Targa Tasmania 2010 update - Day 5
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 Posted in Lamborghini, Porsche, Targa Tasmania | No Comments »Jason White driving a Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo Strada has held on to claim the 2010 Targa Tasmania trophy. It is his second Targa victory and he finished 1 minute 5 seconds ahead of Ray Vandersee in a Skelta G ...
Targa Tasmania 2010 update - Days 3 & 4
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 Posted in Targa Tasmania | 1 Comment »Targa Tasmania competitors have just set off on the final day of competition. Wet and windy conditions are expected for the race into Hobart. Jason White in a Lamborghini Gallardo continues to lead the field, but as you can see ...
Targa Tasmania 2010 update - Days 1 & 2
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Posted in Targa Tasmania | 2 Comments »Tasmanian based Jason White in his Lamborghini Gallardo continues to hold the outright lead in Targa Tasmania 2010 at the completion of day two. However, it was defending champ Tony Quinn in his Nissan GTR who set the early ...
Targa Tasmania 2010
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in Targa Tasmania | 1 Comment »Targa Tasmania 2010 kicked off in earnest today with the first leg of the event taking place. Wet and wild conditions greeted the field and while most crews did manage to make it back to Launceston safely, some crews are ...
Skoda Octavia RS-P ready for Targa Tasmania
Friday, April 23rd, 2010 Posted in Skoda, Targa Tasmania | 1 Comment »Skoda Australia's wicked one-off creation, the Octavia RS-P, is all set to make its tarmac rally debut at Targa Tasmania which kicks off next week. The recipe is pretty simple, take one standard Octavia RS, turn up the boost of the ...
Fancy a free ride at Targa Tasmania?
Thursday, February 25th, 2010 Posted in Mazda, Targa Tasmania | No Comments »Mazda Australia have just launched a competition offering free entry at the wheel of a 3 MPS at this year's Targa Tasmania. You'll need to check out the Mazda Motorsport website for full details, but, the deal is you and ...
TV Alert: Targa Tasmania 2009
Saturday, June 13th, 2009 Posted in Targa Tasmania | No Comments »This Sunday (14 July) at noon the Seven Network is showing a one hour highlights package of Targa Tasmania 2009. Make sure you catch the action and see just how Tony Quinn beat the field in his Nissan GT-R. Check your ...
Targa Tasmania 2009 - That’ll buff right out
Thursday, May 7th, 2009 Posted in Targa Tasmania | 4 Comments »This year marked my second trip to Targa Tasmania, so it was some experience that I knew the excitement and anticipation of seeing the entire fleet of competition cars at Launceston prior to the event, would soon end in a ...
Targa Tasmania 2009 - Mt Black
Thursday, May 7th, 2009 Posted in Targa Tasmania | No Comments »Service crew duties meant I wasn't able to get the camera out during Leg 3, so the next suite of images are from the 'Mt Black' stage from Leg 4. This is when the rally heads down the west coast, ...
Targa Tasmania 2009 - Longford
Thursday, May 7th, 2009 Posted in Targa Tasmania | 1 Comment »These photos were taken on Leg 2 at the 'Longford' town stage. The 2.9km zig-zag street circuit gives spectators a chance to see the cars in action without the need to beat road closures. The town stages at Targa Tasmania have ...
Targa Tasmania 2009 - Merseylea
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 Posted in Targa Tasmania | 4 Comments »This selection of photos was taken on day one at the 'Merseylea' stage, a 9.9km stretch south of Devonport. The fastest through this stage was Jason White in his 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo, but it was the Lambo of Kevin Weeks ...
Targa Tasmania 2009 - George Town
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 Posted in Targa Tasmania | 1 Comment »The first hit out for Targa Tasmania competitors is the 'Temco Prologue', held on the streets of George Town. The stage itself doesn't count towards the final placings, but effectively seeds the drivers by determining the starting order for the ...
Targa Tasmania 2009 - The winners
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 Posted in Mitsubishi, Nissan, Porsche, Targa Tasmania, Volvo | 5 Comments »Tony Quinn (QLD) and Naomi Tillett (SA) in a 2008 Nissan GT-R have won this year's Targa Tasmania. Quinn was at the pointy end of the field throughout the event, but he faced an eight second deficit to the 2007 ...
AUSmotive returning to Targa Tasmania
Friday, April 24th, 2009 Posted in MINI, Targa Tasmania | 7 Comments »AUSmotive will be making the trek to Tasmania this weekend as preparations for Targa Tasmania get into full swing. I will be returning to work as part of the service crew for two privateer entrants, Andrew Robinson (#923) and Stu ...
Lotus Exige Cup 260 takes on Targa
Monday, April 6th, 2009 Posted in Lotus, Targa Tasmania | 4 Comments »Dean Evans will be gladly flogging the bejeezus out of a Lotus Exige Cup 260 in the Targa Tasmania event later this month. With 192kW at their disposal, and just 890kg of car to move around it's pretty safe to say ...
