SARDA Round 5, Middelburg, 14 â“ 15 November 2015
XRAY 4 x TQ and 4 x WIN at SARDA 2015 On-Road Electric Nationals, Round 5 RC Zone Middelburg
The fifth and last of the 2015 South-African ORE national championship moved to RC Zone in Middelburg over weekend 14 and 15 November 2015. Due to the non-completion of the re-build of the original venue, the dates were delayed and the venue moved to RC Zone. Unfortunately not all the drivers could attend but a great national event was hosted. Free practise was held on Thursday and Friday in very hot conditions. On Saturday morning before the qualifying rounds started it started raining and the whole day was eventually cancelled. Sunday morning showed great weather and the event started at 07:15 with four rounds of qualifying and two rounds of finals.
Tyronne Wilken dominated from the first qualifier with his XRAY and left the field behind to take a great TQ. He unfortunately had some electrical issues with a DNF in the first main which gave John Steyn a good win. Tyronne managed to win the second main but had to settle for second place on the count back which gave John the win for the weekend. Paul van der Westhuizen kept good pace to grab the last podium spot.
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The final results for the 21.5T Touring A Main:
1. John Steyn 2. Tyronne Wilken (TQ) - XRAY T4
3. Paul van der Westhuizen 4. Kobus Hietbrink - XRAY T4
5. Amanda Barnard
6. Fanie Viljoen Snr 7. Bianca Landman - XRAY T4
8. Sarel Pretorius - XRAY T4
9. Werner Landman
17.5T Touring (boosted)
With two of the challengers for the national title not competing, it was up to the young trio of Juan Landman, Jacques Myburgh and Jonathan Wilken to battle it out for the win. Jacques managed to take the TQ and after some great racing between the three Jonathan and Jacques took a win each with Jacques taking the overall win in the last A final.
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The final results for the 17.5T Touring A-Main:
1. Jacques Myburgh (TQ) - XRAY T4
2. Jonathan Wilken - XRAY T4
3. Juan Landman - XRAY T4
4. Henco Reyneke
5. Yashin Ramdhin
13.5T Touring (Boosted)
The 13.5T Boosted championship was still open for the win. The challenge showed some great racing with Willem Janse van Rensburg dominating the qualifications and taking TQ. He was closely followed by Darren Duggan, Deon Gove and Willie du Plooy. The finals were very competitive with Willem managing to win the second main but it was Shaun Schutte who came from sixth on the grid to take the win in the first main and the overall win.
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The final results for the 13.5T Touring A-Main:
1. Shaun Schutte - XRAY T4
2. Willem Janse van Rensburg (TQ)
3. Darren Duggan 4. Deon Gove - XRAY T4
5. Sean Vollmer 6. Willie du Plooy - XRAY T4
7. Antonio Caroli - XRAY T4
8. Juan Landman 9. John Fitzsimmons - XRAY T4
10. Chris Reilly - XRAY T4
The results for the 13.5T Touring B-Main:
1. Gustav Engelbrecht - XRAY T4
2. Ben Kriegler - XRAY T4
3. Jacques Albrecht - XRAY T4
Touring Modified
The touring modified class is growing in South Africa and there were many racers who moved up to this great class in 2015. The win was open for the taking with youngsters Willem Janse van Rensburg and Ashley Hurley showing great pace. There was great racing from the qualifiers between Ashley Hurley, Shaun Schutte, Anderton Smith, Willem Janse van Rensburg and Deon Gove. Deon managed to win three qualifiers which gave him TQ. Deon Gove also managed to win both finals which gave him a great win in the modified class. Willem Janse van Rensburg and Anderton Smith completed the podium.
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The final results for the Modified Touring A-Main:
The results for the Modified Touring B-Main:
1. Chris Reilly - XRAY T4
2. Colin Amis - XRAY T4
3. Gustav Engelbrecht - XRAY T4
XRAY CROWNS 4 SA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS and 3 VICE CHAMPIONS
The 2015 season of the South African On-Road Electric National Championship is complete and Team XRAY SA managed to crown 4 x SA National Champions and 3 x vice champions.
(f.l.t.r) Antonio Caroli (13.5T), Jason Hillcoat (Touring Modified), Jacques Myburgh (17.5T) (click to enlarge)
Touring Modified
Jason Hillcoat managed to defend his 2013 and 2014 title with great and consistent performance in the season making it three in a row with his XRAY teammate Deon Gove achieving the title of vice-champion.
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The top 5 for Touring Modified for 2015:
1. Jason Hillcoat - XRAY T4 â“ Champion
2. Deon Gove - XRAY T4 â“ Vice Champion
3. Antonio Caroli - XRAY T4
4. Anderton Smith 5. Shaun Schutte - XRAY T4
(Modified top three (f.l.t.r) Deon Gove, Jason Hillcoat, Antonio Caroli) (click to enlarge)
13.5T Touring (Boosted)
The competition during the season was tough with only ten points separating the top 6 drivers. It was Antonio Caroli (XRAY) who managed to take the title at the last event with Anderton Smith managing the vice-champion title.
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The top 5 for 13.5T Touring (Boosted) for 2015:
1. Antonio Caroli - XRAY T4 - Champion
2. Anderton Smith â“ Vice Champion 3. Deon Gove - XRAY T4
4. Shaun Schutte - XRAY T4
5. Willem Janse van Rensburg
17.5T Touring (Boosted)
The season saw a great battle between Willem Janse van Rensburg, Dillon du Plooy, Jacques Myburgh, Jonathan Wilken and Juan Landman. It was Jacques Myburgh (XRAY) who managed to win the championship title with Dillon du Plooy (XRAY) finishing as vice champion.
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The top 5 for 17.5T Touring (Boosted) for 2015:
1. Jacques Myburgh - XRAY T4 - Champion
2. Dillon du Plooy - XRAY T4 â“ Vice Champion
3. Willem Janse van Rensburg 4. Jonathan Wilken - XRAY T4
5. Juan Landman
21.5T Stock Touring
Claudio Vieira dominated the season with his XRAY to take the championship with two events two spare. There was a tight battle for the remaining podium position with the vice-champion title eventually going to Juan Wessels.
The top 5 for 21.5T Touring for 2015:
1. Claudio Vieira - XRAY T4 - Champion
2. Juan Wessels â“ Vice Champion 3. Tyronne Wilken - XRAY T4
4. Paul van der Westhuizen
5. John Steyn
