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)

Touring Modified

Hein Kotze managed to win the title in a great battle with Anderton Smith, Antonio Caroli and Jason Hillcoat.

The top 10 for Touring Modified for 2017:

1^st           Hein Kotze (Xray) – Champion

2^nd          Anderton Smith (Xray) – Vice Champion

3^rd          Antonio Caroli (Xray)

4^th          Jason Hillcoat (Tamiya)

5^th          Shaun Schutte (Xray)

6^th          Jacques Liebenberg (Capricorn)

7^th          Conrad Liebenberg (Capricorn)

8^th          Ashley Hurley (Xray)

9^th          Deon Gove (Xray)

10^th        Willem Janse van Rensburg (VBC Racing)

Pro-Stock (13.5T)

The competition during the season was tough with only seven points separating the top two drivers. It was Jonathan Wilken (Xray) who managed to take the title with Gunther Cornelius (Xray) managing the vice-champion title in his first season.

The top 10 for Pro-Stock (13.5T) for 2017:

1^st           Jonathan Wilken (Xray) – Champion

2^nd          Gunther Cornelius (Xray) – Vice Champion

3^nd          Jean Wessels (Associated)

4^th          Hennie Viljoen (VBC Racing)

5^th          Tyronne Wilken (Yokomo)

6^th          Jared Rabe (Xray)

7^th          Christo Hitchins (Xray)

8^th          Michael Rabe (Xray)

9^th          John Fitzsimmons (Xray)

10^th        Lien Liebenberg (Serpent)

Formula 1 (21.5 blinky)

In the second official season of the return of F1 to the SARDA calendar, it was Xray Teammates Pedro de Gouviea and Jonathan Wilken. With the championship decider going to the last event it was Pedro who managed to get the win in round 5 to regain championship.

The top 10 for F1 for 2017:

1^st           Pedro de Gouveia (Xray) – Champion

2^nd          Jonathan Wilken (Xray) – Vice Champion

3^rd          Nico Kellerman (Xray)

4^th          Tyronne Wilken (Yokomo)

5^th          Wayde Solomon (Xray)

6^th          Jared Rabe (Xray)

7^th          Brett Ross (Xray)

8^th          Michael Rabe (Xray)

9^th          Willie Pienaar (Associated)

10^th        John Fitzsimmons (Xray)

13.5T FWD Touring

It was a mix between youth and experience in 2017 with the youngster Nico Kellerman winning the title in his first season and Paul van der Westhuizen ending the season as vice champion.

The top 5 for 13.5T FWD Touring for 2017:

1^st           Nico Kellerman – Champion

2^nd          Paul van der Westhuizen – Vice Champion

3^rd          Eugene Wessels

4^th          Fanie Viljoen Snr

5^th          Christopher Dolphin

6^th          Tristan Joubert

7^th          Sarel Pretorius

8^th          Fanie Viljoen Jnr

9^th          Ben Kriegler

10^th        Hennie Viljoen