Our drive day for May is to Gisborne Market followed by lunch at the Lancefield Pub. We will have a couple of hours at the market.
Following lunch we will visit Mount Macedon and end at New Gisborne for afternoon tea.
A full itinerary will be emailed to members.
We fielded a team of nine drivers in the first round of the Rob Roy Interclub Hillclimb in February this year, two-thirds of whom scored placement points for the club. A 1st, three x 2nds and 2 x 4ths for a total of 47 points. Matched by the MGCC and well ahead of the GCC on 28 and VHRR on 25.
Colin Stark in his Alpine 110 got the first in class, backed up by Graeme Edwards (Clio 182) in second place in that class. Paul Stewart in another classic – the R17 Gordini – started the day off with a PB for his first run, grabbed several more PBs with successive runs, and picked up a second in class for his efforts. Our third second in class was David Bertuch in his Megane Trophy – beaten only by the man who took out first outright overall. John Elliott and Geoff Rasmussen picked up fourth place points for the club in a Alpine GTA and an R4 – two more different ‘sporting’ Renaults you couldn’t imagine!
Colin was third outright for the day. And although picking up 5 points for the club, Geoff was 50th which just goes to tell you that there were only 50 competitors! Four of the top 10 outright placings went to the RCCV, two each to GCC and VHRR and one each to BLCC and MGCC Geelong.
The weather was perfect, the atmosphere carnival with the cheer squad ably led by Jeni Sammons egging everyone on to greater efforts. It was good to see Glenn Armstrong back in the saddle, so to speak, easing himself back into competition after the tumble his Clio took last year. Mike Neil in his rallying R16 having his first outing at Rob Roy and Peter Stathis, not his first outing but his first with his new Megane 275, completed the RCCV field.
The contest for first place is clearly a numbers game – the MGCC outnumbered the RCCV 13 to 9 but it was more that they had competitors in some classes with few runners in them that worked to their advantage. There’s no doubt it’s going to be an interesting contest this year – and we can be sure the MGCC will be looking at the stats in some detail and working up a strategy too.
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We will meet at 0900 for 0930 Start, at Bunnings Keysborough Carpark, MAP 88 J8. Springvale Rd end, opposite Garden section.
Travel via Frankston, Mt Eliza, Merricks, Flinders then climb up the back of Arthur’s Seat, take a view, then wind our way down again to Dromana for lunch at Dee’s Kitchen.
Distance 96km or 60 miles approx.
We hope you can join Us.
For this year we had 15 display place allocated. Unfortunately Mike Garafillis R12 Gordini did not make it on the day. We had many people interested in our cars, particularly the Alpines A110 and A310, and in the Renault 750.
It cost each person $30.00 to display their car. In return they received 2 X 4 day general admission passes to the event. In addition, each person goes into a draw for a number of Pit Lane walks. Two from our club were lucky enough to win. We believe we were the only club with multiple winners.
There was also on display at the event, a Dauphine that held set a land speed record last year at Bonneville at 123 kph. This stunned may of us as it has a larger motor than a standard Dauphine which we thought would have been able to do that speed easily.
Some of our members took a very relaxed approach to the day.
CAMS gave us a write up on their website too: See the rare Renault Gordini at the Australian Grand Prix
Following is the point standings up to and including Phillip Island Historics on 19/03/17
| John Elliott | 9 Points | (3 events) | |
| Graeme Edwards | 7 Points | (3 events) | |
| Colin Stark | 5 Points | (2 events) | |
| David Bertuch | 3 Points | (1 event) | |
| Paul Stewart | 3 Points | (1 event) | |
| Geoff Rasmussen | 2 Points | (2 events) | |
| Glenn Armstrong | 2 Points | (2 events) | |
| Rob Belcourt | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Rui Delemos | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Mikee Elliott | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Wes Gleeson | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| David Kirsa | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Mike Neil | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Reg Polson | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Sanjay Singh | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Peter Stathis | 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
Our drive day for March will be to Marysville for lunch at the Bakery.
We will be meeting at McDonalds Tecoma (rear of) at 9.30am for a 9.45am departure.
As usual, the Renault Round-Up car display is open to all classic and modern Renaults. Non-RCCV club members are especially welcome to display their car at the Round-Up. It’s the best value car show around – free to display your car and free for everyone to come and view. Apart from the $2 Caribbean Gardens charge for vehicle entry to the venue.
The Round-Up is supported this year by Waverley Renault, Alpine Affaire, Auto Paris, Qualitool and Renault Australia.
Location this year is the same as last year – the Caribbean Gardens in Scoresby. There are two entrances; one off Ferntree Gully Road less than one km from the Eastlink Tollway exit and another off Stud Road. Below the flyer is a map showing in more detail where the display area is in the Gardens.
The Caribbean Gardens is a great family-friendly setting that’s become very popular for staging car shows. There’s the market (for the Mums), playground and rides (for the Kids) and, of course, masses of Renaults for the Dads. Yes, yes that’s a bit of stereotyping; of course the Dads can try the rides. . ..
Cars can arrive from from 8:30am and the show formally starts at 9:30 and runs to around 3pm. Concours award presentation scheduled for 1:30 – 2:00 pm.
As might be expected, there are Renault models and variants on the market in Europe that we never see in Australia. A recent trip to the UK, France and Germany highlighted this for me. However, my overall impression was that apart from the exotic Twizzy and the all-electric Zoe, some of the offerings were losing some of the traditional French uniqueness and flair. The new Espace –the big Renault—looked too much like a big Jeep while the latest Scenic appeared to have lost most of its quirky features, especially the 17-odd storage pockets. Even the Zoe, though neat, looked like a Cleo with batteries.
Apart from the Twizzy, the highlight was the L’Atelier Renault on the Champs-Elysees in central Paris. This shop featured current Renault models, historic details on the company, an excellent gifts and souvenirs area and an upstairs café. Similar shops presented by Toyota, Mercedes, BMW, Peugeot and Citroen were more glitz and less information with the Citroen display was dominated some stunning architecture. Very much worth a visit! Three models selected from L’Atelier Renault show a Twizzy, a micro, radio-controlled Renault Sport R.S. 01, and the grand Renault RM2 Reinastella from 1932.
From another interesting perspective –though I admit that perhaps I am biased— I felt that I saw fewer Peugeots anywhere in Europe, even compared with Australia, and that there was nothing of note amongst them that caught his eye.
It has been an active sporting year with thirteen members representing the Renault Car Club of Victoria in at least one CAMS event.
The very worthy winner of the Les Park Sporting trophy for 2016 is John Elliott who has consistently represented RCCV throughout the year.
| John Elliott | 31 Points | (11 events) | |
| Colin Stark | 12 Points | (3 events) | |
| John Hardy | 9 Points | (5 events) | |
| Graeme Edwards | 8 Points | (4 events) | |
| Justine Gordon | 8 Points | (5 events) | |
| Zac Anderson | 5 Points | (5 events) | |
| Glenn Armstrong | 5 Points | (5 events) | |
| Geoff Rasmussen | 3 Points | (3 events) | |
| Chris Armstrong | 2 Points | (2 events) | |
| Russell Armstrong | 1 Points | (1 event) | |
| Steve Cavanagh | 1 Points | (1 event) | |
| Paul Stewart | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Wes Gleeson | 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
Following is the points standings up to and including {Round 2 VSSC & Trident Track Day} on {15th April} 2018.
| John Elliott | 8 Points | (4 events) | |
| Geoff Rasmussen | 5 Points | (2 events) | |
| David Bertuch | 3 Points | (1 event) | |
| Angelo Simonetti | 2 Points | (1 event) | |
| Joel Bryar | 2 Points | (1 event) | |
| James Thomas | 2 Points | (2 events) | |
| Peter Stathis | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Glenn Armstrong | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Ian Thompson | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Colin Stark | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Jeni Sammons | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| John Hardy | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Adam Turner | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| Wes Gleeson | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| George Simonetti | 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, Jeni Sammons at
Details about the Club Championship are here