Sunday 15th September club meeting was the rescheduled Round 2 of the 2024 Hills Offroad RC Club Championship. After the last race meeting was cancelled to not clash with the Ryde Cup which was eventually run at Hills Offroad RC due to the temporary track closure of Sydney RC Car Club’s track. With 85 entries attending to also get the last racing laps in prior to Octobers Australian Championships.
Novice
With 7 drivers running, round 1 went the way of Rylee Hamilton with an overall TQ run (8 laps/5:06.529). Howard Crooks was second (8 laps/5:35.855), and Saxon Gillott in third (7 laps/5:22.764).
Howard Crooks went quickest in round 2 (8 laps/5:23.949). Rylee Hamilton was second for the round (8 laps 5:24.239), with Jaxon McMahon third for the round (7 laps/5:07.799).
Rylee Hamilton took the overall win with 2nd, 1st & 1st places in the three finals. Howard Crooks was second with finishing positions of 1st, 2nd & 2nd in the finals. Jaxon McMahon rounded out the podium places for the day in third with 3rd, 3rd & 3rd in the finals.
Novice Race Results
1st – Rylee Hamilton (TQ)
2nd – Howard Crooks
3rd – Jaxon McMahon
4th – Saxon Gillott
5th – Husyan Omar
Fastest Lap of the Day – Rylee Hamilton – 32.856 seconds (A1 Final)
2wd Stock
With the largest field for the meeting, 30 drivers were lead in the first round of qualifying by Nathaniel White with an overall TQ run (10 laps/5:26.864), from Glenn Welch in second (9 laps/5:02.012). Chris Milton rounded out the top 3 for the round (9 laps/5:02.633).
Nathaniel White took the second round (10 laps/5:30.509). Glenn Welch finished second for the round (10 laps/5:30.799), with Michael Stone taking third in the round (10 laps/5:31.585).
Nathaniel White took top honours for the day with 2nd, 1st & 1st in the finals. Chris Milton took second overall with 4th, 2nd & 3rd places and Logan Rintoul coming home third with 6th, 5th & 2nd places in the finals.
2wd Stock Race Results
1st – Nathaniel White (TQ)
2nd – Chris Milton
3rd – Logan Rintoul
4th – Zac Panic
5th –Ron Curby
Fastest Lap of the Day – Michael Stone – 31.164 seconds (A1 Final)
2wd Modified
10 entries fronted to get some more valuable laps under their belts before the upcoming Australian Championships scheduled for October. Round 1 went to Lachlan Donnelly (10 laps/5:03.963). Jarod Ment finished second for the round (10 laps/5:06.696), and Peter Seckold was third (10 laps/5:08.175).
Lachlan Donnelly topped the timesheets and took overall TQ (10 laps/5:00.505). Jarod Ment finished second for the round (10 laps/5:08.150). Peter Seckold finished third for the round (10 laps/5:14.309).
It was Lachlan Donnelly who took a convincing win in all finals. Samuel Muffett finished second with 5th, 2nd & 2nd. Andrew Gillott finished the day in third after three consistent finals with 4th, 3rd & 3rd place finishes.
2wd Modified Race Results
1st – Lachlan Donnelly (TQ)
2nd – Samuel Muffett
3rd – Andrew Gillott
4th –Peter Seckold
5th – Jarod Ment
Fastest Lap of the Day – Lachlan Donnelly – 29.053 seconds (A3 Final)
4wd Stock
22 entries ran with Michael Stone taking top spot in round 1 of qualifying with overall TQ as well (11 laps/5:23.587). Nathaniel White followed in second some way behind (10 laps/5:03.417), from Chris Milton in third (10 laps/5:10.988).
Michael Stone went fastest in round 2 also (11 laps/5:23.648), from Nathaniel White in second (10 laps/5:06.838), and Michael Martinez in third for the round (10 laps/5:15.109).
With some close racing and a mix of the results, it was Nathaniel White who took out the day with results of 2nd, 1st & 8th places across the finals. Chris Milton ran second with 3rd, 3rd & 1st place finishes. Logan Rintoul finished third with 4th, 2nd & 2nd places..
4wd Stock Race Results
1st – Nathaniel White
2nd – Chris Milton
3rd – Logan Rintoul
4th – Michael Martinez
5th – Michael Stone (TQ)
Fastest Lap of the Day – Michael Stone – 28.416 seconds (Q2)
4wd Modified
10 entries laid down the fastest laps of the day with Lachlan Donnelly setting the fastest time for the round and the day for TQ (11 laps/5:08.618). Jarod Ment was second (11 laps/5:17.115), and Peter Seckold third (11 laps/5:20.104).
Peter Seckold topped round 2 (11 laps/5:19.738). Samuel Muffett was second (11 laps/5:21.621), and Lachlan Donnelly was third (11 laps/5:25.177).
Lachlan Donnelly as he did in 2wd dominated the finals taking all three wins. Jarod Ment finished second with 2nd, 2nd & 7th, and Samuel Muffett coming in third with 3rd, 5th & 2nd place finishes.
4wd Modified Race Results
1st – Lachlan Donnelly (TQ)
2nd – Jarod Ment
3rd – Samuel Muffett
4th – Andrew Gillott
5th – Bradd Vercoe
Fastest Lap of the Day – Lachlan Donnelly – 27.234 seconds (A2 Final)
Run What You Brung (Open)
6 entries showed up to get some laps in their trucks with Peter Seckold setting the fastest time for the round and tool the overall TQ early in the day (10 laps/5:53.434). Simon Shaw was second (9 laps/5:33.719), and Stuart McMahon third (8 laps/5:01.859).
Peter Seckold topped round 2 (9 laps/5:05.970). Stuart McMahon was second (9 laps/5:39.585), and Simon Shaw was third (5 laps/4:09.794).
With a mix of results across the podium places, it was Bradd Vercoe who came out on top for the day with 2nd, 5th & 1st places. Peter Seckold came away with second after running 1st, 2nd & 5th places. Simon Shaw came in in third with 4th, 1st & 4th place finishes.
Run What You Brung (Open) Race Results
1st – Bradd Vercoe
2nd – Peter Seckold (TQ)
3rd – Simon Shaw
4th – Stuart McMahon
5th – Andrew Kerek
Fastest Lap of the Day – Peter Seckold – 31.346 seconds (Q2)
Thanks to all for the support in getting another round of our 2024 Club Championship in the books. The current point score after round 2 for each class is below and come and join the action for the remainder of the championship. Our next club race day is scheduled for Sunday 20th October, we hope to see you all there.
Follow the below link for the full race results
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