Model racing car drivers show class during club day

Members of the Bushveld Model Racing Club (BMR) had an opportunity to sharpen their racing skills at the BMR race course during the club’s monthly club-points racing day on Saturday.
The drivers competed on the flat track, a smooth tar-surfaced track resembling the likes of Formula-1 and Touring Car races. The scale model vehicles are all electrically driven and vary between front wheel drive, rear wheel drive and four wheel drive.
The drivers also competed in 5 different categories. The categories include the front-wheel drive stock-, front-wheel drive modified-, Tamiya Cup-, touring modified- and touring stock classes.
Renier Smit was the fastest driver in the front-wheel drive stock class with Kobus Strydom being the fastest in the front-wheel drive modified class.
In the Tamiya Cup, Dirk Badenhorst proved to be the quickest with Kobus Strydom winning the touring modified category. Johan Cracknell was the fastest racer in the touring stock class.

Front wheel drive stock class
1. Renier Smit
2. Heinrich van der Merwe
3. Hein van der Merwe

Front wheel drive modified class
1. Kobus Strydom
2. Heinrich van der Merwe
3. Renier Smit
4. Hein van der Merwe
5. Peter Janse van Vuuren

Tamiya Cup
1. Dirk Badenhorts
2. Peter Janse van Vuuren
3. Renier Smit
4. Dawie Lessing
5. Tiaan Badenhorst

Touring modifieds class
1. Kobus Strydom
2. Johan Cracknell
3. Kobus Kotze
4. Renier Smit

Touring stock class
1. Johan Cracknell
2. André Fichardt
3. Kobus Kotze
4. Renier Smith
5. Dawie Lessing

Story and photos: THINUS DU TOIT
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