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Ah Mr Glenny,

Yes if he continues to attack Targa the way he did last year he will increase his fan base... of which I am one. The only trouble with Targa is it only rewards you for where you finish!!

This bloke who calls himself "Targa".... should be "BP" - the quite achiever..... I think he is (hope you aren't affended easy G) an older bugger and he has the missers callng the notes. I would say - can drive a bit and has the results on the board.

There are a lot of GT-R's running this year, and I bet one or two finishes in the boonies

And yes Targa I will be trying to prevent the red mist.... Having raced motorcycles for a few years, I remmember my first trip to Oran Park. Drove all night from Qld... and finished on my arse at turn two lap one of Sundays first race... LOL No refunded entry and no prize money... just another red eye back to Qld.

Anyhow gotta do some more work otherwise mine wont be there

Ciao:)

Originally posted by targa

Garwood has bought Jim Richards 996 turbo porsche and Mark Saxby 993 turbo  

My new porsche is a little bit quicker than the GTR but nowhere near as easy or nice to drive as the GTR

"Time will tell"

We did 93,94,95,96 in the Jag  

"The Two Ton *****"

97, 200sx

skipped 98

99,2000,01,02 in the GTR

It's a great event, best drive you can ever do What ever you do Targa Tom don't crash it in the first couple of days A lot of first timers do.

I did the first year

both the quick GTRs crashed last year its a long event so you need to take it easy to finish

Nice to see you watching these forums Jeff.

Shame you have turned to the dark side ( if you can't beat em join em ) Porsches but they are hard to beat if you can afford them.

My belief is that a GTR is the ONLY other vehicle capable of beating a Porsche at Targa in the right hands.

It's a shame you didn't continue your development of the GTR marque because I believe your driving record speaks for itself ( ie. Bloody Good !! )

If you beat the Whites GTR I will for one , personally bag you , you traitor:D Hehehe

Good luck anyway and keep the shiny side up.

Cheers

Ken

  • 2 weeks later...

The White's had a monumental crash in rally tas recently I believe, dunno if they'll be in targa or not?

All the N1's in the world can come down to Tassie, but I really doubt Richards will lose while he is still breathing and entering targa! barring crashes, mechanical failures of course.

Its a wonder porsche don't just sponsor targa, its already tailor made for the bloody things.

I'd love to see a GTR take it though. Also like to see the GTS-X that runs get up there in the modern classics...

cheers,

floody

The Whites will be there!!!!

I would imagine as I type John is standing bake throwing more money at the event.... LOL

From my observations, it is the toreque that gives the porsche an advantage... Best people to ask would be Jim, Targa and Greg Garwood.... they have all made the switch...

Me, I reckon a HCR32 is the go. Which reminds me better go and do some more work... race is now only FOUR WEEKS AWAY

:eek:

Ciao

  • 4 weeks later...

FYI

targa entries in Datsuns

this has been taken from this years targa guide:

801 91 R32 WakujiroKobayashi

802 98 R33 V spec N1 mines Jeff Keyte Joanne Keyte

803 93 R32 Steve Thatcher Stella Plenderleith

806 95 R33 V spec N1 Steve Gleeney Clayton Lang

808 95 R33 V spec Dean Evans Paul Fourie

816 95 R33 V spec Paul Bergmann David Ovenden

817 97 R33 V spec John Atherton Ian Young

819 95 R33 V spec David Ayres David Dungey

833 95 R33 V spec James Miedecke Peta Roberts

934 01 R34 V specII N1 John White Jason White

941 02 R34 V specII N1 Peter Moore Stuart Boyce

942 00 R34 V spec N1 George Nittis David Carra

I have put in the list the cars which I believe are genuine N1's as opposed to those that run the "N1" spec for targa.

this years modern fields are large amoutns of skylines and large amounts of porsches..

I agree 2000 was a tough year(we came off and totalled a series 6 rx-7 that year).

I am fortunate enough to navigate for my dad in the event and have done so in 2000 20001 2002 and will be navigating again this year. Going for our 1st gold plate *yay*

Will be cool to catch up with fellow forum members over there i'll be in the Yellow GT3CS de Corti/de Corti entry #904 :)

Have fun people

  • 2 weeks later...

The minimum contribution by our commercial partners was quit substantial.

By running decals - and there isn't a lot of room - it devalues the investment by our partners.

Having said that, our service vehicle carried all our product supporters and those others who helped make the event possible... With this in mind and the excellent quality of 99.9% of this site, we will find a spot for a decal supporting it.

And here is a thought, get a few Skyline Owners together and go to tassie in 2004. Enjoy the event, red wine, and roads... and with a bit of luck, a certain horse trainer may take the next step...

Ciao TT#832

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