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General Meeting – 15 December 2015

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At our GM on Tuesday night we will have two guests.  Heinz Huber (Alpine email community in Australia) and Phillippe Thomas (President of the Alpine/Gordini Club in Southern France).  Heinz, Phillippe and Phillippe’s daughter Amandine joined us for our Christmas BBQ on Sunday.

Heinz is bringing his Alpine A310 1600 for us to check out and Phillipper is bringing some video/DVD.s to watch.

Heinz will be there from around 6.00 pm with his car so if you would like to get some take away for tea and have it in the car park with us, please do.

FRENCH CAR FESTIVAL – 1 November 2015

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We had a reasonable turnout of cars on Sunday considering the event fell on the weekend before Cup Day and the weather forecast was not overly inspiring.

The cars covered many eras of Renault with some notable absences. Unfortunately there were no R8’s and no Dauphines.  A couple of notable cars were Mike Garafillis R12 Gordini, John Hardy’s Alpine A110, Joost Kuckartz R5 Convertible and an R5 Turbo2.

There were two awards to Renaults on the day. One was a judged award for best Renault and that was won by David Jenkins for his R750.FCF 2015 12 The other was a peoples choice award which went to Rowena Rasmussen for her Caravelle.

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We had three new members join on the day and we welcome them to the club.

 

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Sporting Championship Progress Points to 1 November

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Following is the point standings up to and including Round 3 of the Rob Roy Interclub Hillclimb Challenge on 25th October 2015.

Graeme Edwards 27 Points (10 events)
John Elliott 17 Points (7 events)
Colin Stark 15 Points (5 events)
John Hardy  9 Points (3 events)
Glenn Armstrong  7 Points (7 events)
Russell Armstrong  5 Points (5 events)
Geoff Rasmussen  3 Points (2 events)
Dave Cavanagh  2 Points (2 events)
Paul Stewart  1 Point (1 event)
David Bertuch  1 Point (1 event)

To ensure inclusion in the sporting award, members need to email details of events entered, including results to the Sporting Coordinator, Graeme Edwards at 

Details about the Club Championship are here

Rob Roy Club Challenge – Round 3, 25 October 2015

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We had a smaller contingent at the final round of the club challenge but some good results.

Colin Stark in his A110 won Class C (1601 cc to 2000 cc) with a time of 25.07 sec which was incredible as he had only one run for the day and the the motor shut down with an electrical gremlin before the finish line.  Graeme Edwards in a RS Clio came second in the same class with a time of 26.14 sec.

Geoff Rasmussen in his R4 took third place in Class A (up to 1300 cc) with his fastest time ever up the hill of 47.56 sec. Unfortunately he did it on his first run of the day and could not improve the result.

They now record terminal speed for cars as they cross the finish line. Colin’s time for his run was 109 kmh, Graeme’s was 107 kmh over three runs with Geoff’s fastest time maxing out at 41 kmh.

John Elliott had radiator pressurisation issues with his GTA and only completed threthirde runs but ended fifth in class with a time of 26.81 sec.

We also had Dave Cavanagh representing the club along with his son Chris (representing PCCV) driving a Peugeot 306 GTi6. Dave took out the honours between them with 28.23 sec compared to Chris  at 28.66 sec.  Better luck next time Chris.

As a team, we came third on the day and fourth overall.

 

 

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Wings and Wheels Maryborough

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Our drive day to Maryborough went well last Sunday with a good turnout of members and a variety of Renaults. We had a 750, an R5, an R12, an R16, an R17, a Fuego, four RS Clio’s and an RS Megane.IMG_0767

Most of us started from BP Calder (almost on time) at 9.30 am. Paul Stewart in his R17 joined us at Gisborne as we headed for the Moto Bean Cafe at Malmsbury. The cafe was an ideal place to stop for coffee with a couple of cars and a few motorcycles on display inside.MB1

We then travelled on to Maryborough airport where there was an air display in progress as we arrived. Most of our group (all but me) were directed to the car display area to park.  They decided my car was too new. I was a little disappointed with this having organised the day. I will eventually get over it.

Colin Stark was competing in the sprints on the airstrip in his A110 Alpine. The record for his class was 17.7 seconds. He managed to reduce this by 3.13 seconds to 14.57 seconds.  Great effort.

It has been suggested that we make this an annual drive which we will consider but we may need to leave a little earlier to get the most from the day.

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Rob Roy Hill Climb – 30 August 2016

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IMG_0761 From having four competitors at the first round of the Club Challenge, our effort more than doubled for round two with nine entries.

We had two class wins with John Hardy taking out Class B with his A110 and Colin Stark winning Class C with his A110. Colin has moved from Class B to C with the upgrade (and increased capacity) of his engine.

Our other competitors were David Bertuch (RS 275 Trophy+), Geoff Rasmussen (R4), Paul Stewart (R17TS), Graeme Edwards (RS Clio 2), Chris Armstrong (RS Clio 2), Glenn Armstrong (RS 265) and last but not least Dave Cavanagh (Peugeot 306GTI).

It was a good day for most with Geoff Rasmussen and Paul Stewart achieving personal best times. The day started out slow with a cold and greasy track but times improved as the track warmed up a little. Unfortunately the temperature itself remained cold all day.

Also unfortunately, there was a bit of the downer on the day. Whilst completing the third run of the day, Chris Armstrong came to grief, putting the Clio on its side at turn two. He emerged from the car with a few aches and pains but otherwise un-injured. The ambulance crew did a great job in making sure he was OK. As for the Clio, there is damage to drivers’ door and rear quarter panel which hopefully can be repaired without too much financial distress. We all know going into these events that accidents are possible, and this is a risk we accept when we participate in motor sport.

Entry in the hill climb also accrues points toward the club sporting championship. Progressive totals are listed elsewhere on the website.

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