The second round of the 2015 South-African ORE national championship were held at Durban RC Club over weekend 25 and 26 April 2015 with a new track surface where the traction and humidity challenged all drivers to get a stable and fast setup. With another open and fast layout the boosted classes showed good high speed racing between the top drivers.
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13.5T FWD Touring
The young talent Jacques Myburgh again dominated from the start by taking TQ and both wins in the A Mains of the Front Wheel Drive class.
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The final results for the 13.5 FWD Touring A Main:
1. Jacques Myburgh (TQ) â“ XRAY T4
2. Fanie Viljoen snr
3. Fanie Viljoen jnr
4. Chris Reilly
5. Paul van der Westhuizen
6. Gordon Neal
The youngster Claudio Vieira was fast throughout the weekend but had a great battle with Tyronne Wilken on the Sunday. Claudio managed to get TQ and win in both the A Main finals. He was followed closely by Tyronne Wilken, and Paul van der Westhuizen completed the podium.
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The final results for the 21.5T Touring A Main:
1. Claudio Vieira (TQ) â“ XRAY T4
2. Tyronne Wilken
3. Paul van der Westhuizen
4. Francois Erasmus
5. Quintin Robertson 6. Sarel Pretorius â“ XRAY T4
7. Marco Vieira â“ XRAY T4
8. Fanie Viljoen Jnr
9. Justin Robertson
10. Gordon Neal
The youngsters are really showing good pace in this class and there was close racing throughout the weekend between Willem Janse Van Rensburg , Jacques Myburgh and Jonathan Wilken. Willem managed to take the TQ and both he and Jacques each won one final with Willem taking the overall win with a faster time.
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The final results for the 17.5T Touring A-Main:
1. Willem Janse van Rensburg (TQ) 2. Jacques Myburgh â“ XRAY T4
3. Jonathan Wilken â“ XRAY T4
4. Claudio Vieira 5. Karl Joubert â“ XRAY T4
6. Diederik Kruger â“ XRAY T4
7. Shane Kok
8. Ashley Long
9. Henk Fourie
10. Juan Landman
The results for the 17.5T Touring B-Main:
1. Chris Reilly â“ XRAY T4
2. Yashin Ramdhin
3. Mike Crooke
13.5T Touring (Boosted)
The fast 13.5T Touring class provided some great racing between the top drivers. The Xray team mates Deon Gove, Shaun Schutte and Antonio Caroli had good battles from the qualifying rounds and Deon managed to take TQ. Deon and Shaun both won a main with Deon eventually taking the honours.
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The final results for the 13.5T Touring A-Main:
1. Deon Gove (TQ) â“ XRAY T4
2. Shaun Schutte â“ XRAY T4
3. Antonio Caroli â“ XRAY T4
4. Anderton Smith
5. Willem Janse van Rensburg
6. Alex Ribeiro 7. Willie du Plooy â“ XRAY T4
8. Ashley Hurley
9. Darren Duggan
10. Sean Vollmer
The results for the 13.5T Touring B-Main:
1. Hennie Viljoen 2. Pedro de Gouveia â“ XRAY T4
3. Andrew Plint
Touring Modified
The 2014 champion and current championship leader Jason Hillcoat continued his good form with his Xray by taking TQ and win after a dominating performance. The battle for the rest of the podium saw some great racing in all three mains with team mates Deon Gove and Antonio Caroli managing to take 2nd and 3rd.
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The final results for the Modified Touring A-Main:
