Targa Rally.

[Brian d marge]

got a feeling its not that expensive 2k ??

Wouldn't mind one day to give it a go!

Stephen

[RT527]

Tyres, Fuel, Repairs ,Food, Accomodation, Speeding tickets, motorsport fines, donations to the schools through a passage control...plus everytime you hit a fence its a thousand dollars if they catch you if not it comes out of the promoters money hehe yeah I`d say its cheap ...insert tui ad here. depends what you do also if its a the targa tour it costs 2 to 3 thousand but when you have to pay for your crew as well these guys are paying big bucks to do this .

[Drunken Monkey]

It was $4.5K last time I looked, plus extra costs. Value for money it's still cheaper per day than some shorter tarmac rallies, but it's not budget racing by any stretch of the imagination.

[ynot slow]

And when you crash and burn the car bugger.Caught a news flash of a guy who hit a bank on way to Palmy,wasn't too bad,then a few seconds later another car totally takes the front end out of first car.Looking at the guy his first thoughts were probably along lines of Friggin asians.

[peasea]

It was $4.5K last time I looked, plus extra costs. Value for money it's still cheaper per day than some shorter tarmac rallies, but it's not budget racing by any stretch of the imagination.

Quite right. Had a mate with a mate do it in a V8 Commodore a few years back, I think they parted with about 5 or 6k. They did ok in their class until it got a bit out of shape and snotted the front end.

I think 4 or 5 went on the entry and prep costs, the rest on piss.

[RT527]

The Guy that Got hit by the asian was racing again today a garage in hunterville rebuilt there car for them, couple holes in sump plug welded, front wheel replaced etc, The asian wasnt so lucky but Ill give him this much he didnt let it get to him ...hes out in the tour group in a rented Camry.
Wasnt a good day today , a lot of cars got damaged, haydon padon was one, Dr Nick another and a couple of others including a Porsche ah well thats racing, I got to play a little in the Sweep of the last stage.
In wellington now so 1 day to go.

[ynot slow]

The escort of Clark(metal man)Proctor is bloody sweet,all he needed was the hoosiers from an old stock car.Best looking car was the green machine of Chris Allen a couple years ago,nice falcon.Definately can see the credit squeeze on numbers this year.

[Drunken Monkey]

Anton Tallot is back this year. Kick arse.

[cc rider]

sweet! targa time again! it's great fun as long as the cars don't break down so I have to do work! hopefuly it's sunny

How'd your week go, Ooky? Hard life, aye.
Did you actually do any work




ps....how's the pinky fairing....fallen off yet

[spacemonkey]

The start line was dead in front of my house today, great fun!

Man that fella in the Nissan....... no wheel spin at all and yet was soooo fucking fast off the line that was unreal!

Bloke in the late model Chev did the biggest burnout..... close to 100m long from the start line.

[DJSin]

Had a great day protesting and watching the targa today

Here's a pic from the targa

[RT527]

Well its all over .... what a blast .
Last day of Targa saw me and my Advanced Paramedic on ss40 Whitemans valley rd and just before the last of the Targa Cars had finished and the Wellington targa cars were to go through...news came through that a girl had fallen from her horse and had a broken arm so the stage was turned White while we were sent in to escort the mother through to the next exit a short drive of 14 kms at speed with me navigating this time saw us to the road where the lady was waiting, the AP checked the Patient and told the mother to go ahead of us so we formed a block in case the starters didnt wait for our call, it was only about 2 k`s to the next exit where we checked the child and asked if she wanted pain releif , she declined so we sent the mother on to the hospital in Trentham and parked ready to go again (as we exited the stage I had already called rally base and turned the stage green), no more problems on that stage so after we swept we the stage it was off to cover the next 2 stages then had to move from Haywards hill to Johnsonville for the Makara stage after that saw a quick stop at my brothers work (James Deuce) .....Thanks for the beer Jim, we finally returned to the Hutt Park top 10 got changed and off to dinner for the last time.

I think the Highlight of the Targa was meeting Shane Van Gisbergan a number times and joking around , hes easy to talk to.

The next thing would be being able to drive roads at speed and the 3 laps of Taupo race track , But the best thing was the brilliant Time I had with my fellow workers from St john Both me and the other Firefighter were treated well and it was awesome to work with such a dedicated bunch of Professionals. Cant wait untill next year. Oh yeah next event bring on the WRC in May.

[James Deuce]

Try not to make it a year between visits eh?

It was good to see you. Did you get the Cert printed out OK?

[RT527]

Sure did , bloody useless warehouse couldnt print pdf format , but the top 10 camp could go figure.
Oh and Ill be down that way for work at some stage so yeah Ill be able to visit then.

[Toot Toot]

Hiya RT, was good fun this year eh.. had a ball as usual (except that bit on the desert rd.. shhh).
Here is a link to a Targa stage start....van Gisbergen style, that I took while waiting for something to happen. Enjoy, the boy is very talented and very friendly and approachable

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