The first last round of the 2014 South-African ORE national championship were held at Pretoria (TRAP) over weekend 15 and 16 March 2014. Rain cut the two day practise to a day and some â out-of-townâ™ racers struggled to get the perfect set-up right and the local drivers showed the way around a long fast and technical track. With some top racers changing brand the end of 2013, the XRAY team had their work cut out for them to perform well.
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21.5T Touring (blinky)
Neville Menezes (XRAY T4) showed the way around the track in his first nationals, and after a great consistent drive over the weekend took TQ as well as the win.
The final results for the 21.5T Touring A Main:
1. Neville Menezes (TQ) - XRAY T4
2. Fanie Viljoen Snr
3. Christopher Dolphin
4. Gustav Engelbrecht
5. Paul van der Westhuizen
The very fast 13.5T Touring class provided some great racing. Anderton Smith managed to take TQ and the win in the A Mains with Hein Kotze in second and Antonio Caroli third with his XRAY T4.
The touring modified class once again provided for some spectacular high-speed racing. The 2013 champion Jason Hillcoat (XRAY T4) continued his great pace and took the TQ and win in the A-Final. There was a great battle for 2nd to 5th place in the 3 finals with Anderton Smith taking 2nd place and Deon Gove (XRAY T4) managing 3rd.
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The final results for the Modified Touring A-Main:
1. Jason Hillcoat (TQ) - XRAY T4
2. Anderton Smith 3. Deon Gove - XRAY T4
4. Hein Kotze 5. Shaun Schutte - XRAY T4
6. Christian Fourie 7. Antonio Caroli - XRAY T4
8. Willie du Plooy - XRAY T4
9. Heine Herholdt - XRAY T4
10. Alex Ribeiro
