Munday, Isergin, and Howard Top 2019 Victorian Drivers Series

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By Tyler Hooks
LiveRC.com

In Australia, one of the most sought-after RC off-road trophy is the Victorian driver’s series.

Historically, Run over four major trophy events in all corners of the state of Victoria.

This year saw the addition of a fifth Major event. The showdown in Shepparton was added to the Mallee Madness in Mildura, Wodonga dirt GP, Polistena cup at Keilor & The Knox Cup. 

The 2wd Modified Buggy series has been won by the same driver nearly every year this decade. Would this year be different? No way, seeing out the decade with an astonishing year, Ray Munday with the TQ & win in every event he entered, showed his class and experience.  Jordan Isergin 2nd, Simon Healy 3rd, Lachlan Munday 4th all pushed Ray to the limit and between them only 3 points separated them at the end of the year.  Glen Bonetti in 4th drove well without luck.

2wd Modified Buggy Top Ten
1st RAY MUNDAY - 84pts
2nd JORDAN ISERGIN - 75pts (junior)
3rd SIMON HEALY - 73pts
4th LACHLAN MUNDAY - 72pts (junior)
5th GLEN BONETTI - 64pts
6th CAMDEN CAMILLERI - 49pts (junior)
7th DAVE ENGLEDOW - 44pts
8th NATHAN FACCIOL - 43pts
9th JAY BLOSS - 36pts
10th CLAUDE CAMILLERI - 33pts (junior)

This year heralded a change of the guard, many youngsters moving up to the modified classes. Young gun Jordan Isergin taking the 4wd Modified Crown (three 1st places & 2 TQ’s) over Mr Consistent, Lachlan Munday in 2nd (one 2nd place & three 3rd’s). Reigning Champion Simon Healy in 3rd & fellow Vic RC legend Ray Munday in 5th. After a brief Hiatus Glen Bonetti in 4th not losing any of his raw speed. 

4wd Modified Buggy Top Ten
1st JORDAN ISERGIN - 81pts (junior)
2nd LACHLAN MUNDAY - 73pts  (junior)
3rd SIMON HEALY - 70pts
4th GLEN BONETTI - 68pts
5th RAY MUNDAY - 57pts
6th CAMDEN CAMILLERI - 51pts  (junior)
7th CLAUDE CAMILLERI - 45pts (junior)
8th NATHAN FACCIOL - 42pts (junior)
9th NATHAN HEALY - 41pts (junior)
10th JAY BLOSS - 34pts

Our Junior Program in Victoria is flourishing. A separate class for under 16.2 running stock 17.5t Buggies. The closest results it came down to the Knox Cup as the Season Closer. Kane Schembri with the TQ and win overtook the wildly fast Angus Browne in 2nd. Popular Robert Holliday, 3rd driving faster and faster as the year progressed. Look for these young boys to take it to the adults next year. 

2wd Junior Buggy Top Ten
1st KANE SCHEMBRI - 79pts
2nd ANGUS BROWNE - 77pts
3rd ROBERT HOLLIDAY - 76pts
4th LINCOLN ISERGIN - 67pts
5th SASH SCHEMBRI - 66pts
6th MITCH GRINTER - 62pts
7th JOSH RYAN - 57pts
8th AMEILA FACCIOL - 54pts
9th JASMINE MUNDAY - 47pts
10th FELIX BROWNE - 34pts
11th REX MADRIDEJOS - 22pts

The stock classes are ever popular in the series, both 2wd Stock & 4wd Stock saw the same top 3. Shepparton driver, Ben Howard took the series by the horns, establishing a commanding lead with the TQ & win (2wd & 4wd Stock) in the first 3 events all held at the country venues, Enough to win both classes fighting it out at the city venues.  The ultra-experienced Scott Giles with some incredible close racing with Ben all year took a deserved victory in 2wd Stock at the Knox cup giving him the 2nd place for both classes. Popular noob, Justin O’Connell in his first year of RC racing in Victoria with the 3rd overall. His raw speed a base on which he added smart race-craft as the year progressed.

2wd 17.5 Stock Buggy Top Ten
1st BEN HOWARD - 83pts
2nd SCOTT GILES - 77pts
3rd JUSTIN O'CONNELL - 66pts
4th NATHAN KROHN - 62pts
5th PAUL SLIFKA - 59pts
6th GLENN GRINTER - 57pts
7th SIMON MCHUGH - 51pts
8th MICHAEL BRUCE - 48pts
9th SPENCER CLEMENTS - 43pts
10th ASH GEPHART - 38pts

4wd Stock Buggy Top Ten
1st BEN HOWARD - 83pts
2nd SCOTT GILES - 72pts
3rd JUSTIN O' CONNELL - 66pts
4th GLENN GRINTER - 64pts
5th NATHAN KROHN - 64pts
6th SIMON MCHUGH - 56pts
7th MICHAEL BRUCE - 53pts
8th PAUL SLIFKA - 51pts
9th SPENCER CLEMENTS - 42pts
10th ASH GEPHART - 40pts

Absolutely dominating Stadium Truck, young speed merchant Nathan Healy showed much more experienced drivers how to get strong results and bank them.consistently 2 TQ/Wins at “The Showdown” and “The Polistena Cup” & Winning the series by 11 points. 2nd overall & Truck Rookie Robert Holliday showing he community he is someone to watch. Wodonga favourite, Wayne Robinson rounding off the top 3.

2wd Stadium Truck Top Ten
1st NATHAN HEALY - 78pts (junior)
2nd ROBERT HOLLIDAY - 67pts (junior)
3rd WAYNE ROBINSON - 64pts
4th MITCHELL ISERGIN - 61pts (junior)
5th ASH ELLIS - 34pts
6th ADAM EDWARDS - 31pts
7th CAMERON ZAMMIT - 21pts
8th GLEN BONETTI - 21pts
Tied 9th DAMIEN O'DEA - 20pts
Tied 9th SCOTTIE CAMERON - 20pts

The weather was not kind this year to most of the events, yet the series was a success again. Incredible racing, memorable moments, exhilaration and camaraderie were ever present. The intensity, competitiveness and spirit of fair play steps up for our events and other states look on enviously at the level of competition our drivers enjoy. Bring on the VDS in 2020. Who will rise to the top?

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