their successful A12 1:12 racing chassis. Notching up another international title from the TQ at the recent Snowbird Nationals in Florida in the hands of World Champion Marc Rheinard, the new ST1208-C2AL parts offer a weight reduction of 2,3g/pcs compared to the standard steel ST1208/ST1207 steering post combination.
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Bruno Coelho and Marc Rheinard are the two big winners of this year’s Snowbird Nationals. In Modified Touring Car, defending Champion Coelho took the overall TQ for Xray from the Awesomatix of Rheinard with Alexander Hagberg lining up 3rd. With just a single A-Main to decide the winner of the 29th running of the iconic American race, World Champion Coelho would hold off his German rival taking the win by 2/10th of a second. A further 1.6 seconds back, Hagberg made it an all European podium line-up. Top American finisher would be ROAR National Champion Sam Isaacs in fourth. In the 1:12 GTP Modified it was Rheinard who was Top Qualifier. The reigning 1:12 World Champion lead the 8-minutes from start to finish posting the fastest lap in the process. Behind former World Champion Hagberg came through from 5th on the grid to finish 2nd ahead of 2nd and 3rd place qualifiers Donny Lia and Iaascs.
Reigning 1:12 World Champion Marc Rheinard has secured the TQ at the Snowbird Nationals in Florida. The Awesomatix driver secured the top spot at the 29th running of the legendary race with his fastest run in the 3rd of the four rounds of qualifying. Behind the German, American’s Donny Lia and Sam Iaacs, the defending champion, made it an Awesomatix 1,2,3 on the grid. Posting his fastest run in the final qualifier, Keven Hebert leads the Xray challenge ahead of team-mates Alexander Hagberg and class debutant Bruno Coelho was fastest in Q1, a time wouldn’t be able to better. New Schumacher signing & 2022 podium finisher Ollie Payne starts 7th.
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Awesomatix has released details of its latest 1:10 Electric Touring Car offering, the new A800R. The first feature of the new car is it compact shorter lower deck with an all new shape. The new shape of the lower deck allows the car to dive and roll more without excessive rubbing on the track. Combined with the new carbon lower arms the wheelbase remains same as previous kits. New dampers have an even lower centre of gravity and provide independent adjustment of the damping level and the suspension spring rate with 2 build-in modes for progressive damping and for linear damping. Smoother operation at low-speed damping and improved characteristics at high-speed damping are the key improvements of our new dampers. The added ball bearing in the damper-suspension linkage provides noticeable reduction of the adverse initial friction during the suspension operation.
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Awesomatix has released a new rear steering arm for their A800 touring car platform. The new AM23-R version is longer compared to the previous AM23-1 Rear Steering Arm. This feature reduces the free play of the rear toe and improves ARS characteristics. The improved characteristics of the ARS helps with better mid-corner steering and reduce the risk of snap oversteer during load changes. Awesomatix recommend to use 0.5mm less bumpsteer shims, to keep the same ARS action as with AM23-1.
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Awesomatix has announced the addition of German racer Lukas Ellerbrock to their Factory Team. A front runners in the hard fought European Stock Racing scene, Lukas moves from racing Xray and will make his international debut with Awesomatix at the next round of the ETS as the indoor carpet season gets underway. Reacting to joining the team, Lukas said, “I am very excited to join Team Awesomatix. It is a great opportunity for me to drive a car which has shown its potential at various races. Of course I already know a lot of the team members and I am happy to work with them together in the future.”
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A UK based company specialising in R/C upgrades, BattCave has released their latest competition chassis for the Awesomatix A800MMX. With all their parts designed and developed in house, the chassis has been finalised following extensive development and testing at several circuits in the UK with the chassis proving to be extremely effective at this year’s British Nationals. Made from selected premium 2.5mm carbon fiber, they have completely redesigned the chassis by remapping the flex characteristics to enhance the car’s performance in every way possible, pushing what is already an excellent car to another level. With tuneable flex characteristics, their drivers have reported improved low to mid steering response, and high speed cornering stability. Racers can now precisely negotiate difficult chicanes as well as pushing the car hard over the fastest sections.
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Awesomatix have announced the addition of British Pan Car specialist Matthew Varah to their factory team. He joins Pan Car stalwart and fellow countryman Mark Stiles who was announced by the team in June.
The BRCA national winner and runner up at the 2020 IFMAR 1/12 Spec class World Championship will represent Awesomatix at all major events in the UK along with racing the A12 chassis at the European & World Championships. Commenting on his move to the team Matthew said:
‘[I am] Really happy to be joining the Awesomatix team! It’s a pleasure to be part of a new and exciting team within the UK. The A12 has already proven to be a super competitive platform and I look forward to contributing to the ongoing development. The quality of the A12 components is second to none whilst proving to be super robust. Please come and say hello at all events and I’ll be more than happy to provide any assistance with your AMX cars’.
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