2018 ORE Nationals Round 1 – Trap

The first round of the 2018 South-African ORE national championship was hosted by TRAP RC Venue in Pretoria over weekend 17 and 18 February 2017. There is great excitement within the South African RC family with the 2018 IFMAR Worlds being hosted in Welkom later in the year. There were two practice and a pre-nationals…

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SARDA 2017 1/12 Scale Electric National Championship

Antonio Caroli wins the 2017 1/12th Modified Title The 2017 season of the South African On-Road Electric National Championship for the 1/12th class is complete and Team Xray SA managed to crown 2 x SA National Champions and 2 x vice champions. (f.l.t.r) Antonio Caroli (1/12th Modified), Francois Laubscher (1/12th Stock)

2017 1/12 Scale Nationals Round 5 – Welkom

Caroli and Laubscher wins in South Africa The final round of the 2017 South-African ORE 1/12th national championship series was held at the Welkom RC Arena over weekend 18-19 November 2017. With the new track build for the IFMAR 2018 worlds on track, this was the last official event to be hosted at the current…

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SARDA 2017 On-Road Electric National Championship

Hein Kotze wins the 2017 Touring Mod Title The 2017 season of the South African On-Road Electric National Championship is complete and Team Xray SA managed to crown 3 x SA National Champions and 3 x vice champions. (f.l.t.r) Hein Kotze (Touring Modified), Jonathan Wilken (Pro-stock 13.5T), Pedro de Gouveia (F1)

2017 ORE Nationals Round 5 – KMR

The last round of the 2017 South-African ORE national championship was held at Krugersdorp Model Racers at the Key West Track over weekend 28 and 29 October 2017. Controlled practise was held on Thursday and Friday with great spring weather and good track conditions ensuring a fast pace for all drivers. On Friday night a…

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2017 1/12 Scale Nationals Round 4 – Welkom

XRAY X12 ‘2018 Doubles in South Africa The fourth round of the 2017 South-African ORE 1/12th national championship series was held at the Welkom RC Arena on Saturday 23 September 2017. The busy 2017 RC racing schedule and a long weekend in South Africa celebrating Heritage Day made that not all the 1/12th drivers could…

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2017 ORE Nationals Round 4 – KMR

The fourth round of the 2017 South-African ORE national championship was held at Krugersdorp Model Racers at the Key West Track over weekend 02 and 03 September 2017. Controlled practise was held on Thursday and Friday with great spring weather and good track conditions ensuring a fast pace for all drivers. The 2002 IFMAR Worlds…

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2017 1/12 Scale Nationals Round 3 – Welkom

The third round of the 2017 South-African ORE 1/12th national championship series was held at the Welkom RC Arena this past weekend. With a tight 2017 RC racing schedule in South Africa some of the 1/12th drivers could not participate in the event but all the championship contenders were present for the four qualifying rounds…

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2017 ORE Nationals Round 3 – Trap

The third round of the 2017 South-African ORE national championship moved to TRAP RC Venue in Pretoria over weekend 01 and 02 July 2017. Free practise was held on Thursday and Friday with good winter weather in the Gauteng Province meeting the drivers. The club did some good repair work on the track and a…

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2017 1/12 Scale Nationals Round 2 – Welkom

Most of the drivers arrived Friday for some practise and setup and from the practise times set it was clear that the local man Antonio Caroli was the driver to beat in Modified and Francois Laubscher in the 13.5T blinky stock class.