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Sydney’s Brayden Stanley is the large winner on the 2024 Winter Champs, hosted by Penrith District Nitro Racing in Sydney’s west. Stanley scooped each IC Touring and ISTC Modified Classes in a robust show. This was the sixteenth 12 months that PDNR have hosted the Winter Champs, Australia’s premiere non-sanction on-road occasions.
With 12 lessons over two days, the Winter Champs hosts each nitro and electrical racing in 1/twelfth, 1/tenth and 1/eighth classes on PDNR’s short-term car-park format. Scotty Ernst and Chris Mitchell offered occasion asserting to intensify the standard of the occasion.
Saturday noticed 1/eighth (Open, GT and GTE), 1/tenth IC Touring, 1/twelfth (13.5), Formula 1 and Short Course Truck lessons. Sunday’s racing featured 4 ISTC lessons (Modified, 13.5, 21.5 and Junior) along with Front Wheel Drive.
Brayden Stanley’s efficiency headlined the outcomes, the present tenth IC Touring National Champion and former IFMAR Worlds A Finalist too sturdy in IC Touring forward of fellow PDNR member Tate Firth and Michael Stone. Stanley would again it up on Sunday with an enormous ISTC Modified win over a high quality area that included Jeffrey Macke, Tim Moylan and Simon Nicholson because the Sydney driver made his first look with an ARC. The conflict between Stanley, Mackie, Jeff Hamon and Ryan Maker on the upcoming Queensland Championships is one thing to stay up for.
The GT and GTE lessons offered a few of the greatest racing of the weekend, the large bangers spectacular round a format that included each high-speed swoops and technical sections. Cameron Kendall prevailed in GTE after three sensible finals, whereas Rick Seymonsbergen was too sturdy in a GT ultimate that began in gentle rain earlier than the observe dried to allow a quick end.
A PDNR custom, the Short Course Truck class noticed short-term jumps added to the observe, 17 vans going at it for six heads-up races in a spectacular and crowd-pleasing show. Tate Firth defeating US customer Scotty Ernst and Clinton Mackenzie. PDNR proceed to champion junior drivers, and a 12-car Junior ISTC area noticed some large performances from future stars – none extra in order that Tye Moylan’s dominant win. Tye made it an enormous weekend for the Moylan household after father Tim had earlier gained each 1/eighth Open and Front Wheel Drive lessons, and been on the rostrum in ISTC Modified.
Results:
Saturday:
– Matrix IC Touring: Brayden Stanley (Infinity), Tate Firth (Infinity), Michael Stone (XRAY)
– Speedy RC 1/eighth GT: Rick Seymonsbergen (Hong Nor), Anthony Wasson (Serpent), Logan Rintoul (XRAY)
– Senesi Motorsports 1/eighth GTE: Cameron Kendall (Serpent), Rick Seymonsbergen (Hong Nor), Ross Lalic (Serpent)
– Blitz 1/eighth Open: Ryan Reynolds (Mugen), Tim Moylan (Mugen), Cameron Kendall (Serpent)
– Hobbywing 1/twelfth 13.5: Tim Rhodin (Awesomatix), Greg Brooks (XRAY), Baden Macdonald (Awesomatix)
– Bezerk F1: Ross Lalic (Serpent), Dave Reston (Schumacher), Dan Maher (Schumacher)
– Toyo Tyres Short Course Truck: Tate Firth (Team Associated), Scotty Ernst (Team Associated), Clinton Mackenzie (Traxxas)
Sunday:
– Power HD ISTC Modified: Braden Stanley (ARC), Jeffrey Mackey (Awesomatix), Tim Moylan (Mugen)
– EZ Power ISTC 13.5: Marcus Askell (Awesomatix), Lincoln Codd (Mugen), Michael Stone (XRAY)
– Exalt RC ISTC 21.5: Logan Rintoul (XRAY), Adam Frankish (Mugen), Dan Maher (Schumacher)
– Sydney Helicopters ISTC Junior: Tye Moylan (Mugen), Zac Bardetta (XRAY), Jay Refalo (XRAY)
– ARC Front Wheel Drive: Tim Moylan (Mugen), Anthony Gullota (Schumacher), Chris Mitchell (Awesomatix)
Fast Facts:
– Announcers: Scotty Ernst & Chris Mitchell
– sixteenth internet hosting of the Winter Champs by Penrith District Nitro Racers
– Winter Champs dates again to 1997, with earlier venues together with Bathurst, Illawarra, Tamworth, Magic Kingdom (Sydney), Canberra, Moorebank
– 197 entries
– 5-7 July 2024
– Live Streamed by RC Race Media
– Photos by Scott Guyatt (Action RC) and Tate Firth (PDNR)
– Event Sponsors: Sydney Helicopters, FlySky, RC Maker, Penrith City Council, Campbelltown Hobbies, Brisket Boys, Mach-1, Kennards Hire, Toyo Tyres, Senesi Motorsport, JSpec Stickers, Speedy RC, Matrix Racing Tyres, Power HD, EZ Power, Exalt RC, Smoken, ARC, Leisure Coast Aluminium Windows & Kitchens, XRAY, Mob Boss Graphics, Seiko, KTM, Total Tools Penrith, Mountain Culture, East Coast Hobbies, Model Engines, Hara Racing, Blaxland Hot Bread & Café and RC Race Media.
Links:
– Event Page: https://pdnr.org.au/occasion/173/2024-pdnr-winter-champs
– PDNR Website: https://pdnr.org.au
– PDNR Facebook: https://www.fb.com/pdnracing
– Results: pdnr.liverc.com https://pdnr.liverc.com/outcomes/
– RC Race Media: https://www.youtube.com/@rcracemedia