Targa Rotorua

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Fri May 16, 2008 6:41 pm

Prep for Rotorua. Pic of the car sitting out (toughening up) in the sun after paint refresh . New wheels courtesy of Nzeder imports.

Car painted with Dulon, good thinners and a $40 gravity gun under the shade of a gazebo. Finish is straight off the gun and still needs a polish

nzeder · Post by **nzeder** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:05 pm

Love the new wheels

old_datto_fan · Post by **old_datto_fan** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:26 pm

Very impressive Andy, I was hoping to have SAMURI repainted fro Targa but other things have got in the way so it will now be a July/August task. Wheels do look good.

ForemanNZ · Post by **ForemanNZ** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:00 pm

Both Andy and Allen finished, and damn they sounded good wound out!

Andy - 22nd in class out of 50
Allen - 20th in class out of 63

Hows that disk brake Andy - bit of a worry leaning the whole car on it!!!

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:40 am

Any photos Heretic??

ForemanNZ · Post by **ForemanNZ** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:43 am

Unfortionately no, my camera is too slow

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:56 pm

Hi Guys that was a blast, no action photos as camera crew were service crew and too busy to hit the spectator ranks. The car drove beautifully we were third in category 2 so got to hit the stage on our first outting. Heres a pic or two of the car and service stops. If you ever get a chance to do Targa grab it, Stage 16 through Paradise Valley was a....mazing. I will post youtube links sometime. Thanks for your assistance Heretic, no damage to brake or car.

nzeder · Post by **nzeder** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:05 pm

Lets see 2 zeds in the Targa - 2 prizes how call is that, Andy and his team (all family + Luke) did very well for their first time at the event, not only did the finish which can be hard enough but they also picked up 3rd in category

very cool. Allan and his team with the TARGAZ (240z Chev V8 powered) picked up second in in their category. And then there was Ricky Cooper who was Nav for Mike Sexton in the BMW E36 Evo M3 with me as part of the pit crew (so 2 zed members in the team does that count? in-line 6 does that count too?) anyway Mike and Ricky picked up 2 second in category too.

So I would say that was a good result and an excellent event. I hope to be involved again in the future.

Cheers
Mike

PS will post pics of the BMW later

minimad · Post by **minimad** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:08 pm

Paradise Valley sounds like it was a lot of fun!!!! We had Paul Manuel sitting with us at the prizegiving dinner and he was talking of 300 metre power slides through the stage.

Good on you guys!!!!!

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:32 pm

Andy wrote:was a....mazing.

Someone's been watching too much telly.

nzeder wrote:And then there was Ricky Cooper who was Nav for Mike Sexton in the BMW E36 Evo M3 with me as part of the pit crew (so 2 zed members in the team does that count? in-line 6 does that count too?) anyway Mike and Ricky picked up 2 second in category too.

It certainly does, that's half a team.

Well done to all of you!!! Sterling effort!!

minimad wrote:Paradise Valley sounds like it was a lot of fun!!!! We had Paul Manuel sitting with us at the prizegiving dinner and he was talking of 300 metre power slides through the stage.

Yeha! Sounds like he was having fun.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:43 pm

Check out these, captured on a budget lightweight all in one camera from Alert Motorsport in Mt Welly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWnnW5z4Two for SS16 through Paradise Valley, we're proud of our 4.12 time through here and will attack it seriously next time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S6O-zempVQ for passing a M3 resting on its roof, a dead Ferrari and chasing a Pesky 125

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5Is98DYVRM for The Escort incident stage 1

bernjean · Post by **bernjean** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:58 pm

Congrats to Andy and Alan, very good result. You will have to tell us a little about Targa on thursday.

ForemanNZ · Post by **ForemanNZ** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:33 pm

Andy wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWnnW5z4Two

Pause at 1:44 - thats me behind the car, giving some encouragement

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:30 pm

Pause at 1:44 - thats me behind the car, giving some encouragement Cool

Good onya, there was alot of hands up for the Zeds when they went through, its a great help in keeping the throttle on the floor.

minimad · Post by **minimad** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:27 pm

If anybody is interested I am looking for a couple of people to help me on the startline during the main event from 27 October until 2 November 2008. If you are interested, please drop me a line