April 2013
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This is Targa Live signing off. Catch you in Adelaide. View Post
Champaign presentations underway at Wrest Point
The famous Targa champagne showers have kicked off at Wrest Point this afternoon! View Post
Todd wins classic outright
Queenslander Donn Todd has won classic outright, 1 minute and 21 seconds ahead of his nearest rival John Ireland. Paul Stuart has finished third 16 minutes and 51 seconds off the pace. View Post
Showroom winners
TV personality Grant Denyer has taken out the showroom competition over international driver Bunjamin Noor by a comprehensive margin of 18 minutes and 9 seconds. Nick Strange has finished 3rd, 20 minutes and 43 seconds off the pace of the leaders.
In 4WD… View Post
Manion wins early modern
Ben Manion and Damien Roach have won early modern by 28 seconds over Michael Pritchard and Gary Mourant. Stephen Thatcher and Kelly Handley have finished third. View Post
White wins Targa Tasmania
Jason White and John White have won Targa Tasmania beating Steve Glenney and Bernie Webb. South Australian father and son team Matt and Dennis Sims have finished third.
For a full list of results click here. View Post
Achterberg wins battle of consistency in late...
Leight Achterberg and Greg Fitzgerald have won late classic beating John Ireland and Michael Ribot by 2 minutes and 51 seconds. Paul Stuart and Mike Herrod have come third, 11 minutes and 38 seconds behind the leaders. View Post
Ullrich wins early classic
Peter and Sari Ullrich have won early classic, beating nearest rival Andrew White and Ashley Yelds by 7 minutes and 49 seconds. Paul and Christine Freestone, have come third, 16 minutes and 5 seconds off the pace in their Holden 215. View Post
Beable off
Targa Tasmania Hall of Famers Jeff and Nerida Beable have had an off, 1.4km into TS37. All OK. View Post
Blake wins classic florio
Philip and John Blake (car 349) have won classic florio, taking out the title over David Currow and Colin Carati (car 371) by a margin of 6 minutes and 26 seconds.
Blake snatched the lead after Mac and Marjorie Russell had a mechanical on TS37, 10.8km… View Post
Frith wins Regularity
In the regularity category, Phil and David Frith has one Targa Tasmania, and the Australian Targa Championship with a score of 85 points. Martin Duursma and Marc Sobbel have come second with a score of 154 points and Andrew Clingeleffer and David Rust… View Post
Perini chokes on Woodsdale
In one of the many battles going out on course, Stephen Thatcher has pulled away from Richard Perini on TS37 to give himself a comfortable buffer of 17 seconds to claim third place in early modern with one stage to go. View Post
White delicate through Woodsdale
Jason White has put the Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo Stradale delicately through TS37, Woodsdale to give himself a 1 minute and 7 second lead. Leading into the final stage of the event and the Australian Targa Championship. View Post
Early Modern change
Change in the Early Modern lead with Michael Pritchard and Gary Mourant having their time returned back to the correct derived time that was allocated to them following on from an incident in Leg 3 on TS24. This means that Ben Manion and Damien Roach… View Post
Robinson retires
Car 923 Andrew Robinson & Thomas Browell has retired after TS36 Tarraleah, unfortunate finish to a huge week at Targa Tasmania. View Post
TS37 Woodsdale make or break
The synonymous TS37, is about 10 minutes away from competition. Woodsdale is know as a make or break stage for a number of Ultimate Tarmac Rally podium hopefuls, predictions are that this year will be no different.
Stay tuned to hear it all unfold. View Post
Bothwell lunch break
The competitive field is currently at the Bothwell lunch break. Two stage’s left this afternoon, Woodsdale and Grass Tree Hill before celebrations kick off at the Wrest Point. View Post
White cautious through Tarraleah
Jason White has been cautious through, TS36 Tarraleah. Steve Glenney has put 4 seconds on White. But with an insurmountable lead of 1 minute and 14 seconds with two stages to go, only disaster can stop Jason White from claiming back to back victories at… View Post
Newman a big mover today
Despite incurring a 20 minute penalty yesterday, Ben Newman and Crichton Lewis have rocketed up the leaderboard today posting fast times. They now find themselves in third place and currently on podium, 12 minutes and 16 seconds off the leader, after… View Post
Purdey OFF
Frank Purdey, car 976, in the 2009 Nissan GT-R has crashed on Mount Arrowsmith. All OK. View Post
Haysman out on Mount Arrowsmith
Classic outright leader, Craig Haysman is out. Car no 682, has encountered troubles on the monstrous Mount Arrowsmith (TS35) which gives Donn Todd the lead. View Post
White cleans Mount Arrowsmith
Jason White has cleaned Mount Arrowsmith (TS35), putting a further 11 seconds on Steve Glenney. This puts them in an almost insurmountable lead barring disaster, 1 minute and 18 seconds out in front with only 3 stages to go. View Post
Manion fast
In early modern, Ben Manion has made up some good ground on Michael Pritchard, closing the gap by 17 seconds on the monstrous TS35 Mt Arrowsmith this morning. Pritchard, a man of consistency still leads Manion by 58 seconds with 3 stages to go in… View Post
TS35 Mount Arrowsmith all action go
All of the cars are out on stage on TS35, Mount Arrowsmith. The giant 58.8km stage, is one of the iconic reasons behind what makes this event the Ultimate Tarmac Rally. View Post
Haysman the classic man to catch
Craig Haysman is 1 minute and 6 seconds out in front of Donn Todd, with only four stages to go in this year’s Targa Tasmania. John Ireland is in third, 1 minute and 41 seconds behind the leaders. View Post
White extends lead
Jason White has extended his lead this morning through the first two stages of Targa Tasmania. White has put 4 seconds on Steve Glenney on TS33 and a further 6 seconds on Glenney on TS34 to now lead by 1 minute and 7 seconds with just 4 stages to go. View Post
Day four video highlights
To catch up with all of the action of day four, click here. View Post
Car 440 with mechanical
Many cars are feeling the strain on day 5. David Gainer and Peter St George in a 1971 240Z have had a mechanical just 100 metres into TS35. View Post
Always something happening .....
Rod McCray and Geoff Briffa (#615) have had an off in their 1981 Porsche. All OK. Car 912, Ben Searcy and James Marquet, have stopped out of stage with a mechanical. Let’s hope they can get going again. View Post
More stopping
Car 405, the Classic Florio handicap leaders, Drew and Ella Kent (#405), have stopped with a mechanical on TS33. Simon and Peter Hoff (#543) have also had a mechanical issue on TS34, 1km in to the stage. View Post
All cars on the road, one stopped
All cars have now left Strahan and heading to Hobart – 6 stages, 126 competitive kilometres. Andrew Bryson and Craig Millich have had a mechanical, stopping on TS33 – Strahan. View Post
All set for final day
Roads are dry for the run home to Hobart. Some fog reported early from Mt Arowsmith and Tarraleah, but it should clear by the time the competition cars arrive. View Post
Classic outright, Haysman claims lead
After TS32 and the completion of day four. Craig Hayman is the leader in classic outright over Donn Todd by 32 seconds. John Ireland, has had a great finish to the day making up considerable ground particularly on the last stage and now finds himself in… View Post
White have comfortable buffer after day four
After the completion of day four John and Jason White have a comfortable buffer of 57 seconds over closest rivals Steve Glenney and Bernie Webb. Matt and Dennis Sims, have had a great day in third place all day, 5 minutes and 41 seconds of the pace of the… View Post
Garwood out engine troubles
Big news. The leader of classic outright, Greg Garwood is out. He has had engine problems on TS30 which unfortunately now puts the crowd favourite 1977 Holden Torana A9X out of contention. View Post
805 mechanical
Car 805, John Proven and Bryan Zellinski have had a mechanical 5km into TS30. All OK. View Post
Handicap honours
Leigh Achterberg and Greg Fitzgerald have hit the lead for the first time, for late classic honours. Achterberg now leads Garwood by 31 seconds, John Ireland is currently in third 42 seconds behind the leaders.
In early classic, Peter and Sari Ullrich… View Post
Garwood consistent at the top
In classic outright, Greg Garwood continues to maintain a consistent buffer over his closest rivals today. Garwood leads South Australian, Craig Haysman by 3 minutes and 21 seconds after TS29. Queenslander Donn Todd is in third, 4 minutes and 43 seconds… View Post
Glenney still in the hunt
Steve Glenney has pegged back 7 seconds on TS29 Gunns Plains on Jason White. Glenney now trails White by 38 seconds. Matt Sims is continuing a consistent event, currently in 3rd, 4 minutes and 42 seconds off the leaders. View Post
Crowes have come off
Late classic contenders, Steven and Richard Crowe have come off 7.1km into TS29. All OK. View Post
Wolfe off
Tim Wolfe and co-driver Brendan Anesbury have had an off 2.5 kms into TS29 in their beautiful 2010 Porche 911 GT3 RS. Both OK. View Post
Update at 1:24pm
The day is progressing smoothly. Currently we are about 16minutes behind schedule, but all looking good going forward for the rest of the day. View Post
Day four lunchtime quotes
To hear what the drivers had to say at lunch time on day four, click here. View Post
TS28 update
110 cars have currently started TS28, of the 139 cars still remaining in the field. Results are now starting to come through. View Post
White fuel injector dramas
News from the lunch stop at Burnie is that Jason White is experiencing issues, with the fuel injectors. This issue is causing fuel to leak through in a way that is affecting the oil and if this goes on it could cause the engine to blow up. View Post
Day four cars at lunch
The targa field is currently at the lunch stop in Burnie, after completing 3 stages of competition this morning. View Post
White extends lead on TS26
Jason White has extended his lead on Steve Glenney by 13 seconds on TS26. White now leads by 26 seconds. Matt Sims has been fairly consistent this morning maintaining the gap of three minutes and 51 seconds to the Whites. View Post
Newman off and out of contention
Ben Newman and Crichton Lewis have had an off 500m into TS26, thus taking them out of the lead in 4WD showroom. The car has come to a stop, but both are OK.
This gives Angus Kennard the lead over Greg Burrows, Michael Minshall is now in third in 4WD… View Post
Leaders clean TS25
Jason White, Steve Glenney Matt Sims and Jim Richards have all cleaned TS25 this morning as expected. View Post
