During the 30th. edition of the European Historic Grand Prix of Circuit Zolder, EAC Exlusive Alpine Club has organized the 19 and 20th of june 2004, a record.

During the 30th. edition of the European Historic Grand Prix of Circuit Zolder, EAC Exlusive Alpine Club has organized the 19 and 20th of june 2004, supported by privileged partners and with the co-operation of the most important Alpine and Renault Sport cars clubs in Benelux, France, Germany, UK, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, a wonderful week-end. STARC Aquitaine has participated... A little story for a great weekend !

Friday:

7 cars of STARC Aquitaine came from Bordeaux the friday the 18th... 

A little break on the highway at 10:30 pm...

Only 6 cars arrived at Zolder in the evening (the 7th was definitively stopped in the traffic jam near Paris).

Break at highway station and Zolder entry by night.

We had a hotel near the Gilles Villeneuve chicane.

Saturday:

For the weather, sometimes stormy and sometimes sunny !
For us, a real discover of a real Formula 1 circuit.... with many souvenirs of Grand-Prix of 70s. This track has conserved its old charm.

Spectators are near the track, sounds... smells like in 70s. And all mechnical people are still available to answer to ours austions. Great !

Tyrell 011/6 and Williams FW08/5

 
Lotus ex-Mansell and Lotus-Renault ex-Senna

During all the weekend, the park of Alpine was growing up...

Some of Alpine have participated to the races. Example : the sympathetic Historic Alpine Racing team (www.historicalpineracing.com), with an Alpine A110 1100 and an Alpine A108.

Stand et some details of the Alpine A110 1100 

 
Theo von Bree's Alpine A110 1100cc and Ad Vermeulen's Alpine A108

Some others beautiful Alpine cars...

Alpine GTA Le Mans et Alpine A106 Mille Miles


Renault 21 Turbo Super-Production et some Alpine A110

The evening, we were invited to a diner with many VIP of Alpine, a new opportunity to meet the people who has made Alpine and Renault Sport.

Sunday:

Mild weather and more and more Alpine arrived...

Alpine GTA US and Alpine A110 in a rare brown color

Alpine's Parking and Alpine A610 Turbo Evolution Of D. Vue

At 12:00, the first cars started to do the 2 laps of this fabulous track. It was at this moment the official of Guiness Book has count the number of Alpine and Renault Sport.

World Record will be soon registered in the famous Guiness Book of Recods. EAC has established a new record. EAC has brought together on the track 565 cars, coming from 14 countries in a queue of 6215 meters and made the most important European meeting of Alpine and Renault Sport with 605 cars, coming from 51 fans clubs and 14 countries.

The list of the 565 cars is :

4 Alpine A106
5 Alpine A108
1 ALpine A110 GT4
84 ALpine A110
103 Alpine A310
126 Alpine GTA
44 Alpine A610 Turbo
1 Dauphine 1093
68 Renault 5 Alpine, Alpine Turbo et GT Turbo
8 Renault 5 Turbo
5 Renault 8 Gordini
3 renault 12 Gordini
1 Renault 9 Turbo
1 Renault 11 Turbo
3 Renault Fuego Turbo
4 Renault 19 16S
14 Renault 21 Turbo
47 Renault Clio 16v, Willaims et RS
11 Renault Spider
23 Clio Renault Sport v6
9 Megane Renault Sport

A long trip for us - 2165 Km - for a superbe weekend and many souvenirs in the heads.