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I'm working out whether I should get a dedicated track car.

I assume Targa has no prize money, along with many other events?

Apart from having a load of spare cash, how do you make it feasible? (car, maintanence, tyres, travel, accomodation etc..)

Cheers

Adrian

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Don't worry - Bradford was a big lesson for me. It's the main reason I'm keen to stay in Modern next year rather than aiming for something like Early Modern as in Modern I know I have no chance of winning anything so can just concentrate on finishing the event.

Getting a "Targa Trophy" is my only goal for 2010. :P

Getting a "Targa Trophy" is my only goal for 2010. :

Hey Snowy

Just read your post

made me look up and started counting.......

45 targa trophies on the shelves above my desk

might take awhile to catch up to the old bloke

I'm working out whether I should get a dedicated track car.

I assume Targa has no prize money, along with many other events?

Apart from having a load of spare cash, how do you make it feasible? (car, maintanence, tyres, travel, accomodation etc..)

Cheers

Adrian

Yes mate, there is prize money at TT, $30- to the winner. It's purely a loophole to be able to claim transport credits to the island.

re funding it, the way Tim and I do it is, we look around everywhere, under the couch, inside the kitchen cupboards, down behind the back seats in taxis.... and come up with about 15 to 20 grand, and that's before Tim makes a wrong/late call and makes me scratch the car. :P

Ok ok ok, I cannot help myself. I need to keep reliving it to avoid massive bouts of depression :ninja:

Here's another one, I HATE FENCES, they get in the road of my shortcuts! Note at around 1:40 or so........

And this one, lol, it's the end of Elephant Saddle, INSIDE THE CAR, where we very very nearly catch a GT3 that had made a point of pushing in front of us in the stage line, thinking we'd hold him up. hehehe, like come on man, we gave you 30 seconds head start!

Ok ok ok, I cannot help myself. I need to keep reliving it to avoid massive bouts of depression :)

Here's another one, I HATE FENCES, they get in the road of my shortcuts! Note at around 1:40 or so........

And this one, lol, it's the end of Elephant Saddle, INSIDE THE CAR, where we very very nearly catch a GT3 that had made a point of pushing in front of us in the stage line, thinking we'd hold him up. hehehe, like come on man, we gave you 30 seconds head start!

Maybe you should consider a sideline business in fence repairs Ben :ninja:

Love how you're straight back on it (actually not sure you actually got off it) - that's commitment!

Legerwood is used to stuffed fences. I went through the fence on the right hander at 1:12 at a hill climb, and pulled the fence out all the way upto the left hander (got cought on the front of the car)

now jimmy hasn't finished an event, does jeff hold the finishing record?

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Haha, nice work Benny! Fortunate you didn't grab the power pole too I guess!?!?

I'd be interested to know too Jeff, are you the star?

Was talking to Wayne from Brisbane who runs the greenish LJ Torana, he was going for his Platinum Diamond this year until he put it on it's roof on Day 2 I think it was, you guys would have seen it, downhill, 9 left into 4 right over bridge. Forget the stage..... He tells me his steering coupling snapped and it drove strait into the earth bank. That'd be nice hey! Not.

# 138 Peterson -Booker 1994 Nissan Sunny GTI 8PRA 8PRA RM5 305

was that a GTI-R? pretty good effort for 5th in rookie in a little hatchback. :nyaanyaa: good to see a GTI-R out there, I still have a soft spot for them.

Haha, nice work Benny! Fortunate you didn't grab the power pole too I guess!?!?

I'd be interested to know too Jeff, are you the star?

Was talking to Wayne from Brisbane who runs the greenish LJ Torana, he was going for his Platinum Diamond this year until he put it on it's roof on Day 2 I think it was, you guys would have seen it, downhill, 9 left into 4 right over bridge. Forget the stage..... He tells me his steering coupling snapped and it drove strait into the earth bank. That'd be nice hey! Not.

I got 1/2 way round the corner, and contracted a bad case of understeer, so no where near the pole (and the hay bailed weren't there at the time). The left hander at 1:56 is called Garwoods gap, cause Greg went through the fence there in 07 (same event i was in, but a year earlier).

Was that the torana at Gunns Plains, where there were like 5 officals waving us down to almost stop?

Haha, nice work Benny! Fortunate you didn't grab the power pole too I guess!?!?

I'd be interested to know too Jeff, are you the star?

Was talking to Wayne from Brisbane who runs the greenish LJ Torana, he was going for his Platinum Diamond this year until he put it on it's roof on Day 2 I think it was, you guys would have seen it, downhill, 9 left into 4 right over bridge. Forget the stage..... He tells me his steering coupling snapped and it drove strait into the earth bank. That'd be nice hey! Not.

Gunns Plains day 4, that really sucks...

# 138 Peterson -Booker 1994 Nissan Sunny GTI 8PRA 8PRA RM5 305

was that a GTI-R? pretty good effort for 5th in rookie in a little hatchback. :nyaanyaa: good to see a GTI-R out there, I still have a soft spot for them.

Beer, that was a GTI (Naturally Aspirated!!!) Its 4wd tho I think?

I got 1/2 way round the corner, and contracted a bad case of understeer, so no where near the pole (and the hay bailed weren't there at the time). The left hander at 1:56 is called Garwoods gap, cause Greg went through the fence there in 07 (same event i was in, but a year earlier).

Was that the torana at Gunns Plains, where there were like 5 officals waving us down to almost stop?

Yeh that was a bit off putting, cos then you accelerate back up and over shoot the corner onto the bridge a bit.

Sarah has posted some fantastic pics here guys, some well worth purchasing!

http://www.pbase.com/sooty34/targa_tas09&page=3

Sarah and Joel always take awesome pics- I picked up some Tarmac Challenge shots from Joel and they were well worth the money.

Not sure what that face I'm pulling in that last pic of #803 is about though :nyaanyaa:

Was that the torana at Gunns Plains, where there were like 5 officals waving us down to almost stop?

I think there is a pic of it on its lid floating around somewhere on Facespace :nyaanyaa:

I usually avoid the carnage pics (unless they're my own!) - never nice to dwell too much on someone elses misfortune.

Very true Kel.

I'm uploading Gunns Plains now. Can see Wayne's Torana turned turtle, Bradford off and still steaming, and some other poor bugger way down a drop, can't see the car, just triangles.

Couldn't help myself and did a bit of a demo for the spectators at the turn left @ shed..... got in trouble for that I think. lol

Gunns Plains day 4, that really sucks...

Beer, that was a GTI (Naturally Aspirated!!!) Its 4wd tho I think?

wow. I thought it was a typo and was meant to have a -R in there! yeah the sunnny GTI is AWD non-turbo. pretty average piece of gear. they must have been pushing it pretty hard to get that far up the order. well done. :dry:

Loving the style points at 4:45 2-left at T-junction around the houses - even managed a wave for the kiddies! Looks very familiar - we drove the entire event on 2wd due to some wiring problems.

My brakes arrive tomorrow can't wait, 1 step closer to 2010.

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