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Hey guys.

Well, some of you may know legendary Targa Tasmania competitor Jeff Beable is a member of our mighty club.

Traditionally Jeff has raced Nissan GTRs to a best of 3rd Outright behind Jim Richards and Peter Fitzgerald in 2000.

Consistent top 10 placings over the last 14 consecutive starts puts Jeff at the pointy end of the field.

BUT. Jeff has been swayed over to the dark side this year, along with several of our member to the Mitsubishi Evo.

The Evo is a full Ralliart prepared factory backed Race Car!

See below some pictures of Jeff and the car ready for action.

Each day I will post a quick report about Jeff's experience and thoughts about the race and the car.

Prologue starts tomorrow morning.

BASS OUT

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Edited by Bass Junky

Go Jeff, go!

http://www.targa.org.au/Competition/Crew%2...2007/Beable.php

Giggles - http://www.targa.org.au/Competition/Crew%2...007/Fincham.php :3some:

But I'm going to be watching this little number quite closely...

http://www.targa.org.au/Competition/Crew%2.../2007/Leith.php

I love them, but it's just not that fast a car.

Quite shocked the Whites are running a Superleggera already too. Please don't stack it.

Full entrant list here:

http://www.targa.org.au/Competition/Crew%2...es/Profiles.php

RAW results for Prologue.

1 913 Close

Close 2001 Porsche

911 Turbo 9LMSD 03:15.34

2 902 Simonsen

Searcy 2006 Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX CM22 03:15.95

3 919 Richards

Oliver 2007 Porsche

911 GT3 RS CM14 03:17.76

4 953 Heskin

Deniese 2006 Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX RS CM22 03:18.39

5 991 Weeks

Allen 2006 Lamborghini

Super Leggera CM14 03:18.47

6 940 Higgins

Hansen 2006 Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX RS CM22 03:18.55

7 939 Warwick

Murphy 2003 Porsche

911 GT3 9LMSC 03:18.95

8 996 Quinn

Wenn 2006 Porsche

997 Turbo CM14 03:19.19

9 934 White

White 2007 Lamborghini

Super Leggera CM14 03:19.42

10 972 Vandersee

Taylor 2004 Skelta

G-Force CM11 03:20.28

11 922 Longhurst

De Vere 2007 Subaru

Impreza WRX STi C Spec CM22 03:21.94

12 942 Beable

Beable 2003 Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX CM22 03:22.22

13 916 Streckeisen

Dale 2006 Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX CM22 03:22.47

14 929 Hendy

Hendy 2005 Daytona

Coupe CM24 03:23.22

15 971 Taplin

Young 2004 Porsche

911 GT3 CS CM13 03:23.30

Edited by Bass Junky

Okay guys Quick Report.

Jeff says the car is good. It's quite quick but a LOT different to the GTR.

Missed gear changes several times which is why he dropped back to 12th. Seeing as this is his first EVER session in the car, it's still pretty fair!!

Can't find any photos on Targa.org.au yet, but I'm sure some will surface soon enough.

Hey guys.

Absolute results still not verified.

Jeff running in the mid 20's :blink:

He says that the young guns are driving at 12 10th and are carving everyone up.

It's not that he's a lot slower than everyone, just that there are a LOT of fast cars and people this year.

One thing he did say, is that to win you have to finish :banana:

1 902 Simonsen

Searcy Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX 00:08

2 934 White

White Lamborghini

Super Leggera 00:18

3 918 Sullens

Barkley Subaru

Impreza WRX RA 00:32

4 919 Richards

Oliver Porsche

911 GT3 RS 00:38

5 991 Weeks

Allen Lamborghini

Super Leggera 01:09

6 922 Longhurst

De Vere Subaru

Impreza WRX STi C Spec 01:12

7 996 Quinn

Wenn Porsche

997 Turbo 01:19

8 939 Warwick

Murphy Porsche

911 GT3 01:23

9 953 Heskin

Deniese Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX RS 01:30

10 903 Rattray

Jackson Subaru

Impreza WRX STi 01:31

11 913 Close

Close Porsche

911 Turbo 01:42

12 940 Higgins

Hansen Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX RS 01:44

13 971 Taplin

Young Porsche

911 GT3 CS 01:55

14 866 Shaw

Parish Mazda

RX7 02:00

14 961 Warren

Boyle Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX 02:00

16 993 Stokell

Burrey Mini

Cooper S JCW 02:09

17 912 Brown

Locker Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX 02:10

18 954 Froude

Logan Porsche

911 GT3 CS 02:11

19 958 Bates

McLoughlin Mazda

3MPS 02:13

20 932 Bartter

Wheeler Subaru

Impreza WRX STi 02:16

21 979 Grant

Wooster Nissan

Skyline GT-R V-spec II N1 02:17

22 992 Denyer

Moscatt Mini

Cooper S JCW 02:19

23 994 Thomas

Thomas Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX RS 02:20

24 976 Purdey

Hart Porsche

996 Turbo S 02:22

25 811 Hawkins

Warren Nissan

Skyline GT-R V-Spec N1 02:29

26 929 Hendy

Hendy Daytona

Coupe 02:34

27 819 Ayers

Bolton Nissan

Skyline GT-R V-Spec 02:37

28 978 Ledger

Dunkerton Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX 02:41

29 942 Beable

Beable Mitsubishi

Evolution Lancer IX 02:42

29 973 Miedecke

Willson Hyundai

Tiburon 02:42

31 850 Bobik

Crossley Porsche

968 CS 02:45

Edited by Bass Junky

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