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Autos de France at Oulton Park

Long time member, infrequent poster here 😊 This weekend was a bit of an emotional one for me and no doubt countless other members with one important person missing from the proceedings 💔
My prep of my naughty Trophy started about 2 weeks ago after she decided to break 2 springs while sat on the drive 🤦🏻‍♂️
So a set of Grams lowering springs and a NS swivel hub later that got her back on her wheels.
I then set about fitting a new AC condenser and seals and then got the AC regassed..so much better with plenty of cold air coming out of the vents 🥶
Friday was wash and brush up time, time to make her pretty again after sitting on the drive unloved for the last few months 😔
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Once that was done, Moggys tribute sticker took pride of place on my rear window ❤️ A557F02A-210C-46C3-907E-F4A26B147D7E.webpWith the Trophy ready to go she was put to bed until the 5am alarm call.

Saturday morning arrives, excitement fills the house, 2 x R26’s and a 225 Trophy are ready to hit the road for the long drive to Oulton Park.

66578562-3C44-4F40-8781-4AB984607955.webpWe meet up with Steve Holland on the way in his beautiful Mk4 Trophy-R and head off to the next meet up point where we pick up Danny Biggs and his partner Sue in their Ph1 Mk2 Inferno 225.
With everyone in tow we have a steady drive up to Oulton - albeit a tad slower than the old days 😂

We arrive at the track, find our area and set up ‘camp’ with everyone else.
Was great to catch up with old and new members, for me it’s been way too long.
I invited a guy called Mark into the display area as he’d parked his lovely black R26 in the public parking, had a good chat with him and helped him to find his radio code - one happy guy 😊
We had a stroll round, had a good look at the other cars, watched some racing and generally didn’t want the day to end, but alas it had to.
This was topped off with a parade lap round the track after the racing had finished.

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Once we’d done, we headed back to the paddock area to get ready to come home.
This moment was special for me, i’m sure Moggy came to us at the very end to wish us farewell.
Miss you so much mate, hope we did you proud.

I’d also like to say a special thank you to my beautiful wife Sarah for making these ‘memory’ boards as a memorial to Moggy, I hope everyone that saw them thought they were as special as we did.

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Evening all,

Hope you are all ready for tomorrow, expecting it to be a very good day.

I mentioned the weather in my previous post, we are expecting heavy showers and thunderstorms that are due to clear headed into the afternoon. There is a filthy low pressure system that as you know, could shift course. We have heat and flood "speeds" for the rail network over the weekend and the northwest is particularly problematic because the weather will be changeable.

Any how, I have inserted a table of the people confirmed for the event noting that a number of names are missing because I have not been able to access the MSV website to "manage" the club area (tossers!!) but thats ok! I am assuming everyone has their tickets ready to go?

I will be arriving at Oulton Park by 0700-0730hrs to see the lay of the land for the club area and then you will all be directed to the location by the marshalls. I was hoping to position the Turborenault Gazebo of Win in the middle and surround it with 3 or 4 rows of our vehicles. It would great to see the older cars nearer the front and newer toward the rear.

More importantly I'm looking forward to meeting everyone as this will be an incredible turn out, thank you all for supporting it and making the time to attend and show off your beautiful machines.

NOTE - this 33 car list was compiled before the MSV site wouldnt allow me back in again...there are at least 4-6 cars missing from the below!

Speak soon :)

RowAUTOS DE FRANCE OP JUL 2023 - TURBORENAULTRegRegistrationManufactureColour
1Mark PowlingRENAULT 5 GORDINI TURBOBYJ275YApr-831983Red
1Richard HarleyRENAULT R5 TLA198NYAAug-831983Red
1Andy ShortRENAULT 18 TURBOREN18TAug-841984Black
1Shawn WebberRENAULT 5 TXA1000VJ1984Red
1Robin baxterRENAULT 5 GT TURBOC666 OVKMar-861986Silver
1Jonathan DoddsRENAULT 5 GT TURBOD18 GTT1986Blue
1Steven ThomsonRENAULT 11 TURBOE11TBONov-941987Silver
1Christopher HarrisonRENAULT 21F584BDHSep-881988Blue
2Lee AtkinsRENAULT 21 TURBOA77RNOSep-881988Black
2Roy hallworthRENAULT 5GT TURBOF829SHKMay-891989Grey
2Anthony DoorbarRENAULT 21G311 BLXJun-901990Blue
2
Sarah Thomson
RENAULT 5 RAIDERB19STVAug-901990Blue
2Sukhbinder BahraRENAULT 21 TURBO QUADRAH817 BBDMar-911991Grey
2Aaron MonkRENAULT GT TURBOJ432 RCCAug-911991Grey
2David SibleyRENAULT CLIO V6VE02 UMUJul-022002Silver
2Aidan WhiteheadRENAULT MEGANE RENAULT SPORT 225R26NOTJun-042004Orange
2Daniel BiggsRENAULT MEGANE SPORT RS225SB04XPE2004Orange
3Sheryl OsborneRENAULT CLIO RENAULTSPT TROPHY182T80HPYSep-052005Red
3Sarah HewittRENAULT MEGANE SPORT RS225B18 ROJApr-052005N/A
3Jake LluydRENAULT MEGANE R26W24JRLDec-072007Black
3LIAM AKERMANRENAULT MEGANE RS230 R26 F1 TEAMBD07 RWXJun-072007Red
3Colin SlaterRENAULT KANGOO 172CS06VANMar-072007White
3Khai ParkinRENAULT CLIO MK3KHA1XSep-072007White
3Ian HughesRENAULT MEGANE R-SPORT 230 F1 R26RS57YOZNov-072007Red
3Sean CatherallRENAULT CLIO RENAULTSPORT 197 F1S24NRCSep-072007Red
3David LloydRENAULT CLIO 197S26CUPJun-082008Grey
4Roger HewittRenault Megane R26E11 HWTMar-092009Blue
4Jake HarrisRENAULT TWINGO RENAULTSPORT 133LM58EPXJan-092009Black
4Matt FlackRENAULT TWINGO RENAULTSPORTHK10UZDJul-102010Black
4Jason PrintRENAULT CLIO RENAULTSPORT NAV TROPHY ACL10RSU2010Yellow
4Jonathan BriggsRENAULT KANGOO COMP SL17FWAY70DCIRS53VANOct-112011White
4Robert BondRENAULT TWINGO GORDINIG10TCEMar-112011Blue
4Adrian FletcherRENAULT CLIO RENAULTSPORT LUX AUTOLS15RKXAug-152015Red
Loving the Sunday names :D
 
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