South African national on-road championship – Report

The final round of the South African national electric on-road championship was hosted by the MMCRC club in the South of Johannesburg. It all came down to the final race to decide who was going to be the next electric on-road champion. Low traction on Saturday made it very difficult for those who had their cars ready to go on Friday and a lot of the drivers struggled to get their cars around the dusty surface. In 13.5T it was Antonio Caroli who pulled an “arrive and drive” move to take the overall TQ. The 17.5T TQ belonged to Ashley Hurley, in 1/12th it was the local boy Shaun Schutte who TQ’d and in the main event, touring modified, Jason Hillcoat dominated once again.

After a rain storm on Saturday evening the track was washed and re-sugared which brought a lot of traction for the day ahead. In 1/12th it was Shaun with his X12 who dominated once again to take the win and bag the overall championship for the year.

1/12th overall championship result
1. Shaun Schutte – Xray
2. Heine Herholdt – Xray
3. Andre Esterhuizen – Xray
4. Wimpie van Aswegen – Xray
5. Dave Wiseman – Serpent
6. Joseph Schauerte – Serpent
7. Alan Mines – TOP
8. Andre Greeff – Xray
9. Miguel Haasbroek – AE
10.Shane Kok – Serpent

In 17.5T Ashley Hurley with his T4 was in a league of his own, followed by Schumacher driver Kallin Kommel and Xray’s Justin Cloete . The “Krokodil” Andre Greeff (Xray) had a difficult drive in the finals but he still managed a 4th place and took home the overall championship.

17.5T touring overall championship result
1. Andre Greeff – Xray
2. Ashley Hurley – Xray
3. Justin Cloete – Xray
4. Kallin Kommel – Schumacher
5. Gerrie Myburgh – Yokomo
6. Jonathan Wilken – Xray
7. Morne de Noon – Yokomo
8. Christo Hitchins – Xray
9. Martin Fourie – Schumacher
10.Abu Abrahams – Xray

Then it was time for 13.5T where TQ man Antonio Caroli was leading from the front only to make a mistake late in the race that cost him dearly. Michael Wiseman (Serpent) was there to capitalise and take the win, with Hein Kotze (Xray) and Anderton Smith (Xray) in tow. The 3rd place was enough for Anderton to bag the overall championship.

13.5T touring overall championship result
1. Anderton Smith – Xray
2. Shaun Schutte – Xray
3. Antonio Caroli – Xray
4. Jason Hillcoat – Xray
5. Deon Gove – Xray
6. Christiaan Fourie – Xray
7. Willie Du Plooy – Xray
8. Alex Ribero – Yokomo
9. Karl Joubert – Xray
10.Heine Herholdt – Xray

In touring modified Jason Hillcoat (Xray) won the first race and Anderton Smith (Xray) bagged the second final, so it all came down to the last run of the day and it was a ding dong battle between the two of them, but in the end Jason was the successor as he won the event and was crowned South African touring modified champion.

Touring modified overall championship result
1. Jason Hillcoat – Xray
2. Shaun Schutte – Xray
3. Anderton Smith – Xray
4. Antonio Caroli – Xray
5. Deon Gove – Xray
6. Heine Herholdt – Xray
7. Christiaan Fourie – Serpent
8. Colin Amis – Xray
9. Willie du Plooy – Xray
10.Wouter Fereira – Xray

Thanks to Heine Herholdt for sending the report.