A terribly cold start to a day that later turned into a warm, summer’s day!! What a blessing?!  And amidst the racing Henry and I attended to quite a few visitors that showed real interest in RC racing. I took the opportunity to ask a few pertinent questions, for example why they chose Meyerton Raceway as the track/club of their choice. The general feedback was that we made them feel welcome from the very first moment they showed up at the track. And that they pick up a feeling of camaraderie amongst the drivers.  Although lots of prospective buyers come to us with their minds already made up about what they want; they always thank us afterwards for not allowing them to make hasty decisions. We always try and convince them to rather take time, attend races of all three disciplines – on road electric, on road nitro and off road – before they buy.

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January to June 2016 Electric On Road Prize Giving

Meyerton Raceway has got this practice of awarding trophies to drivers that competed and excelled in a specific class for every semester (6 month period) .  Should a person like to move on to another class halfway through the year, they can still be rewarded for their performance during the past semester.  We however do not include the Beginners in the awards, because we encourage them to move on to  ‘proper’ classes as soon as they are capable of doing so. ..Which in most cases are much quicker than 6 months.

Should a new class kicks off during a semester, they are excluded from that series, but will be included in the next full semester, providing there are enough interest for that period.   During the past 6 months, we could not get enough REGULAR drivers in the TTO1 Stock class to justify an award, and the same goes for the 13.5 Electric Touring. 

What is REALLY important though, is to be present at every race meeting. Regardless of how fast you are, if you are not there, you cannot collect series points.

Electric Mini:

1. Ewald van der Neut

2. Jason Landsberg

3. Jakkie Landsberg

540 Touring:

1.  Anette Ogden

2.  Jakkie Landsberg

3.  Charmaine Wright (absent)

21.5 Touring:

1.  Ewald vd Neut

2.  Piet du Toit

3.  Jakkie Landsberg

17.5 Touring:

1.  André Steenekamp

2.  Jason Landsberg

3.  George Symes (absent)

Madness must be contagious, because I’ve experienced firsthand that 24 mad people came together, voluntarily, in absolute gloomy weather… outdoors…. and they still call it FUN! Yeah, well that is what happened on June 12^th at our RC track. (Other tracks also reported on having RC races in similar conditions, like the Tamiya Cup at TRAP Raceway) Mad, mad, MAD!!!!!

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