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robbo mcs · Apr 17th, 2005, 01:00 AM

Hi,

The time is drawing close, we will soon departing to compete in Targa Tasmania

For those who don't know, Targa Tasmania is closed road tarmac rally. Over 6 days you compete against the clock on closed road stages, varying from 1 to 47km in length. Targa Tasmania is generally considered to be the ultimate tarmac rally, and attracts numerous competitors from Australia and around the world.

If anyone is interested in getting a taste for the event, there is a link to a site with some incar footage from a previous year in a classic mini HERE

I have been competing in my mini in circuit racing for some time. Almost a year ago I went on the "Tasminia" trip with other mini lovers. I was stunned by the amazing roads

Tasmania has some of the best driving roads in the world, and is a mini drivers paradise

After Tasminia, I decided (along with Stu Jones) to try to compete in Targa Tasmania.

Stu and myself have allready competed in the East Coast Targa and Porscshe Mt Buller Sprint tarmac rallies. However, these are relatively short, and nowhere near as challenging as Targa Tassie.

We are entered in the "drivetravel.com modern competition" along with 5 other minis. From the mini2 boards and clubmini there is
Andrew Robinson (robbo) and navigator John Ladavac (Lad)
Stuart Jones and navigator Steve Green (Warped).

Also competing is the Grant Sherrin cooper S from Queensland and a Japanese entered cooper S.

Competing in an imported John Cooper factory prepared Cooper is the experienced Craig Williams, who has won his class outright on several occasions.

The only Bummer is that Boo (Andrew Jackson) is not coming with us. I know he desperately wanted to compete, but things conspired against him this year

I hope he makes it next year

Targa Tasmania is an FIA international rally, which has made things more complicated than usual preparing for the event. We all require FIA level international rally licenses, and full FIA safety gear etc.

Also, both Stu and myself have had to "demodify" our cars to a significant degree to comply with regulations. For example, amongst many changes, I have had to remove my oil cooler, cold air intake and adjustable rear control arms. Other things such as electrical cutout switches, FIA fuel sampling point etc have been added.

We leave on the boat to Tasmania on Friday, and have scrutineering on Sunday/Monday. Competition begins with the prologue on Tuesday 26th and concludes on Sunday 1st of May.

The car is now fully prepared, and ready to race. Thanks to Boo for doing a professional job of putting all my stickers on

Stu's car is almost ready

My main aim in the rally is to come home safely without injury, and with the car in one piece

I hope to have a great time, and enjoy the roads. It is going to be great fun going as a little mini team with Stu

. Hopefully we will have time and some internet access to post some news of our progress

Attached are some pics of my car ready to go, with all the stickers etc. Also, some shots showing some of the changes and additions I have had to make to the car to comply with the regulations.

Cheers

Robbo

play fife · Apr 17th, 2005, 01:15 AM

So many stickers Robbo.

Daniel

Mike Clarke · Apr 17th, 2005, 01:41 AM

Good luck robbo, I'm sure you'll have a great time

Todd! · Apr 17th, 2005, 02:19 AM

Best of luck Robbo, Stu, Craig, Steve & John...

I hope that you have a wonderful time pushing them all the way to the limit and all MINI's return in the wonderful state they left home in!

Its been a privilege to ride shot gun with you Robbo and have Stu in my rear view on the OPH

Great to see OZICOZI supporting the boys! I hope the MINIs get lots of positive coverage for all of your sponsors.

Give them hell!!

Godspeed

Todd

meinamini · Apr 17th, 2005, 02:22 AM

Good luck Robbo, looks a treat

Have a safe, fun and successful campaign you guys!

Go MINI

minigolf · Apr 17th, 2005, 02:52 AM

Best of British to you fellas. I hope you have even half as much fun as I reckon this event would be!

Cheers Liam

GOGADGET · Apr 17th, 2005, 04:50 AM

Good luck Guys

poki · Apr 17th, 2005, 05:34 AM

Have an awesome time boys.

Cant wait to hear the stories

dukesantos · Apr 17th, 2005, 06:47 AM

Robbo mcs you should also post this on the Racing forum, there are rally enthusiasts there from Canada, Mexico and other countries that will be very interested in your adventure. I've been thinking about Targa Newfoundland in Canada but yours sounds more interesting. Good luck.

OZChris · Apr 17th, 2005, 06:59 AM

Good Luck everyone.

Chris

kenhenry · Apr 17th, 2005, 07:42 AM

Good luck guys - hope to be joining you all next year.

enzothemaddog · Apr 17th, 2005, 09:14 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by kenhenry

Good luck guys - hope to be joining you all next year.

ditto

robbo mcs · Apr 17th, 2005, 09:52 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by dukesantos

Robbo mcs you should also post this on the Racing forum, there are rally enthusiasts there from Canada, Mexico and other countries that will be very interested in your adventure. I've been thinking about Targa Newfoundland in Canada but yours sounds more interesting. Good luck.

Hi,

Targa Newfoundland is a "sister" event to Targa Tasmania. The people in Newfoundland looked at the Targa Tasmaniia set-up, and wanted to replicate it. As a result the they used the Tasmania event as a "template".

Unfortunately for us, Targa Tasmania is now very well established. They can pick and choose cars, and it is actually quite hard to get accepted to the event. Also, the regulations are extremely tight and heavily policed. Newfoundland is still trying to establish itself, so it is much easier to get in, and the regulations are not as tightly policed (or so I am led to believe).

I don't want to double post, so maybe I will post a link to this thread on the Racing page.

Cheers

Robbo

minigolf · Apr 17th, 2005, 10:10 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by robbo mcs

...Unfortunately for us, Targa Tasmania is now very well established. They can pick and choose cars, and it is actually quite hard to get accepted to the event...

Yeah, am interested and stoked that you guys got in. Wasn't there talk that even a JCW car could not participate due its modifications? I'm guessing you'll be running your Hartge kit still???

ChilliRedS · Apr 17th, 2005, 10:13 AM

Good luck to all.

Try to keep track on the website and maybe, if we're really lucky, there might be a bit on the telly.

robbo mcs · Apr 17th, 2005, 10:22 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by minigolf

Yeah, am interested and stoked that you guys got in. Wasn't there talk that even a JCW car could not participate due its modifications? I'm guessing you'll be running your Hartge kit still???

Hi,

The JCW modification for the cooper S was not allowed

This was despite the best efforts of BMW Australia who tried their best to get it through. However, we are in good company, the M3 CSL was also disallowed, as only 1400 were made world wide, and 1500 need to be made to comply

The porsche GT3RS was also in the same boat.

As a result we are running the stock supercharger. We have had to remove quite a bit of "go fast" stuff to comply, but I'm sure we will still be going fast enough to have a huge amount of fun

Cheers

Robbo

StuJones · Apr 17th, 2005, 10:59 AM

Thanks for the write up Robbo

Yep this is one of those events that I have spent too many years of my adult life thinking about and now its almost here.

I do rather feel for AJ (Boo) as not only is he not able to come but we made him put the stickers on the cars!!!!! The ultimate torture.

We are lucky to have two great MINI friends as our navigators in John and Steve, it makes it so much easier to share the event with someone as passionate in the cars as us.

I am starting to get rather overwhelmed by the enormity of the event we have entered ourselves in and think this will only increase as the days draw closer. The complexity of logistics, accomodation, fuel, servicing all add up to a very steep learning curve.

Anyway enough sentimental mumbo jumbo, lets get on with the show. Im pretty sure it will only really sink in as I drive the car onto the boat on Friday afternoon and we sail under the bridge and out Sydney Heads.

Thanks for all the well wishes and plenty of posts to follow. Hopefully we wont be too tired for a daily update!

Cheers
Stu

n00b · Apr 17th, 2005, 11:24 AM

Good like with the adventure

Remember to grab as many pics as possible too while you're there.

enzothemaddog · Apr 17th, 2005, 11:36 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by robbo mcs

Hi,

1500 need to be made to comply

SO this is why I was told to enter my VW....

Robbo, has anyone (you or Stu) got a cam setup in their car?
Would be sa....weet to make a post-Targa DVD!

StuJones · Apr 17th, 2005, 11:45 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by enzothemaddog

SO this is why I was told to enter my VW....

Robbo, has anyone (you or Stu) got a cam setup in their car?
Would be sa....weet to make a post-Targa DVD!

I am fiddling with incar gear setup at the moment but there are significant restrictions on what you can do with the footage as they have sold the broadcast rights. Basically any footage we collect has to be provided to the broadcast company first. Then it can only really be used for personal use. If we want to use for "internet" there is a license fee of $500 per minute

Apr 17th, 2005, 01:00 AM	#1
robbo mcs Track Addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sydney Local Time: 07:36 AM Posts: 2,620 Offline	Targa Tasmania Hi, The time is drawing close, we will soon departing to compete in Targa Tasmania For those who don't know, Targa Tasmania is closed road tarmac rally. Over 6 days you compete against the clock on closed road stages, varying from 1 to 47km in length. Targa Tasmania is generally considered to be the ultimate tarmac rally, and attracts numerous competitors from Australia and around the world. If anyone is interested in getting a taste for the event, there is a link to a site with some incar footage from a previous year in a classic mini HERE I have been competing in my mini in circuit racing for some time. Almost a year ago I went on the "Tasminia" trip with other mini lovers. I was stunned by the amazing roads Tasmania has some of the best driving roads in the world, and is a mini drivers paradise After Tasminia, I decided (along with Stu Jones) to try to compete in Targa Tasmania. Stu and myself have allready competed in the East Coast Targa and Porscshe Mt Buller Sprint tarmac rallies. However, these are relatively short, and nowhere near as challenging as Targa Tassie. We are entered in the "drivetravel.com modern competition" along with 5 other minis. From the mini2 boards and clubmini there is Andrew Robinson (robbo) and navigator John Ladavac (Lad) Stuart Jones and navigator Steve Green (Warped). Also competing is the Grant Sherrin cooper S from Queensland and a Japanese entered cooper S. Competing in an imported John Cooper factory prepared Cooper is the experienced Craig Williams, who has won his class outright on several occasions. The only Bummer is that Boo (Andrew Jackson) is not coming with us. I know he desperately wanted to compete, but things conspired against him this year I hope he makes it next year Targa Tasmania is an FIA international rally, which has made things more complicated than usual preparing for the event. We all require FIA level international rally licenses, and full FIA safety gear etc. Also, both Stu and myself have had to "demodify" our cars to a significant degree to comply with regulations. For example, amongst many changes, I have had to remove my oil cooler, cold air intake and adjustable rear control arms. Other things such as electrical cutout switches, FIA fuel sampling point etc have been added. We leave on the boat to Tasmania on Friday, and have scrutineering on Sunday/Monday. Competition begins with the prologue on Tuesday 26th and concludes on Sunday 1st of May. The car is now fully prepared, and ready to race. Thanks to Boo for doing a professional job of putting all my stickers on Stu's car is almost ready My main aim in the rally is to come home safely without injury, and with the car in one piece I hope to have a great time, and enjoy the roads. It is going to be great fun going as a little mini team with Stu . Hopefully we will have time and some internet access to post some news of our progress Attached are some pics of my car ready to go, with all the stickers etc. Also, some shots showing some of the changes and additions I have had to make to the car to comply with the regulations. Cheers Robbo Attached Thumbnails Mods: GO MADDIE and SPARKY!

Apr 17th, 2005, 01:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
play fife The Invisible Boy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Local Time: 06:36 AM Posts: 1,234 Offline	So many stickers Robbo. Daniel 2004 DS/W Cooper S 2006 NRL Premiers - Brisbane Broncos

Apr 17th, 2005, 02:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
Todd! Boy who made the wolf cry Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Geelong, Vic, Aus Local Time: 06:36 AM Posts: 10,450 Offline	Best of luck Robbo, Stu, Craig, Steve & John... I hope that you have a wonderful time pushing them all the way to the limit and all MINI's return in the wonderful state they left home in! Its been a privilege to ride shot gun with you Robbo and have Stu in my rear view on the OPH Great to see OZICOZI supporting the boys! I hope the MINIs get lots of positive coverage for all of your sponsors. Give them hell!! Godspeed Todd PROJECT POLARIS - Die Wiedergeburt eines kultautos

Apr 17th, 2005, 02:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
minigolf Blue is the colour! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canberra, Australia Local Time: 07:36 AM Posts: 13,849 Offline	Best of British to you fellas. I hope you have even half as much fun as I reckon this event would be! Cheers Liam Sabine Schmitz: Fear disturbs your concentration.

Apr 17th, 2005, 04:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
GOGADGET All Worked Up Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Location: Location Local Time: 07:36 AM Posts: 2,669 Offline	Good luck Guys GETTING ALL RALLYED UP and a little bit sideways

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Apr 17th, 2005, 01:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mike Clarke You are number 6 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Perth WA Local Time: 05:36 AM Posts: 5,065 Offline	Good luck robbo, I'm sure you'll have a great time

Apr 17th, 2005, 02:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
meinamini Livin' the country life Join Date: May 2004 Location: Livin' in the OC! Local Time: 06:36 AM Posts: 4,008 Offline	Good luck Robbo, looks a treat Have a safe, fun and successful campaign you guys! Go MINI

Apr 17th, 2005, 05:34 AM	#8 (permalink)
poki Whatev. Join Date: Sep 2003 Local Time: 07:36 AM Posts: 2,885 Offline	Have an awesome time boys. Cant wait to hear the stories

Apr 17th, 2005, 06:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
dukesantos Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Viva Las Vegas Local Time: 12:36 PM Posts: 707 Offline	Robbo mcs you should also post this on the Racing forum, there are rally enthusiasts there from Canada, Mexico and other countries that will be very interested in your adventure. I've been thinking about Targa Newfoundland in Canada but yours sounds more interesting. Good luck.

Apr 17th, 2005, 06:59 AM	#10 (permalink)
OZChris MINI2 Master Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Local Time: 07:36 AM Posts: 2,507 Offline	Good Luck everyone. Chris

Apr 17th, 2005, 07:42 AM	#11 (permalink)
kenhenry MINI2 Master Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brisbane - Australia Local Time: 06:36 AM Posts: 839 Offline	Good luck guys - hope to be joining you all next year. www.clubmini.com.au

Apr 17th, 2005, 09:14 AM	#12 (permalink)
enzothemaddog Un-Banned Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Train Station Toilet Local Time: 06:36 AM Posts: 2,067 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by kenhenry Good luck guys - hope to be joining you all next year. ditto

Apr 17th, 2005, 09:52 AM	#13 (permalink)
robbo mcs Track Addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sydney Local Time: 07:36 AM Posts: 2,620 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by dukesantos Robbo mcs you should also post this on the Racing forum, there are rally enthusiasts there from Canada, Mexico and other countries that will be very interested in your adventure. I've been thinking about Targa Newfoundland in Canada but yours sounds more interesting. Good luck. Hi, Targa Newfoundland is a "sister" event to Targa Tasmania. The people in Newfoundland looked at the Targa Tasmaniia set-up, and wanted to replicate it. As a result the they used the Tasmania event as a "template". Unfortunately for us, Targa Tasmania is now very well established. They can pick and choose cars, and it is actually quite hard to get accepted to the event. Also, the regulations are extremely tight and heavily policed. Newfoundland is still trying to establish itself, so it is much easier to get in, and the regulations are not as tightly policed (or so I am led to believe). I don't want to double post, so maybe I will post a link to this thread on the Racing page. Cheers Robbo Mods: GO MADDIE and SPARKY!

Apr 17th, 2005, 10:10 AM	#14 (permalink)
minigolf Blue is the colour! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canberra, Australia Local Time: 07:36 AM Posts: 13,849 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by robbo mcs ...Unfortunately for us, Targa Tasmania is now very well established. They can pick and choose cars, and it is actually quite hard to get accepted to the event... Yeah, am interested and stoked that you guys got in. Wasn't there talk that even a JCW car could not participate due its modifications? I'm guessing you'll be running your Hartge kit still??? Sabine Schmitz: Fear disturbs your concentration.

Apr 17th, 2005, 10:13 AM	#15 (permalink)
ChilliRedS MINI2 Regular Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sydney, AUS Local Time: 07:36 AM Posts: 314 Offline	Good luck to all. Try to keep track on the website and maybe, if we're really lucky, there might be a bit on the telly.

Apr 17th, 2005, 10:22 AM	#16 (permalink)
robbo mcs Track Addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sydney Local Time: 07:36 AM Posts: 2,620 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by minigolf Yeah, am interested and stoked that you guys got in. Wasn't there talk that even a JCW car could not participate due its modifications? I'm guessing you'll be running your Hartge kit still??? Hi, The JCW modification for the cooper S was not allowed This was despite the best efforts of BMW Australia who tried their best to get it through. However, we are in good company, the M3 CSL was also disallowed, as only 1400 were made world wide, and 1500 need to be made to comply The porsche GT3RS was also in the same boat. As a result we are running the stock supercharger. We have had to remove quite a bit of "go fast" stuff to comply, but I'm sure we will still be going fast enough to have a huge amount of fun Cheers Robbo Mods: GO MADDIE and SPARKY!

Apr 17th, 2005, 10:59 AM	#17 (permalink)
StuJones my second passion, a tin! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cronulla, NSW Local Time: 06:36 AM Posts: 733 Offline	Thanks for the write up Robbo Yep this is one of those events that I have spent too many years of my adult life thinking about and now its almost here. I do rather feel for AJ (Boo) as not only is he not able to come but we made him put the stickers on the cars!!!!! The ultimate torture. We are lucky to have two great MINI friends as our navigators in John and Steve, it makes it so much easier to share the event with someone as passionate in the cars as us. I am starting to get rather overwhelmed by the enormity of the event we have entered ourselves in and think this will only increase as the days draw closer. The complexity of logistics, accomodation, fuel, servicing all add up to a very steep learning curve. Anyway enough sentimental mumbo jumbo, lets get on with the show. Im pretty sure it will only really sink in as I drive the car onto the boat on Friday afternoon and we sail under the bridge and out Sydney Heads. Thanks for all the well wishes and plenty of posts to follow. Hopefully we wont be too tired for a daily update! Cheers Stu 2002 BRG MCS with more mods than can remember The thieves choice in race cars 2005 BEP MCS stock standard and staying that way

Apr 17th, 2005, 11:24 AM	#18 (permalink)
n00b Twincharge??? My Classifieds Join Date: Jun 2004 Local Time: 06:36 AM Posts: 2,283 Offline	Good like with the adventure Remember to grab as many pics as possible too while you're there.

Apr 17th, 2005, 11:36 AM	#19 (permalink)
enzothemaddog Un-Banned Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Train Station Toilet Local Time: 06:36 AM Posts: 2,067 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by robbo mcs Hi, 1500 need to be made to comply SO this is why I was told to enter my VW.... Robbo, has anyone (you or Stu) got a cam setup in their car? Would be sa....weet to make a post-Targa DVD!

Apr 17th, 2005, 11:45 AM	#20 (permalink)
StuJones my second passion, a tin! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cronulla, NSW Local Time: 06:36 AM Posts: 733 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by enzothemaddog SO this is why I was told to enter my VW.... Robbo, has anyone (you or Stu) got a cam setup in their car? Would be sa....weet to make a post-Targa DVD! I am fiddling with incar gear setup at the moment but there are significant restrictions on what you can do with the footage as they have sold the broadcast rights. Basically any footage we collect has to be provided to the broadcast company first. Then it can only really be used for personal use. If we want to use for "internet" there is a license fee of $500 per minute 2002 BRG MCS with more mods than can remember The thieves choice in race cars 2005 BEP MCS stock standard and staying that way

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