Hi. I am (embarrassingly so) aware that Meyerton Raceway had almost zero to report on regarding the off road track for close to a year now. But as you can see, I am back!

 

The fact that the financial situation in South Africa has a negative influence in people’s spending behavior, and that a hobby like RC racing can by no means count as a necessity (some guys may differ from me on this point), cannot be denied.

But over and above that,  we found that through the years, the drivers at Meyerton Raceway took a bigger fancy in the on road track.

Both the electric and nitro disciplines attracted large numbers of interest, but at the same time they showed less interest in the off road. And to come and compete in three disciplines per month would have caused domestic problems with the missus, I am sure!

With Allan Dyer’s poor health and the subsequent closure of his much loved track, Avion Raceway, a whole bunch of off road drivers we are well acquainted with, were left stranded.

The other one or two off road tracks in the Gauteng Province are also under financial pressure; hence Meyerton has now become alive again. Fortunately we never stopped maintaining the off road track. In spite of recent frequent and heavy rain storms, it took only a few days of extensive labor to have it back in super condition again.

The drivers from neighboring towns and cities as well as a guy from quite far away, decided to pay us a visit on Sunday 13 January,. The even named the race : “Off Road Nitro Season Opener”

We appreciated their presence and we hereby invite them all back for the monthly off road race day in February as per our 2019 race calendar, which is published on our Facebook page Meyerton Raceway

R/C as well as our website under Related Links on the right hand side of the Homepage.

Sunday 13 January 2019:

A total of 10 nitro buggy drivers competed. After four qualifier heats, the seeding list for the FINALS looked like this:

1. Tiaan Oelofse
2. Kyle Stoffberg
3. Justin van Biljon
4. Daniel de Azevedo
5. Tertius van Rooyen
6. MJ Schoeman
7. JP Sweeck
8. Mark Kovago
9. Henry Ogden
10. Riaan Bornman

The quickest lap of the day (achieved during the qualies) Tiaan - 43.69s. Congratulations!

The Final results looked like this:

1. Tiaan Oelofse
2. Justin van Biljon
3. MJ Schoeman
4. Tertius van Rooyen
5. Daniel de Azevedo (a whole lot of bad luck)
6. JP Sweeck   (multiple flame-outs)
7. Riaan Bornman
8. Kyle Stoffberg (car broke after 19 laps)
9. Henry Ogden (clutch broke)
10. Mark Kovago (retired after only 8 laps)

Below : Best Presented Car of the Day :   Mark Kovago  Congratulations!

Hoping to have another race date with you guys in February!!