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TargaTasmania
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TargaTasmaniaisatarmacbasedrallyeventheld
ontheislandstateofTasmania,Australia,annually
since1992.TheeventtakesitsnamefromtheTarga
Florio,aformermotoringeventheldontheislandof
Sicily.Thecompetitionconceptisdrawndirectly
fromthebestfeaturesoftheMilleMiglia,theCoupe
desAlpesandtheTourdeCorse.

Contents
1Rallyformat
2Listofpastwinners
2.1ModernCompetition
2.2ClassicCompetition
3Notablecompetitors
4Seealso
5References
6Externallinks

TargaTasmania

Category

Rally

Country

Tasmania,Australia

Inauguralevent 1992
winningdriver

JasonWhite

winningcar

LamborghiniGallardo

Official
Website

http://www.targatasmania.com.au/

Rallyformat
Therallystartedasafivedayevent,andwasrunasasixdayeventforthetenthanniversaryin2001.
From2002itrevertedtoitsfivedaycourse.2006wasthe15thanniversaryandwasalsoa6dayevent.
2011wasthe20thanniversary.
Leg0(Prologue)GeorgeTowntoLaunceston.
Leg1LauncestonSheffieldLaunceston
Leg2LauncestonStHelensLaunceston
Leg3LauncestonDevonportStrahan
Leg4StrahanUlverstonetoStrahan
Leg5StrahanNewNorfolkHobart
In2008thecoursewassubstantiallyrevised,anumberofwelllikedstagesfrompreviousyearsarenow
used(Riana),andanumberofallnewstageswereintroduced(MtClaudeandRossarden).Leg3was
droppedbyshorteningtheLeg2EastCoastdayendingbackinLaunceston(ratherthanHobart).Leg3
isanotherloopnorthoutofLaunceston(runningthroughDevonportonthisday).Leg4nowrunsfrom
LauncestonthroughthelunchstopatBurnietotheeveningendatStrahan.Itremainsthelongesttarmac
rallyinAustraliawithnorepeatedstages.Althoughacoupleofstageswillsharethesamepieceofroad
inoppositedirectionsonconsecutivedays.
TheTargaisoneofseveralTarmacRallyeventstobeheldinAustralia.Italsohashadinternational
connectionswithTargaNewZealandandTargaNewfoundlandwhichhaveevolvedsincetheinception
ofTargaTasmania.

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Listofpastwinners
ModernCompetition
Year

Driver

Navigator

1992

GregCrick

GregPreece

HondaNSX

1993

GregCrick

GregPreece

HondaNSX

1994

AndrewMiedecke AlanTaylor

Porsche944TurboCup

1995

NealBates

CoralTaylor

ToyotaCelicaGTFour(ST205)

1996

JimRichards

BarryOliver

Porsche911Turbo(993)

1997

JimRichards

BarryOliver

Porsche911Turbo(993)

1998

JimRichards

BarryOliver

Porsche911Turbo(993)

1999

PeterFitzgerald

MichaelMansour Porsche911Turbo(993)

2000

JimRichards

BarryOliver

Porsche911GT3CS

2001

JimRichards

BarryOliver

Porsche911Turbo(996)

2002

JimRichards

BarryOliver

Porsche911Turbo(996)

2003

JimRichards

BarryOliver

Porsche911GT3CS

2004

TonySullens

JuliaRabbett

SubaruImprezaWRXSTiS202

2005

JasonWhite

JohnWhite

NissanSkylineGTRVSpecN1(R34)

2006

JimRichards

BarryOliver

Porsche911GT2CS(996)

2007

TonySullens

JuliaBarkley

SubaruImprezaWRXTypeRA(GC8)

2008

SteveGlenney

BernieWebb

MitsubishiLancerEvolutionIXRS

2009

TonyQuinn

NaomiTillett

NissanGTR

2010

JasonWhite

JohnWhite

LamborghiniGallardoReiterSuperTrofeoStrata

2011

TonyQuinn

NaomiTillett

NissanGTR

2012

JasonWhite

JohnWhite

LamborghiniGallardoSuperTrofeoStradale

2013

JasonWhite

JohnWhite

LamborghiniGallardoSuperTrofeoStradale

2014

JamieVandenberg DennisSims

NissanGTR

2015

JasonWhite

LamborghiniGallardoSquadraCorse

JohnWhite

Vehicle

ClassicCompetition
Year

Driver

Navigator

1998

PeterFitzgerald

MichaelPetersen Porsche356

1999

RobertWhite

AngusMacleod

2000

JeremyBrowne

StellaPlenderleith LanciaFulvia

2001

PaulStuart

MarkConnolly

2002

RexBroadbent

MichaelGoedheer Porsche911RSR

2003

GrahamCopeland JonSiddens

Datsun1800SSS

2004

NickEllis

TracyWilliams

FordEscortRS2000

2005

MichaelConway SimonGardiner

FordEscortRS2000

2006

IanMorris

AlexMolocznyk

1981AlfaRomeoGTV6

2007

RexBroadbent

MichaelGoedheer 1974Porsche911RS

2008

RexBroadbent

Lilleyman

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Vehicle
SunbeamTiger
Porsche911

1974Porsche911RS
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Notablecompetitors
NotablepastandcurrentcompetitorshaveincludedAndrewMiedecke,BarrySheene,BobWollek,
DennyHulme,DickJohnson,GlennRidge,GregCrick,GreggHansford,SirJackBrabham,Jim
Richards,JochenMass,StevenRichards,MichaelDoohan,MurrayWalker,NealBates,PeterBrock,
PeterFitzgerald,RogerClark,RustyFrench,SandroMunari,SirStirlingMoss,AlisterMcRae,Walter
RhrlandEricBana.[4]ThefirstpersonwithaspinalcordinjurytocompeteintherallywasAustralian
wheelchairrugbyplayerNazimErdem.[5]

Seealso
AustralianTargaChampionship
LovetheBeast

References
1.
2.
3.
4.

TargaTasmania2008Results(http://www.rallyresults.com.au/targa2008/)byRallyResults
TargaTasmania2007Results(http://www.rallyresults.com.au/targa2007/)byRallyResults
TargaTasmania2006Results(http://www.rallyresults.com.au/targa2006/)byRallyResults
TargaTasmania(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?
xml=/motoring/2007/04/14/nosplit/mftas14.xml)byPeterHall,telegraph.co.uk
5. "NazimErdem"(http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/nazimerdem).AustralianParalympicCommittee.
Retrieved19June2012.

1. www.targatasmania.com.au/Results/Past[1](http://www.targatasmania.com.au/Results/Past.html)
2. http://www.targatasmania.com.au/[2](http://www.targatasmania.com.au/)

Externallinks
TargaTasmaniawebsite(http://www.targatasmania.com.au/)
EricBanagunsittoMax|HeraldSun
(http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,215532862902,00.html)
TeamRedBackRacingwebsite(http://www.RedBackRacing.com.au/)
CAR703RallyingforOncologyResearch(http://www.car703.com/)
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