2009 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship

32009 IFMAR 1:10 scale Electric Off-Road World Championships was the 13th running of the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship for 1:10 radio-controlled electric off-road buggies sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR) that ran over two separate classes (2WD and 4WD).

The national sanctioning body, South African Radio Driver's Association (SARDA) acted as a host nation on behalf of Fourth Association of Model Auto Racing (FAMAR) with Tshwane Raceway and Promotions (TRAP) acting as the host organization for the championship.[1] taking place at the TRAP R/C Venue, located in Koedoespoort, Pretoria, in which they own.[2] In traditions with the other championships, the warm-up event was integrated into the host's national championship, the 6th African Cup.[3]

The event along with the 1:5 Large Scale Worlds, also hosted by TRAP the previous month, would be remembered for being heavily boycotted by factory teams and drivers over security issues,[4] as competitors were concerned for their safety following a number of incidents in 2002, notably involving Masami Hirosaka and (current as of 2016) IFMAR president Dallas Mathiesen, resulting to the assailant being swiftly dealt with and handed over to the police by the latter.[5][6] This meant that a majority of entries consisted of South African drivers and three international entries.[5] As a result of this, for the Electric On-Road Worlds (ISTC and 1:12 On-Road) due to take place in South Africa the following year, IFMAR stripped the organizer of its hosting rights and reallocated to MAC Burgdorf in Germany.[7] At the time when the IFMAR ISTC World Championship was still in session in 2016; with South Africa being the only FAMAR bloc nation to apply, they were awarded hosting rights to host the Electric On-Road events for 2018.[6]

The 2WD and 4WD championships was won by Martin Achter, driving a Associated RC10B4 and Durango DEX410 respectively; despite the circumstances, he became the third driver to win both titles in a single host Worlds and second in the off-road Worlds. This became his only international championship A-main appearance.[8][9]


Results

2WD

A1 A2 A3 Total
Pos. No Driver Car Motor Pos. Time Laps FL Pt. Pos. Time Laps FL Pt. Pos. Time Laps FL Pt. Pt. Time
1 1 Germany Martin Achter Durango CS 1 1
2 2 Australia Craig Laughton Associated 1
3 3 South Africa Albert Claassens Associated
4 4 South Africa Dean Steenmans Losi
5 5 South Africa Gerrit Gouws Associated B4
6 7 South Africa Charles Hollander Losi
7 8 South Africa Jaco van Eeden
8 6 South Africa Brandon Joynt
9 10 Germany Stefan Ippy
10 9 South Africa Stefan Fourie
Source:[5]

4WD

A-Main

A1 A2 A3
Pos. No Driver Car Motor Pos. Time Laps FL Pt. Pos. Time Laps FL Pt. Pos. Time Laps FL Pt. Pt. Time
1 1 Germany Martin Achter Associated CS 1 1 10
2 South Africa Gerrit Gouws Associated B4 4 4 1
3 Australia Craig Laughton Hot Bodies D4 9 3 2
4 South Africa Brandon Joynt Kyosho 3 2 6
5 South Africa Guilherme de Sousa 5 7 3
6 Germany Stefan Ippy 6 6 4
7 South Africa Jaco van Eeden 2 9 9
8 South Africa Rikus Jansen van Vuuren 7 5 7
9 South Africa Kenny Morey 8 10 5
10 South Africa Albert Claassens 10 8 8
Source:[10]

See also

Events marred by boycott threats
In contrast to
IFMAR events that took place in South Africa

References

  1. ↑ http://news.efra.ws/fileadmin/oldnews/news/download_invitation/2009%20EP%20Off%20Road%20Stage2%20Report.pdf
  2. ↑ http://news.efra.ws/fileadmin/oldnews/news/download/Stage1EP.pdf
  3. ↑ "African Cup". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on June 8, 2009. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  4. ↑ "Worlds: Where to go ? -NeoBuggy.net – Offroad RC Car News". Neobuggy.net. 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  5. 1 2 3 "EP Off Road 2WD Progress Report". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  6. 1 2 "2018 ISTC Worlds awarded to South Africa". Red RC. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  7. ↑ "2010 IFMAR 10th & 12th EP Worlds moved to Germany » Red RC – RC Car News". Redrc.net. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  8. ↑ "Achter, Martin". rcranking.net.
  9. ↑ "Achter, Martin". rcranking.net.
  10. ↑ Henk Lamberts. "4WD Report". trap.co.za. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011.
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