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The third round of the 2015 South-African ORE national championship were held at Krugersdorp Model Racers (2002 WC Track) over weekend 13 and 14 June 2015. Free practise started on the Thursday with a little bit of early winter rain but the relatively technical but fast track challenged all driving skills. The track was in good shape and the drivers pushed hard, raced fast and the times were going faster throughout the weekend.

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13.5T FWD Touring

The FWD class was dominated by the two youngsters Eugene Wessels and Jacques Myburgh with Eugene eventually taking TQ. The both achieved a win in the two A Main races with Eugene Wessels taking the overall win.

1/12th Scale 10.5T Blinky

Wayne Joelson had a strong Saturday by taking TQ. Shaun Schutte challenged Wayne during the weekend but Wayne stayed consisted and took two wins in the A Main. André Greeff managed to take third for the weekend. The 3rd win in a row also gave Wayne Joelson the 1/12th Scale National Championship win for 2015.

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The final results for the 1/12th Scale 10.5T Blinky A-Main:
1. Wayne Joelson (TQ)
2. Shaun Schutte - XRAY X12
3. André Greeff - XRAY X12
4. Willie du Plooy - XRAY X12

5. Daryl Neal
6. Willie du Plooy - XRAY X12

Formula 1 - 21.5T

The popularity of Formula 1 is gaining in Europe and there is a proposal to reintroduce this class at national level in South Africa in 2016. After many years of absence at National level, the all popular Formula 1 was ran as an exhibition class. With 12 entries for the weekend it was great to see the F1’s on the track again. The normal four-round qualification was held with one 15 minute A-main final on the Sunday. Antonio Caroli showed his good pace from qualification round one with his Xray X1 and managed to take TQ. He was closely followed by youngsters Farhaan Basha and Jonathan Wilken. The 15 minute A Final was enjoyable and showed good racing with Antonio managing to take the win with 61 laps. Jonathan finished second also on 61 laps with Farhaan third with 60 laps.

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The final results for the Formula 1 21.5T A-Main:

1. Antonio Caroli (TQ) - XRAY X1
2. Jonathan Wilken - XRAY X1
3. Farhaan Basha - XRAY X1
4. Deon Gove - XRAY X1
5. André Greeff - XRAY X1
6. Heine Herholdt - XRAY X1

7. Daryl Neal
8. Gordon Neal
9. Gerry Esterhuizen
10. André Esterhuizen

21.5T Touring (blinky)

The young Claudio Vieira had a great weekend with a good battle with Juan Wessels on the Sunday. Claudio managed to get TQ and win in both the A Main finals. He was followed closely by Juan Wessels, and Adrian Botha completed the podium.

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The final results for the 21.5T Touring A Main:

1. Claudio Vieira (TQ) - XRAY T4

2. Juan Wessels
3. Adrian Botha - XRAY T4
4. Andrew Richter - XRAY T4

5. Fanie Viljoen Jnr
6. Irshad Khan
7. Fanie Viljoen Snr
8. John Steyn
9. Marco Vieira - XRAY T4
10. Amanda Barnard

The results for the 21.5T Touring B Main

1. Daryl Neal
2. Sarel Pretorius - XRAY T4
3. Jean van Heerden - XRAY T4


17.5T Touring (boosted)

The young drivers are showing great pace in this fast and popular class and there was close racing throughout the weekend between Dillon du Plooy, Jacques Myburgh and Jonathan Wilken. Jacques managed to take the TQ but Dillon eventually took the overall win in the last A final.

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The final results for the 17.5T Touring A-Main:

1. Dillon du Plooy - XRAY T4
2. Jacques Myburgh (TQ) - XRAY T4
3. Jonathan Wilken - XRAY T4

4. Juan Landman
5. Farhaan Basha - XRAY T4
6. Pieter de Villiers - XRAY T4

7. Hannes Kruger
8. Claudio Vieira
9. Eugene Wessels
10. John Fitzsimmons - XRAY T4

The results for the 17.5T Touring B-Main:

1. Irshad Khan
2. André Esterhuizen (Yokomo)
3. Gustav Engelbrecht - XRAY T4

13.5T Touring (Boosted)

The 13.5T was very competitive with some fastest laps of the day recorded by these cars. It was Darren Duggan and the young Alex Ribeiro who set the early pace with Darren taking the TQ for the A mains. The finals were very competitive and Anderton Smith showed his skills to eventually take the win form third on the grid.

Touring Modified

The current championship leader Jason Hillcoat continued his good form with his Xray by taking TQ and win. Jason did not have it all his way after a sixth place in the first of three mains with a broken outdrive. He was challenged by the young and fast Alex Ribeiro and Antonio Caroli. The win for Jason Hillcoat gives him the Modified National Championship title for 2015 making it three in a row for the Xray driver.


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The final results for the Modified Touring A-Main:

1. Jason Hillcoat (TQ) - XRAY T4
2. Alex Ribeiro
3. Antonio Caroli - XRAY T4
4. Deon Gove - XRAY T4
5. Shaun Schutte - XRAY T4

6. Anderton Smith
7. Willie du Plooy - XRAY T4
8. Colin Amis - XRAY T4
9. André Greeff - XRAY T4

10. Gerry Esterhuizen

The results for the Modified Touring B-Main:

1. Johan Wilters
2. Sean Vollmer
3. Heine Herholdt - XRAY T4