01/06/2025 – Round 3 of 2025 Hills Offroad RC Club Championship Race Report
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Sunday 1st June club meeting was Round 3 of the 2025 Hills Offroad RC Club Championship. With 74 entries attending a glorious day for racing with the track conditions being more favourable than the previous weekend with a drier week in the lead up the event.
Novice/Rung What You Brung
6 entries rolled up for some action with Joseph Valdivia taking the TQ after qualifying.
Gabriel Abdelfattah went on to take the win on the day with 3rd, 1st & 1st place finishes. Joseph Valdivia finished second with 1st, 2nd & 5th places. Noah Abdelfattah finished in third place with 2nd, 3rd & 2nd places in the finals.
Novice/Run What You Brung Race Results
1st – Gabriel Abdelfattah
2nd – Joseph Valdivia (TQ)
3rd – Noah Abdelfattah
4th – Husayn Omar
5th – Simon Shaw
Fastest Lap of the Day – Hugo Van Niekerk – 35.317 seconds (A1 Final)
2wd Stock
With the largest field for the event, 26 drivers were shown the way with Scott Hill taking TQ for the finals.
Scott Hill went on to take the win on the day with 1st, 1st & 2nd place finishes. Hugo Tsang finished second with 3rd, 2nd & 1st places. Nathaniel White put together a third place with 3rd, 7th & 3rd places in the finals.
2wd Stock Race Results
1st – Scott Hill (TQ)
2nd – Hugo Tsang
3rd – Nathaniel White
4th – Anthony Gullotta
5th – Chris Milton
Fastest Lap of the Day – Hugo Tsang – 33.042 seconds (A3 Final)
2wd Modified
With 10 very keen entries, it was Lachlan Donnelly laying down TQ runs to start the finals ahead of the rest.
Lachlan Donnelly went on to take the Grand Slam (Win, TQ & Fastest Lap), with three wins across the finals. Jarod Ment took second place with 2nd, 5th & 2nd places. Matthew Couper came in third with 3rd, 2nd & 3rd places across the finals.
2wd Modified Race Results
1st – Lachlan Donnelly (TQ)
2nd – Jarod Ment
3rd – Matthew Couper
4th – Ari Bakla
5th – Peter Seckold
Fastest Lap of the Day – Lachlan Donnelly – 29.842 seconds (A2 Final)
4wd Stock
With 21 entries running on the day, Nathaniel White put together a TQ run for the best starting place of the stock runners.
Nathaniel White then went on to take the win overall in the finals with 3rd, 1st & 1st place finishes. Scott Hill came in second with 1st, 3rd & 2nd place finishes. Hugo Tsang was third with 2nd, 2nd & 4th places.
4wd Stock Race Results
1st – Nathaniel White (TQ)
2nd – Scott Hill
3rd – Hugo Tsang
4th – Logan Rintoul
5th – Chris Milton
Fastest Lap of the Day – Nathaniel White – 29.346 seconds (A1 Final)
4wd Modified
With 11 entries coming to play with Lachlan Donnelly taking the TQ spot after qualifying.
The finals were a closer battle for all places than the results show with Lachlan Donnelly taking his second Grand Slam for the event (Win, TQ & Fastest Lap), with 1st, 4th & 1st places across the finals. Matthew Couper took second with 4th, 1st & 5th places. Ari Bakla finished third with 2nd, 3rd & 2nd places.
4wd Modified Race Results
1st – Lachlan Donnelly (TQ)
2nd – Matthew Couper
3rd – Ari Bakla
4th – Jarod Ment
5th – Peter Seckold
Fastest Lap of the Day – Lachlan Donnelly – 27.489 seconds (A2 Final)
It was another great and competitive round of the 2025 Club Championship and the current leaders in the point score after round 3 for each class are:
· 2WD Junior Stock Buggy – Cooper DeBono
· 2WD Stock Buggy – Hugo Tsang
· 2WD Modified Buggy – Matthew Couper
· 4WD Junior Stock Buggy – Cooper DeBono
· 4WD Stock Buggy – Hugo Tsang
· 4WD Modified Buggy – Matthew Couper
Full point score in the images attached.
There is still time to join the club to be a part of future events in the 2025 Club Championship and for your chance to win one of two car kits at the end of 2025. Every time you enter a club meeting as a member of the club, you have one entry in the draw to win.
Our next round of the cub Championship is scheduled for Sunday 6th July 2025, to continue our drive towards what will be the biggest year for Hills Offroad RC with the IFMAR World Championships. Our next cub day is 29th June 2025.
Follow the below link for the full race results
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