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2026 FIA Asia Cross Country Rally (Asia Cross Country Rally, abbreviated as AXCR) has officially concluded. After multiple stages and a continuous test on nearly 2000 kilometers of complex road conditions, Mamba Racing Shocks (Mamba Racing Shocks) has successfully completed a practical test of a high-intensity international event again.
In this event, Mamba Racing Shocks not only competed in the T2 Production Group with Great Wall Motors Thailand EK Group Racing Team, but also provided shock absorber support for Indonesian rally driver Memen's T1 race car. The practical applications across different race cars, different categories, and different driving styles further validated the performance, reliability, and ability of Mamba 3.0 Bore Adjustable Shock Absorbers to adapt to complex off-road environments.
It is worth mentioning that this is the third consecutive year that Mamba Racing Shocks has competed in the FIA Asia Cross Country Rally. From continuously participating in international off-road events to collaborating with manufacturer teams and overseas drivers, Mamba is accumulating data and experience through real competitions, converting them into product technology reserves for ordinary off-road users.
Partnering with Great Wall Motors Tank 300, Completing the Rigorous Test of the T2 Production Group
As one of the highly anticipated Chinese off-road forces in this AXCR, the Great Wall Motors Thailand EK Group Racing Team sent the Tank 300 race car to compete in the T2 Production Group, and campaigned multiple stages with Mamba Racing Shocks.
Finally, with the help of Mamba Racing Shocks, the team's two drivers Olan (Olan Sornsirirat) and Thovald (Thovald Thovaldsen) finished fourth and sixth in the T2 Production Group respectively, successfully completing this event.
Compared to T1 race cars with greater modification freedom, T2 group race cars are based on production models and present different requirements for original platform performance, durability, and the matching between the suspension system and the whole vehicle.
The AXCR competition environment is particularly complex. During long-distance races lasting multiple consecutive days, race cars need to face repeated impacts from high-speed gravel roads, muddy roads, continuous potholes, cross-axles, and road surfaces of different hardness. Shock absorbers must not only withstand single large impacts, but more importantly, maintain relatively stable damping performance in long-duration, high-frequency working conditions.
For T2 race cars built on the Tank 300 basis, the suspension needs to control body posture at high speeds and ensure wheels maintain effective ground contact as much as possible in complex off-road conditions. Therefore, the true value of a shock absorber system is not only reflected in "stiffness" or "long travel," but more importantly in damping control, heat fade control, continuous working stability, and adaptability to different road conditions across multiple dimensions.
Completing an international off-road rally like AXCR, which features long distances and multiple stages, is in itself a systematic verification of the comprehensive performance of shock absorbers.
Leading the T1 Petrol Group for the First Five Stages, Indonesian Driver Recognizes Mamba 3.0 Shock Absorber
Aside from the Great Wall Motors Thailand EK Group Racing Team, Mamba Racing Shocks also collaborated with Indonesian rally driver Memen (Memen Harianto) in this event, providing shock absorber support for his T1 group race car.
Compared to the T2 Production Group, T1 group race cars have a higher degree of professional modification, which also means the race cars are faster and the suspension bears greater impact loads, putting higher requirements on shock absorber tuning and continuous working ability.
During the competition, Memen performed brilliantly, leading the T1 Petrol Group continuously for the first five stages, fully demonstrating the competitiveness of the race car in complex off-road environments. Unfortunately, in the last stage, Memen's race car was forced to withdraw from the race due to engine overheating, failing to convert the previously accumulated lead advantage into final results. However, the engine failure did not affect his evaluation of the race car's suspension system performance.
After practical use across multiple stages, Memen gave positive evaluation and recognition to the Mamba 3.0 Bore Adjustable Shock Absorbers equipped for this competition.
This has special significance for Mamba. Because compared to single team testing, the use of different country drivers, different race car platforms, and different competition categories can bring more dimensional data feedback. Especially professional rally drivers are more sensitive to the perception of suspension support, rebound response, continuous bump control, and high-speed stability. These feedbacks can also help Mamba further optimize product tuning.
Why are off-road rallies so demanding for shock absorbers?
For off-road race cars, shock absorbers are not simply comfort components, but one of the core chassis components that directly affect vehicle speed, handling, and reliability.
In long-distance off-road rallies like AXCR, a high-performance shock absorber system often needs to face challenges in three aspects simultaneously.
First is high-frequency continuous impact. When race cars pass gravel, potholes, and damaged roads at high speeds, shock absorbers need to complete compression and rebound quickly. If damping response is not stable enough, the vehicle may easily exhibit excessive bouncing, affecting tire contact with the ground and the driver's control over the race car.
Second is heat generated during long-time operation. Off-road shock absorbers generating significant heat through continuous high-speed operation, while temperature changes may further affect damping oil and internal working conditions. Therefore, heat dissipation ability and damping stability under high-temperature conditions are important indicators for measuring the performance of professional off-road shock absorbers.
Third is adaptability between different road conditions. AXCR is not a single road condition event; in the same competition day, high-speed dirt roads, mud, potholes, and technical off-road sections may appear. This means the race car suspension must find a more reasonable balance between different operating conditions.
It is precisely for this reason that Mamba chooses to take competitions as an important scenario for product development and verification.
3.0 Bore Adjustable Shock Absorbers, Validating Performance and Reliability on the Track
In this AXCR competition, the 3.0 Bore Adjustable Shock Absorbers heavily utilized by Mamba are products developed specifically for high-intensity off-road usage environments.
A larger shock absorber bore diameter can provide more sufficient space for internal work and lay the foundation for thermal management under long-duration, high-intensity conditions; meanwhile, adjustable damping design can be tuned specifically according to race car weight, road surface characteristics, driving style, and different stage requirements.
For professional off-road race cars, there is no simple answer of a set of parameters that applies to all environments for shock absorbers.
High-speed gravel roads require vehicles to have good body control capabilities, continuous pothole road surfaces test the suspension's handling of high-frequency impacts more, and when facing large drops and larger instantaneous impacts, sufficient support and cushioning ability are needed.
Therefore, adjustability, stability, high-temperature resistance, and the ability to withstand continuous high-intensity work have become very important product capabilities for professional off-road shock absorbers.
From the Tank 300 T2 race car successfully completing the race, to Memen leading the T1 Petrol Group for the first five stages, the performance of Mamba 3.0 Bore Adjustable Shock Absorbers on different race car platforms has further verified the product's ability to cope with the complex environment of international off-road rallies.
Competing in AXCR for Three Consecutive Years, Competition is not the End but the R&D Site
For Mamba Racing Shocks, the 2026 FIA Asia Cross Country Rally has another layer of meaning — this is the brand's third consecutive year participating in the AXCR event.
Continuous participation and one-time event exposure have an essential difference.
For Mamba, off-road events are not only a platform for brand communication, but also an important R&D scenario for product testing, technical verification, and data accumulation. Problems exposed by race cars under extreme operating conditions, driver feedback on different damping settings, and data after shock absorbers operate continuously over long distances can all become important references for subsequent product development and upgrades.
This year, whether partnering with Great Wall Motors Tank 300 to compete in the T2 Production Group, or collaborating with Indonesian drivers to challenge the T1 Group, Mamba has further expanded the verification scope of products in different race cars, different categories, and different usage environments.
At the same time, as the competition progressed, Mamba Racing Shocks also received attention from the competition organizers and other participating drivers.
For Chinese auto parts brands moving towards overseas markets, this verification from real international competition environments is particularly important. Compared to simply displaying products through parameters, continuously participating in high-intensity competitions allows overseas teams, drivers, and off-road users to more intuitively understand the actual performance of products.
From Track to Users, Race Data Feeds Back to Mamba's Full Series of Products
Participating in competitions is ultimately not to create products that can only be used for race cars.
Mamba Racing Shocks continuously participates in domestic and international off-road events. A more important goal is to accelerate product verification through extreme environments and feed back the experience and data accumulated in competitions into the development of the full series of products.
The usage scenarios of professional race cars and ordinary off-road users are not exactly the same, but there are commonalities in the core needs for shock absorbers: when facing long-distance travel, unpaved roads, high-temperature environments, and continuous bumps, reliable support, stable damping, and sufficient durability are all required.
The race track can further amplify these operating conditions.
An international off-road rally lasting several days is equivalent to letting the product undergo continuous testing in a highly concentrated extreme environment. Therefore, from race car damping settings, temperature changes, to work performance under different road conditions, to data obtained from disassembly and inspection after the race, all can provide references for further optimization of civilian products.
This also forms a product development path that Mamba is adhering to:
Validate technology through events, drive R&D through data, and feed development results back to civilian products.
With the conclusion of the 2026 FIA Asia Cross Country Rally, Mamba Racing Shocks' third consecutive AXCR journey has temporarily come to an end. But for the brand, this is not the end.
In the future, Mamba Racing Shocks (Mamba Racing Shocks) will continue to participate in more domestic and international automotive events, continuously validating products through richer vehicle models, more complex competition environments, and higher intensity practical tests. At the same time, the brand will also continuously apply data from the track, driver feedback, and tuning experience to product development and upgrades.
From Chinese off-road tracks to FIA international events, from Tank 300 to professional race cars driven by drivers from different countries, Mamba is building its own technical database through real competitions one by one.
The race track is a place to verify performance and also the starting point for next-generation product development.
For more and more users who love off-road, long-distance travel, and performance driving, Mamba hopes to eventually transform the technical experience of undergoing rigorous tests on international race tracks into shock absorber products that are more reliable, more mature, and better meet real off-road needs.
