GTR wins Targa Tas.

[TasR.X]

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we made it home (only just) had to push it over the finish line with a busted drive shaft

ahh so that explains this...

[Bec]

Targa Photos - CLICK HERE

[Duncan]

yep that would be that! Mark just said "Watch this bro!", dropped the clutch...and BANG!

[hrd-hr30]

The White team began the final day in first place and held on to win six minutes clear of Greg Garwood and John Allen in a turbo Porsche 911.

Jim Richards and Barry Oliver in a Porsche GT3 CS were another 13 minutes further back in third place, well ahead of the rest of the field who were more than nine hours behind the winners.

that's six seconds ahead of 2nd place, 39 seconds ahead of Richards, and 9 minutes back to the rest of the field. Nine hours! NFI!

great to see the Whites finally get the win, but local knowledge is a big factor there.

[jtir]

Well according to this site, Richards came first???:

http://www.targa.org.au/Targa_2005/Primary...gue_periodE.php

919 Richards - Oliver 2004 Porsche 911 GT3 CS 9LMS 3:11.67 1 1 0:00.00

996 Quinn - Wenn 2001 Porsche 911 Turbo 9LMS 3:12.96 2 2 0:01.29

942 Beable - Beable 2000 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II N1 9LMS 3:13.81 3 3 0:02.14

934 White - White 2001 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II N1 9LMS 3:15.07 4 4 0:03.40

945 Garwood - Allen 2001 Porsche 911 Turbo 9LMS 3:16.15 5 5 0:04.48

977 Broadbent - Goedheer 2000 Daytona Coupe 9LMS 3:17.98 6 6 0:06.31

991 Weeks - Taylor 2001 Porsche 911 GT2 9LMS 3:21.20 7 7 0:09.53

933 Rooklyn - Long 2001 Mitsubishi Evolution Lancer VII 9LMS 3:21.70 8 8 0:10.03

982 Juniper - Bowden 2002 Porsche 911 Turbo 9LMS 3:21.79 9 9 0:10.12

966 Shaw - Parish 2002 Mazda RX7 Series 8 RS 9LMS 3:22.09 10 10 0:10.42

[Duncan]

yeah mate that was the prologue (qualifying).

final results are here:

http://www.targa.org.au/Targa_2005/Primary..._final_leg5.php

[Mean_R34]

Anyone got any video footage of this or a URL to some??

[targa]

Hi all

If any of you have any Targa questions

please ask

Our great GT R R 34 was 3 rd in prologue

and finished 7 th outright

in modern

Not bad for a 60 year old once a year racer

with my lovely wife calling the notes

Jeff Beable

[Obakemono]

Congrats Jeff! Not bad at all! And you even managed to go quicker than Rick Shaw, nice effort!

[Duncan]

Hi all  

If any of you have any Targa questions

 please ask

Our great GT R  R 34  was 3 rd in prologue

and finished 7 th outright

in modern

Not bad for a 60 year old  once a year racer

with  my lovely wife calling the notes

Jeff Beable

you guys did really well, well done

did you have any troubles? seem like you got through without problems at all!

[targa]

you guys did really well, well done

did you have any troubles? seem like you got through without problems at all!

slicks on the front for the last day

ice and snow on the road

buggered clutch 2 nd day

replaced over night

[Duncan]

yeah the conditions up at Arrowsmith were amazing!

I'm surprised you got through a set of fronts tho, were'nt you running the dunlops? or not in the hard compound?

And I bet the clutch was fun, did you find a local hoist to help out? working in the silverdome was a PITA

[targa]

yeah the conditions up at Arrowsmith were amazing!

I'm surprised you got through a set of fronts tho, were'nt you running the dunlops? or not in the hard compound?

And I bet the clutch was fun, did you find a local hoist to help out? working in the silverdome was a PITA

At Burnie they were onthe front we swaped them to the back to avoid the canvas

on the last day

We missed doing Arrowsmith fast as we stopped at Rooklyn big crash about 5 klms in to the stage

The service crew we shared with Coads and three others had truck with a ramp that you could work under

started at 10.30 finished about 3.00 had an old clutch, down past the rivets,that we threw in It lasted O K

Tyres! Had a gamble on yokohama AO48s M compound Too many dry day

lost the gamble