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By Mike Garrison
LiveRC.com
Race Report from the AOC - Written by Joel Navarro:
www.aocrc.com
Vintage Trans AM Presented by Infinity
The first class up was the Vintage Trans Am class and these style of cars were pure rock and roll. Muscle cars look cool running around the track and sitting on pole position was the man who has dominated the last 3 years in this class, Scott Rawlings. His green machine looked untouchable and was off to a good start taking the first A1 win. Hold your horses said Brian Stewart who was sitting in the overall 2nd qualifying position. Stewart who had a DNS in the A1 main was on a mission for the rest of the final events. He would answer back with an A2 win to level things up with Rawlings. It would come down to the A3 main with fenders bumping and the two trading paint. After a few lead swaps, Brian Stewart managed to cross the line before the tone to get a victory lap all to his own to cruise in for the over all win.
Formula 1 21.5 Presented by Sweep
Jan Ratheisky was the dominating force in the F1 class at last years 2018 and was looking to repeat at this years event. Showing great pace early in qualifying, Ratheisky manage to score the TQ position. With the rest of the field looking to knock him from this spot, the A1 started cleanly with Ratheisky leading the pack. Right behind, Hiro Nakatani of HiroFactory and Scott Rawlings had a heated battle for the second and third positions. This only allowed Ratheisky to build a huge lead and take the first win. The same scenario would repeat in the A2 main, again allowing Ratheisky to build a big lead to again grab the win and the overall top spot on the podium.
21.5 Junior Presented by Sweep
The competition was big when it was time for the smallest drivers to take to the track. Aussie local, Lachlan Pearson was the defending Juniors Champion and was looking to double up on his over all titles. Starting from the TQ position, Pearson had an unfortunate start at the beginning of the A1 main and this was all that Jett Sriratana needed to take the lead and run away with it all the way to the win. In the A2 main, Lachlan got a super clean start with Sriratana right on his bumper. The two were steam rolling around the track and approaching traffic at a blistering pace. Pearson managed to tangle with one of the back markers and again, this opened the door for Jett to eventually build a huge lead to score his second win in the A2 main and over all win. Pearson would finish in the over all second spot with Jamie Graves finishing in the over all third.
17.5 GT Presented by Infinity
When it came time for the sleekest cars to take to the track, you knew it would be good racing. With Alex Ilievski sitting on the pole position, he had a pack of hungry racers behind him aiming for the win. Some of the best racing of the weekend came from this class and it definitely wouldn’t easy for Ilievski to walk away with the win. Right behind in points were Christopher Mitchell and Glenn Wilson chasing Ilievski, unfortunately with time running out the over all win would slip through their fingers and the pair would battle for the remaining spots on the podium. When the final tone had sounded in the A3 final, Mitchell would come out on top pulling off the win and over all second position with Glenn Wilson finishing in the over all third.
21.5 Touring Presented by 3 Racing
For being the slower motor class, the cars in the 21.5 Touring class weren’t far off the 13.5 Touring pace. This of course made for epic battles in the final events. TQ Glenn Wilson took full advantage of his spot in both of his mains allowing him to finish half a lap ahead of Chris Kyriacou in both the A1 and A2 mains to take the overall win. That left the top two podium spots wide open. Coming from the shadows, John Karnaros had finished third in both of the aforementioned races it would go to the A3 main to decide the final top three spots. When the dust had settled, It would be Karnaros coming out on top with taking the win in the A3 Main and over all second with Chris Kyriacou taking the over all third.
1/12th Stock Presented by Hobbywing
Shaps was the name on everyone’s tongue when it came to the 1/12th Stock class. For a nitro racer by trade just dabbling in electric racing, Andrew Shapland made a phenomenally strong showing in this division. In Shapland’s review mirror for the first two mains was Ricky Vocale and the two were on a pace of their own. 35 laps were run in the A1 Main with Shapland finishing on top with Vocale finishing a few seconds behind. In the A2 main, Shapland threw down a 36-lap run with Vocale again answering back a 36-lap run as well a few second behind. Shaps scored the over all win followed by Vocale and Andy Cooke finishing in third.
1/12th Modified Presented by Motiv
Wow is all you could say about the 1/12 Modified Main Event. Reigning World Champion Alexander Hagberg sat on the pole and was poised for the over all win. This wasn’t in the cards for Alexander, as he would tangle with traffic in the A1 and A2 mains forcing him to retire his car for those two races This left the door wide open for the rest of the field. Making the calculations in their heads, it would be the battle of the Andy’s, Cooke and Bishop. Both scored wins in the finals. What would separate them would be the difference between a 2nd vs a 3rd place win giving the over all win to Andy Bishop. Cooke would finish in the over all second with Scott Callaghan rounding out the top three.
Super Stock 13.5 Presented by Motiv
Jan Ratheisky won this class at the 2018 AOC Australia, but for him to win again would be a tall order. There were a handful of people that could easily finish on the top spot. Local fast guys and some internationals were on the same lap all through the mains and mere seconds within striking distance. In the A1 Main, Simon Nicholson and Ratheisky were bumper to bumper all race long and were cleaning making their way though back markers. Grabbing only the smallest of advantages is all Ratheisky needed to strike first with Nicholson finishing a couple seconds behind. A near identical number of laps and times repeated for the A2 Main allowing Jan Ratheisky to take the over all win.
Modified Touring Presented by Infinity
There is a reason Alexander Hagberg is a current reigning world champion and he was bring it in the Modified Touring class. No pressure for last years champion, Jan Ratheisky right? As it turns out, no it wasn’t because Ratheisky was right there all weekend and in the final events not letting Hagberg run away with it. The only factor that kept Ratheisky from repeating was getting through traffic. Hagberg captured the overall win with Ratheisky second and Dominic Quek rounding out the top 3.
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