20 / 32
20
which was my goal.
For me the experience was wonderful in a couple of ways. Firstly the roads, but more
importantly since restoring the Alpine, I
had only ever driven it around in
regularity events and never at speed or
high revs on twisty roads up hill and
down. Therefore understanding how the
car reacted and drove under these
conditions was very rewarding.
The other thing was that it ran like
clockwork and only needed petrol and a
couple of bolts for the muffler for the
whole event of 550km of 38 special stages
and 1300 of transport stages.
From memory 50 cars failed to finish
and some were totalled. 12 came off on the last day on the wet roads.
Mark Duder
And now Paul's story...
2016 Targa Tasmania Musing
Targa Tasmania is the holy grail for
anyone who competes in tarmac
rallying in Australia. Its heritage
comes from a passionate history
dating back to 1906 in Sicily, where
the inaugural "Targa Florio" was
unveiled. Targa Tasmania is a world
class international motor sport event
which celebrated its 25th anniversary
this year. The event consists of a
tarmac rally that runs for 6 days and
travels over 2000 km with over 40
competitive stages on closed roads for
the true motoring enthusiast, catering
for up to 300 selected cars approved by
invitation. This is our story of how we
and our mighty Escort Mk 1 tackled
Alpine lifts a wheel on Riana...
...and puts it down again
Alpine up close at Georgetown
Paul and Leanne in Georgetown