Liqui Molly / Meguiar's Oran Park Grand Prix Report

[VAG MS]

Hello Motorsport Fans,

After a picture perfect day of European motorsport action at the only circuit in Australia with a bridge you get to blast under, then over, the Liqui Molly / Meguiar’s Oran Park Gran Prix Event Report is here.

After a weekend of winter rains and icy winds, the heavens parted over Sydney with nothing but crystal clear blue sky over Oran Park for one of the biggest and best events on the calendar – The Oran Park Gran Prix Sponsored by Liqui Molly and Meguiar’s.

With a Monday event keeping a number of VAG Motorsport Superstars chained to an office desk, quite a few new individuals (a whole garage block of VW’s actually) racked up some much needed series points and had a clean shot at the prize pool…well almost. There also was a strong VW spectator and support base present…not so many Audi people though – The VW team is definitely taking over this event series =P

With the absence of David ‘Ratty’ Appleby and Massimo Bamonte – two incredibly fast VAG MS Competitors – Nick ‘low flying’ Strange in the Nurburgring Class had the circuit almost to himself setting blistering, unmatched times from the first session with Quang Tran hot on his heels in an Audi RS4. Unfortunately for Quang, there’s quick, and then there’s Nick…what do they put in those little VW’s? Congratulation Nick – Oran Park GP Circuit Breaker with a time of 1:25:5450!

Nick flew around the circuit so fast that his tyres eventually failed…to say Nick was pushing ten tenths would be an understatement. Playing it safe, Nick retired early, a clear 2 seconds in front of the field, however, Quang pushed on with a clean circuit to claim first prize by just two points! I know, I fell off my chair after I saw the results too.

The year long battle between Stu Low (VW GTI) and Ian Cudmore (VW R32) in the Ubersport Class looked all but over with Ian holding top spot in each session until a small mechanical issue brought his day to a close…there is always Wakefield Park Champion. Darko Superovic rounded off the category consistently becoming faster as the day progressed dropping almost 3 seconds from the first session…keep an eye out for him at Wakefield also.

New to the series in a VW Golf Gti, Jim Hikalis put in a strong effort in hunting down Marc Hammond’s Audi A4 in the Autobahn Class, and after a mechanical issue began to add seconds to Marc’s lap times, the tables began to turn…but just not enough. On the plus side for Jim, Marc is exempt from collecting prizes so get your entry form in quick to secure your Meguiar’s / Liqui Molly prize pack.

Paul ‘Floody’ Flood returned to the circuit with a set of borrowed semi slicks to set the Ingolstadt Class on fire with a 1:29:9480 in a VW Polo! That time is faster then some times recorded in other categories…this time also earned him Fastest FWD Driver for the second time in a row – Congratulation Paul. Simon Spain, a new VAG MS competitor also in a VW Polo Gti, didn’t make it easy for him though and was continually in Paul’s revision mirror, headlights blazzing the entire day – and looking at the results, would have actually tied with Paul if completed another session…close indeed.

With only one more round to go at Wakefield Park competition, is definitely looking hotter than a melted semi slick…make sure you mark the next event and the Trackside Party in you calendar.

Special Tanks to Narada, Tim, Daniel, Ivan and the team from Circuit Club, Natsoft (timing), Mark from Liqui Molly (Main Event Sponsor), Oran Park Staff and especially the Ian Luff Motivation / Driving Australia Team for an excellent day of high octane European excitement.

If you feel the need, the need for SPEED please visit our promotional partners for special discounts and expert advice to give you the edge at the circuit – with saving as much as 20% off the RRP you would be crazier than the P Plater not to. Contact us or visit vagms.org for more details.

The Results are in…Check out the Leader Board Round V

The Liqui Molly and Meguiar’s Oran Park Grand Prix leader board is as follows.

Ingolstadt Class
First Place - Floody

Paul ‘Floody’ Flood (VW Polo GTI), 56 Points, Best time 1:29:9480
Simon ‘Floody’ Spain (VW Polo GTI), 44 Points, Best time 1:33:0290

Autobahn Class
First Place – Hamster, Prizes however go to Jim =)

Hamster ‘Team iautosport’ (B6 A4 1.8T), 56 Points, Best Time 1:31:8020 #
Jim Hikalis (MKV Golf Gti), 44 Points, 1:35:6710

Ubersport Class
First Place – Stu

Stuart ‘Stu’ Low (MKV Golf Gti), 56 Points, Best Time 1:27:0110
Darko Supurovic (MKV R32) 42 Points, Best Time 1:35:2070
Ian Cudmore ‘Team Rennenhaus’ (MKV R32) 28 Points, Best Time 1:27:5410 (!! New Quatto Record !!)

Nurburgring Class
First Place – Quang

Quang Tran (RS4) 42 Points, Best Time 1:29:8340
Nick Strange (MKV Golf Gti), 40 Points, Best Time 1:25:5450 (!! New FWD Record !!)

Fastest ‘quattro’ Laps (irrespective of class or modifications – non prize category)

Ian Cudmore ‘Team Rennenhaus’ (MKV R32), Best Time 1:27:5410
Quang Tran (RS4), Best Time 1:29:8340
Hamster ‘Team iautosport’ (B6 A4 1.8T), Best Time 1:31:8020 #

Fastest ‘non quattro’ Laps (irrespective of class or modifications – non prize category)

Nicolas Strange (MKV Golf Gti), Best Time 1:25:5450
Stuart ‘Stu’ Low (MKV Golf Gti), Best Time 1:27:0110
Paul ‘Floody’ Flood (VW Polo GTI), Best time 1:29:9480

Fastest ‘quattro’ Drivers (PWR based however, irrespective of class or modifications – non prize category)

Hamster ‘Team iautosport’ (B6 A4 1.8T), 8.7541 #
Ian Cudmore ‘Team Rennenhaus’ (MKV R32), 10.5218
Darko Supurovic (MKV R32),11.4431

Fastest ‘non quattro’ Drivers (PWR based however, irrespective of class or modifications – non prize category)

Paul ‘Floody’ Flood (VW Polo GTI), 8.2825
Simon Spain (VW Polo Gti), 8.5662
Jim Hikalis (MKV Golf Gti), 10.3519

Each Class winner will receive an awesome prize pack from Liqui Molly and Meguiar’s including some special items to give you the performance edge at the circuit with all entrants receiving a CD packed full of Motorsport photography shots of their vehicle at the circuit

In addition all competitors receive discounts at VAG MS series promotional partners available only to competitors such as; Harding Performance, Peak Performance, Rennenhaus, European Autotech, Payless Tyres - Chatswood, Big Wheel and Tyre, Peninsula Race Gear, Wax it and Ingolstadt Autosport.

Overall Standings…after five rounds.

Ingolstadt Class
Current Leader – Floody
Paul ‘Floody’ Flood (VW Polo GTI), 80 Points
Simon ‘Floody’ Spain (VW Polo GTI), 44 Points
Jason Stevenson (VW Polo GTI), 28 Points
Damien Donnellan (VW Polo GTI), 26 Points
Len ‘Macca’ Mcintosh (VW Polo GTI), 26 Points
Tim ‘Timbo’ Conway (VW Polo GTI), 22 Points

Autobahn Class
Current Leader - Hamster
Hamster ‘Team iautosport’ (B6 A4 1.8T), 156 Points #
Jim Hikalis (MKV Golf Gti), 44 Points

Ubersport Class
Current Leader – Team Rennenhaus
Ian Cudmore ‘Team Rennenhaus’ (MKV R32) 140 Points
Stuart Low (MKV Golf Gti), 134 Points
Darko Supurovic (MKV R32) 80 Points
Troy Datson (MKV R32) 24 Points
Mario ‘Kodak’ Magdalenic (MKV R32) 20 Points
Heidi ‘Hyd’s’ Minchin (MKV Golf Gti), 18 Points

Nurburgring Class
Current Leader - Massimo
Massimo Bamonte (S3) 88 Points
Nicolas Strange (MKV Golf Gti), 70 Points
David ‘Ratty’ Appleby (A4 1.8T) 54 Points
Ben ‘Cranky’ Hilton (B6 S4) 50 Points
Quang Tran (RS4) 42 Points
Richard Cosworth (S3) 38 Points
Richard ‘SykoToy’ Jeans (B7 RS4), 26 Points

For competitor and promotional partnership information or if you are just curious about the series and would like more information please contact a VAG MS committee member via email @ info 'at' vagms.org, by direct email at VAGMotorsportSeries ‘at’ gmail.com or visit the VAG MS Mini Site at www.vagms.org

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Drive Smart, Drive Safe, Stay Legal and save the SPEED for the Circuit.

# denotes competitors exempt from collecting prizes

[OZVWConvert]

Only 6 points and 1 round Ian, time to pull something special out of the bag

[FL00DY]

Only 6 points and 1 round Ian, time to pull something special out of the bag

lol I think my win is in the bag ... hasn't been hard though, I think I'm the only Polo GTI to do more then 1 round. I just need to turn up, remove my back seats again and do a few sessions