2011 OzRenaultsport Nationals

[walkie86]

October 13-16 was the 5th annual Ozrenaultsport.com national meet, with participants from 4 states gathering for 4 days of driving alpine roads, a hillclimb event and lots of banter. The numbers peaked at the Saturday night BBQ with 35 Renaultsports gathered in Canberra for a social meet up.

Thursday saw the arrival of a few people from Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, staying at the Redbank Ski Lodge in Thredbo, in the heart of the NSW Alps. A brief afternoon drive around some local roads was had and then dinner and an early night for a big day of driving on Friday.

Friday was an early start with some making the trip down from Sydney leaving at 4am and arriving at 9am, just in time to meet the group as they headed off in search of some twisty roads and to hunt down apexes. The first road headed towards Khancoban and offered approx. 80kms of bends: http://tinyurl.com/82q4xj5 . The drive continued all day and the crew arrived back at the accommodation just in time for a few quiet beers before dinner, equating to 6-7 hours of driving.

These shots from the Friday drive are thanks to John (Trixie), DanielG and Dish:

 

[johnbryan45]

Nice pics, looks a good event.

 

[walkie86]

I arrived at midnight on Friday after leaving Sydney at 6pm, and travelling in convoy with 2 197s, 2 182s and a Meg 250.

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We had an early start on Saturday for another epic day of driving. The route was roughly this: http://tinyurl.com/7mhk9lw and it was fun we made it to Canberra by 6pm for a BBQ at a Renault dealer before heading to our accommodation for a couple of quiet ales, and preparing for the hill climb competition on Sunday!

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My old 182 the new owner's first OZRS event was this epic weekend!

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Special guest race-prepped 250

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[walkie86]

We all parked up at the Renault dealership in Melrose, Canberra and had a good BBQ feed. We calculated 35 Renaultsports (excluding the dealer's cars)

Clio


Ph1 – 172
- Flamer 172


Ph2 – 172
- IS 172 x4
- Flamer 172


Ph2 – 182
- FRB 182 Cup x2
- TS 182 Cup
- AB 182 Cup


Ph3 – 197
- GW R27 x2
- AB 197


ph3 – 200
- FRB Trophee
- LY Trophee
- AG 200 Trophee


Megane


Ph 1 – 225
- BO 225 Cup x3


Ph 2 – 225
- F1 Team x2


Ph 2 – 230
- LY R26 x3


250
- LG Trophee x2
- SY Trophee
- GW Trophee x2
- Monaco
- silver Cup
- SY Cup


Maroon Renault Alpine GTA

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[walkie86]

Sunday was the hillclimb event with about 15 Renaultsports entered (among 60 other cars). We performed quite well considering most cars are fairly standard and many haven't done hill climbs before - just goes to show what the cars are capable of straight out of the box! A few action shots:

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3-wheelin'

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Starting line

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Quickest Renault of the day

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More photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkie86/sets/72157627913968008/

 

[walkie86]

There's over 250 photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkie86/sets/72157627913968008/

And some videos from various attendees:

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I believe this was the fastest Clio of the day, DanielG (silver 172 with anthracite Ultraleggs)
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Fastest Renaultsport of the day - white RS250 Cup with black rims
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Presentation of "The Nuts" to Adrian, driver of the white RS250
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Cheers guys

 

[Ash']

wow that looked great fun , nice picys!

 

[walkie86]

Forgot to add we had one ex-Clio owner who bought his new work car along, a 2010 Holden SS Ute, 100% standard with 350hp :clap:

He coudn't keep up around the corners, murdered us in a straight line, used literally twice as much fuel as most of us and got very sideways around most corners

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[BREMBO]

LY200 with silver wheels looks good!

 

[walkie86]

^^^ yeh, there're only 2 LY 200 Trophees (special Aus name...) that I know of, plus 30 limited edition Aus Grand Prix versions in LY, gloss black roof, black bumpers and black speedlines.

They look so good in the sun!

 

[Hixle]

LY200 with silver wheels looks good!

Was thinking the same, I'm normally not a massive fan of LY on MK3's either.

Nice photo's mate, looks a good event!

 

[Englebert]

Great photos and looked like a lot of fun.