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T4, X1 & X12 win at the South African National Championship R4 |
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| Hagberg doubles at the South African National Championship as XrRAY takes clean sweep |
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The fourth round of the 2016 South-African ORE national championship was hosted at Welkom RC Club over the weekend 09 and 10 September 2016. This indoor asphalt track is the venue that will host the 2018 IFMAR ISTC 1/12 world championship. The track had great traction with a technical but fast layout for the event. Alexander Hagbergâ™s schedule allowed him to visit South Africa for the third consecutive year to compete and show his skills in the modified touring and the 1/12 modified class.
As a result of the 2018 IFMAR worlds being hosted in South Africa, some of the young talented drivers came out of â retirementâ™ to start their qualifying quest for the worlds.
Touring Modified
The touring modified class is steadily growing, and the drivers need to be at their best to qualify for the A Mains. Alexander Hagberg participated as the invitational pro driver, and his presence motivated the South African drivers to push hard and go faster. Alexander showed his world class talent and pace, and dominated the event from practise through qualifying, and also the A finals. The battle for the podium was intense, with great runs from Anderton Smith, Antonio Caroli, Ashley Hurley and Shaun Schutte. The youngster Ashley Hurley showed great pace and consolidated the second place with Shaun Schutte taking the third podium spot. On Sunday Alex consolidated his win in A1 and A2, and then took some more risks in A3 and set a new lap record of 12.8sec. With only one round remaining in the South African championship, XRAY driver Jason Hillcoat is on the brink of winning the SA Championship Title for 2016, after winning round 1 and 3. This may now lead to Jason making it four TC modified titles in a row for XRAY!
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The final results for the Modified Touring A-Main:
1. Alexander Hagberg (TQ) - XRAY T4
2. Ashley Hurley - XRAY T4
3. Shaun Schutte - XRAY T4
4. Anderton Smith - XRAY T4
5. Jacques Myburgh - XRAY T4
6. Hein Kotze - XRAY T4
7. Antonio Caroli - XRAY T4
8. Deon Gove - XRAY T4
9. Willie du Plooy - XRAY T4
10. Jason Hillcoat - XRAY T4 |
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The results for the Modified Touring B-Main:
1. André Greeff - XRAY T4
2. Juan Landman - XRAY T4
3. Heine Herholdt - XRAY T4
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The results for the Modified Touring C-Main:
1. Hannes Kruger - XRAY T4
2. Willem Janse van Rensburg
3. Johan Wilters
1/12th Scale Modified
The premium 1/12 modified class was spectacular to watch with the multi-European Champion and worlds A finalist Alexander Hagberg leading the field. During practice and racing, Alexander showed his world class skills, talent and speed and dominated the event with superfast and consistent laps. Alexanderâ™s 2015 lap record was set at 12.1sec but with great traction and conditions Alex pushed fast laps and managed to improve his own record to 11.7sec. It was up to XRAY team mates Willie du Plooy, Shaun Schutte and AndrĂ© Greeff to battle for the remaining podium positions. |
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The final results for the 1/12th Scale Modified A-Main:
1. Alexander Hagberg (TQ) - XRAY X12
2. Willie du Plooy - XRAY X12
3. André Greeff - XRAY X12
4. Shaun Schutte - XRAY X12
5. Willie Noordman - XRAY X12
6. Charles Hollander
Pro-Stock 13.5T Touring (Blinky)
The Pro-stock class was very competitive, with very fast laps recorded by these drivers. XRAY drivers Shaun Schutte and Deon Gove, as well as the championship leader Alexander Ribeiro, all ran sub 14 sec laps which was super-fast and faster than some of the modified drivers. Shaun Schutte managed to take TQ and it was a great battle between him, Deon Gove and Jonathan Wilken in all three finals. Deon eventually managed to win the event with wins in two of the three finals.
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The final results for the Pro-stock 13.5T Touring A-Main:
1. Deon Gove - XRAY T4
2. Shaun Schutte (TQ) - XRAY T4
3. Jonathan Wilken - XRAY T4
4. Alex Ribeiro
5. Charles Hollander - XRAY T4
6. Marius van Niekerk - XRAY T4
7. Juan Wessels
8. Willem Janse van Rensburg
9. Hennie Viljoen
10. Danie Delport - XRAY T4
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The results for the Pro-Stock 13.5T Touring B-Main:
1. Danie Botha - XRAY T4
2. Johan Wilters
3. Bianca Landman - XRAY T4
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The results for the Pro-Stock 13.5T Touring C-Main:
1. Werner Landman - XRAY T4
2. Ben Kriegler - XRAY T4
3. Fanie Viljoen Jnr
Formula 1 - 21.5T
The popularity of the Formula 1 class is increasing! It was the usual fast guys Jonathan Wilken, Pedro de Gouveia and Tyronne Wilken, who showed great pace from the start. Pedro managed to take the TQ, and eventually went on to win A1 and 2, with fast and consistent running, and also fending back a hard charging Jonathan Wilken, who also runs an XRAY X1. These drivers were closely followed by the youngsters Marius van Niekerk and Tyronne Wilken, with Marius eventually finishing third!
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The final results for the Formula 1 21.5T A-Main:
1. Pedro de Gouveia (TQ) - XRAY X1
2. Jonathan Wilken - XRAY X1
3. Marius van Niekerk - XRAY X1
4. Tyronne Wilken - XRAY X1
5. Jared Rabe - XRAY X1
6. Michael Rabe - XRAY X1
7. Diederik Kruger - XRAY X1
8. Riaan Truscott - XRAY X1
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