2009 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships explained

2009 IFMAR 1:10 scale Electric Off-Road World Championships was the 13th running of the 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 the future IFMAR president Dallas Mathiesen, resulting to the assailant being swiftly dealt with and handed over to the police by the latter.^[5] This meant that a majority of entries consisted of South African drivers and three international entries. 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.^[6] 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.

The 2WD and 4WD championships was won by Martin Achter, driving an Associated RC10B4 and Durango DEX410^[7] 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
	No	Driver	Car	Motor		Time	Laps	FL			Time	Laps	FL			Time	Laps	FL
1	1	Martin Achter	Durango	CS	<	-- total 1 -->	<	-- Time 1 -->	<	-- Laps 1 -->	<	-- FL 1 -->	<	-- pts 1 -->	1	<	-- Time 2 -->	<	-- Laps 2 -->	<	-- FL 2 -->	<	-- pts 2 -->	1	<	-- Time 3 -->	<	-- Laps 3 -->	<	-- FL 3 -->	<	-- pts 3 -->	<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
2	2	Craig Laughton	Associated		1	<	-- Time 1 -->	<	-- Laps 1 -->	<	-- FL 1 -->	<	-- pts 1 -->	<	-- total 2 -->	<	-- Time 2 -->	<	-- Laps 2 -->	<	-- FL 2 -->	<	-- pts 2 -->	<	-- total 3 -->	<	-- Time 3 -->	<	-- Laps 3 -->	<	-- FL 3 -->	<	-- pts 3 -->	<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
3	3	Albert Claassens	Associated		<	-- total 1 -->	<	-- Time 1 -->	<	-- Laps 1 -->	<	-- FL 1 -->	<	-- pts 1 -->	<	-- total 2 -->	<	-- Time 2 -->	<	-- Laps 2 -->	<	-- FL 2 -->	<	-- pts 2 -->	<	-- total 3 -->	<	-- Time 3 -->	<	-- Laps 3 -->	<	-- FL 3 -->	<	-- pts 3 -->	<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
4	4	Dean Steenmans	Losi		<	-- total 1 -->	<	-- Time 1 -->	<	-- Laps 1 -->	<	-- FL 1 -->	<	-- pts 1 -->	<	-- total 2 -->	<	-- Time 2 -->	<	-- Laps 2 -->	<	-- FL 2 -->	<	-- pts 2 -->	<	-- total 3 -->	<	-- Time 3 -->	<	-- Laps 3 -->	<	-- FL 3 -->	<	-- pts 3 -->	<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
5	5	Gerrit Gouws	Associated B4		<	-- total 1 -->	<	-- Time 1 -->	<	-- Laps 1 -->	<	-- FL 1 -->	<	-- pts 1 -->	<	-- total 2 -->	<	-- Time 2 -->	<	-- Laps 2 -->	<	-- FL 2 -->	<	-- pts 2 -->	<	-- total 3 -->	<	-- Time 3 -->	<	-- Laps 3 -->	<	-- FL 3 -->	<	-- pts 3 -->	<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
6	7	Charles Hollander	Losi		<	-- total 1 -->	<	-- Time 1 -->	<	-- Laps 1 -->	<	-- FL 1 -->	<	-- pts 1 -->	<	-- total 2 -->	<	-- Time 2 -->	<	-- Laps 2 -->	<	-- FL 2 -->	<	-- pts 2 -->	<	-- total 3 -->	<	-- Time 3 -->	<	-- Laps 3 -->	<	-- FL 3 -->	<	-- pts 3 -->	<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
7	8	Jaco van Eeden			<	-- total 1 -->	<	-- Time 1 -->	<	-- Laps 1 -->	<	-- FL 1 -->	<	-- pts 1 -->	<	-- total 2 -->	<	-- Time 2 -->	<	-- Laps 2 -->	<	-- FL 2 -->	<	-- pts 2 -->	<	-- total 3 -->	<	-- Time 3 -->	<	-- Laps 3 -->	<	-- FL 3 -->	<	-- pts 3 -->	<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
8	6	Brandon Joynt			<	-- total 1 -->	<	-- Time 1 -->	<	-- Laps 1 -->	<	-- FL 1 -->	<	-- pts 1 -->	<	-- total 2 -->	<	-- Time 2 -->	<	-- Laps 2 -->	<	-- FL 2 -->	<	-- pts 2 -->	<	-- total 3 -->	<	-- Time 3 -->	<	-- Laps 3 -->	<	-- FL 3 -->	<	-- pts 3 -->	<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
9	10	Stefan Ippy			<	-- total 1 -->	<	-- Time 1 -->	<	-- Laps 1 -->	<	-- FL 1 -->	<	-- pts 1 -->	<	-- total 2 -->	<	-- Time 2 -->	<	-- Laps 2 -->	<	-- FL 2 -->	<	-- pts 2 -->	<	-- total 3 -->	<	-- Time 3 -->	<	-- Laps 3 -->	<	-- FL 3 -->	<	-- pts 3 -->	<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
10	9	Stefan Fourie			<	-- total 1 -->	<	-- Time 1 -->	<	-- Laps 1 -->	<	-- FL 1 -->	<	-- pts 1 -->	<	-- total 2 -->	<	-- Time 2 -->	<	-- Laps 2 -->	<	-- FL 2 -->	<	-- pts 2 -->	<	-- total 3 -->	<	-- Time 3 -->	<	-- Laps 3 -->	<	-- FL 3 -->	<	-- pts 3 -->	<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
Source:^[10]

4WD

A-Main

					A1					A2					A3
	No	Driver	Car	Motor		Time	Laps	FL			Time	Laps	FL			Time	Laps	FL
1	1	Martin Achter	Associated	CS	1					1					10					<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
2		Gerrit Gouws	Associated B4		4					4					1					<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
3		Craig Laughton	Hot Bodies D4		9					3					2					<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
4		Brandon Joynt	Kyosho		3					2					6					<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
5		Guilherme de Sousa			5					7					3					<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
6		Stefan Ippy			6					6					4					<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
7		Jaco van Eeden			2					9					9					<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
8		Rikus Jansen van Vuuren			7					5					7					<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
9		Kenny Morey			8					10					5					<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
10		Albert Claassens			10					8					8					<	-- total pos -->	<	-- total time -->
Source:^[11]

See also

Events marred by boycott threats

In contrast to

IFMAR Worlds events that took place in South Africa

• • 2002 IFMAR On-Road World Championships
    • • • 2018 IFMAR On-Road World Championships

Notes and References

1. http://news.efra.ws/fileadmin/oldnews/news/download_invitation/2009%20EP%20Off%20Road%20Stage2%20Report.pdf{{deadlink|date=February 2019}}
2. Web site: 2009 IFMAR 1/10th Off-Road EP World Championship Stage One Report . iFMAR . 5 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304231154/http://news.efra.ws/fileadmin/oldnews/news/download/Stage1EP.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dead. 11 October 2009.
3. Web site: African Cup . 2015-07-26 . dead . https://archive.today/20090608094815/http://www.trap.co.za/africancup/ . 8 June 2009 .
4. Web site: Worlds: Where to go ? -NeoBuggy.net – Offroad RC Car News . Neobuggy.net . 2009-06-01 . 2015-07-26 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215900/http://www.neobuggy.net/2009/06/01/6307/ . dead .
5. Web site: 2018 ISTC Worlds awarded to South Africa. Red RC. 2016-08-26.
6. Web site: 2010 IFMAR 10th & 12th EP Worlds moved to Germany » Red RC – RC Car News . Redrc.net . 2015-07-26.
7. Web site: 4WD Report . 2009-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009062905/http://www.trap.co.za/offroadep/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15%3A4wd-practice&catid=1%3Anews&Itemid=9 . 2011-10-09 . dead .
8. Web site: Achter, Martin. rcranking.net.
9. Web site: Achter, Martin. rcranking.net.
10. Web site: EP Off Road 2WD Progress Report . 2015-07-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091213060307/http://www.trap.co.za/offroadep/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14%3Aep-off-road-2wd-progress-report&catid=1%3Anews&Itemid=9 . 13 December 2009 .
11. Web site: 4WD Report . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009062905/http://www.trap.co.za/offroadep/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15%3A4wd-practice&catid=1%3Anews&Itemid=9 . Henk Lamberts . 9 October 2011 . trap.co.za . dead .