June 2019 Electric On Road club race & 6 month series prize giving

A historical day for Meyerton Raceway: Our very first day of hosting a LIVE race. Our members were given the link to follow the race online. Those who followed it said it was really cool! This was made possible by the newly acquired LiveTime timing system that we are now using. There are still a few hiccups, but we are getting there…. We would like to thank our drivers for their patience with us while we iron out the challenges.

 

 

 

The Race:

Electric Mini:

Paul Langenhoven won the 1^st qualifier round convincingly. His best lap – 22.11s.

André Steenekamp ended 2nd, Leon van Rooyen 3d and Francois Geyser 4^th.

In the second qualifier, things went almost the same. But now Leon left the track early, subsequently Francois moved into the 3rd place. André was the only driver that improved on his own best lap.

The first leg of the finals saw exactly the same positions as the first round. Paul, still in the lead, now increased to a very fast 21.9seconds lap. Both Francois and Leon also achieved better lap times.

The last final didn’t bring any surprises regarding the positions, but Paul was able to boast a best lap of only 20.85s.

Mini Overall :

1. Paul Langenhoven
2. André Steenekamp
3. Leon van Rooyen

 

540 Touring:

 

Marchel van Rooyen kicked this class off with a won. He also made other more experienced drivers worried with laps of only 20 seconds behind his name. Gert Fourie (or maybe his substitute, which is not allowed) ended 2nd and Piet du Toit 3^rd. James Theron completed 15 laps and ended 4^th . Marchel’s younger brother Erich ended 5^th. The fastest lap belonged to Piet - 20.05s

Piet du Toit took the lead over for the 2^nd qualifier round. James moved up and into 2^nd place. Erich moved from 5^th to 3^rd place. Marchel did not start.

The 1^st Final leg saw Piet in the lead once again, this time with a best lap of 19.53s.

Piet stayed in 1^st place for the Final leg, but could not repeat his 19 second lap.

Erich ended 2^nd and was followed by James.

 540 Overall:

1. Piet du Toit
2. Erich van Rooyen
3. James Theron

 

Electric TTO1

Nathan Steyn was chased in close pursuit by Erich van Rooyen. But he still succeeded in winning this round with the best lap as well as the best average. An average of 23 sec is a very satisfactory performance. Mooi so, Nathan!

Erich ended 2^nd and Owen Stevens 3^rd. Charl de Lange is still a novice and he ended 4^th.

Ruan Visagie did not start.

Round 2: Nathan and Eric both improved on their previous best laps and they stayed in 1^st and 2^nd places respectively. Ruan now joined the race and ended n 3^rd place.

Erich changed the picture in the 1^st leg of the finals. He won the race and boasts a consistency percentage of 94.8%

Little Owen Stevens ended 2^nd ,. His average lap time gets better and better every month.

Ruan had to settle for 3^rd place.

Charl’s average came down from 35 to 27seconds. Quite an achievement!

Nathan was having car trouble.

For the final race of the day, Erich stayed in the lead and he was now followed by Ruan. Nathan recovered from his car trouble and ended 3^rd. Nathan did the fastest lap for the day in this class - 22.48s.

TTO1 Overall:

1. Erich van Rooyen
2. Owen Stevens
3. Ruan Visagie

 

21.5 Touring:

In this class, Paul Langenhoven continued on his winning path, which he started in the mini class.  He completed 17 laps with a best lap of 20.6. To our surprise, Paul’s biggest rival was Esmarie Geyser. She is just going from strength to strength lately. She not only equaled Paul’s 17 laps, she also succeeded in doing a best lap of 20 seconds, just like Paul. Even her average came very close to Paul’s. Excellent! You go, Girl!!

James Theron ended in 3^rd place. James, Marchel, Piet, Gert and Martin all completed 16 laps each.

Piet’s lap of 20.4s was the quickest one in this round.

The 2^nd round looked somewhat different from the 1^st one. Piet du Toit now urged Paul to perform even better, to stay in the lead. It resulted in Paul completing 18 laps. Piet ended 2^nd with 18 laps as well. In 3^rd place we saw James again. Marchel started having car trouble.

In the 1^st leg of the Finals, Esmarie took her 1^st place back when she ended just behind Paul again. Piet now had to be content with 3^rd place.

The last leg of the Final was won by Paul and he now achieved the best lap of all in this class - 20.04s Good job!

It serves to be mentioned that most of the drivers in this class are now capable of laps of 20. something.. You guys (and lady) rock!!

21.5 Overall:

1. Paul Langenhoven
2. Piet du Toit
3. Esmarie Geyser

 

Prize giving

6 Month series:

Mini:

1. Leon van Rooyen
2. Francois Geyser
3. Mike Miscia

 

540 Touring:

1. Piet du Toit
2. Marchel van Rooyen
3. James Theron

21.5 Touring:

1. Piet du Toit
2. Leon van Rooyen
3. Mike Miscia

TTO1 Stock

1. Erich van rooyen
2. Ruan Visagie
3. Owen Stevens