TARGA New Zealand 2011

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:24 pm

Had a white Honda Targa car in full livery following me about lunch time today.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:21 pm

SEEDING ORDER is available in a clearer table than below here-->

http://targa.co.nz/data/media/documents ... 202011.pdf

Generally with some exceptions for multi car service crews the order runs slower classic to faster classic to faster modern to slower modern so there is no mid field time gap and spectators will see that the stage is still "hot". Good to see Richard Haakma out in amongst it, he was the finish post chief on our timing stages when we ran a start timing crew. Like us he is taking advantage of the very generous volunteers entry fee rates introduced by Peter and Vicky. So if you're thinking of having a skid in Targa go and have ago at helping for a few events its alotta fun with the right crew and you'll be rewarded with a special entry fee rate.

Day One Tuesday 25th October 2011
Start Time Start Order Number First Name Last Name CoD First Name CoD Last Name Make Model Year Actual Wgt

8:15:00 1 027 Mack Storey Philip Adamson Holden Monaro V8 1969 1589
8:15:30 2 478 Grant Loch Keith Loch Cheetah S2 2003 1350
8:16:00 3 179 Wally Simpson Kate Simpson Ford Escort 1977 1135
8:16:30 4 438 Graham Marshall David Martin Ford Escort 1980 1149
8:17:00 5 184 Jackson Foster chris alexander Ford Escort Panel Van 1977 1060
8:17:30 6 070 David Ogg Michael Farrell Alfa Romeo Giulia 1750 Coupe 1970 1172
8:18:00 7 451 Robert Gunn Mike Borren Holden Commodore SS 1989 1510
8:18:30 8 034 Patrick Dillon Malcolm Ward Ford Anglia 1967 897
8:19:00 9 124 Philip Pearce Stephen Rogers Fiat 124 Sport 1971 1170
8:19:30 10 351 Graham MacDonald John Mak BMW E30 320i 1990 1125
8:20:00 11 281 Paul Chisholm Steve Milham VW Golf Gti 1976 970
8:20:30 12 147 Peter Jones Neil Andrews Ford Escort MK1 Sport 1974 1074
8:21:00 13 361 Michael Moros Ben Carmody BMW E30 320i 1990 1285
8:21:30 14 126 Ross Macdonald Allan Cameron Fiat 124 Special T 1973 1120
8:22:00 15 318 Gordon Legge Jeffrey Storey BMW E30 318 1988 1125
8:22:30 16 370 Richard Haakma Teddi Ross Porsche 944 1986 1440
8:23:00 17 064 Mike Lowe Philip Sutton Fiat Abarth Berlina Corsa 1000 1964 840
8:23:30 18 130 Mark McCaughan Lindsay Lyons Fiat 125 1971 1170
8:24:00 19 449 Linden Bawden Julie Bawden Ford Escort 1979 1074
8:24:30 20 364 David Langford-Smith Alan Hind BMW E30 325i 1986 1285
8:25:00 21 343 Iain Atkinson Mike Hanks Porsche 944 1990 1340
8:25:30 22 432 Craig Pilet Janine Pilet Holden Torana SS 1977 1503
8:26:00 23 103 Andy Mygind Abbie Mygind Datsun 240Z 1972 1204
8:26:30 24 391 Carl Kirk-Burnnand Sam Gordon BMW E30 325i 1991 1285
8:27:00 25 253 Gerry Hodges Grant Harrington BMW 633 CSi 1984 1587
8:28:00 26 345 Andrew Smith Jane Edgington BMW E30 320i 1987 1285
8:29:00 27 206 Geoff Harriman James Harriman Toyota Levin 1984 1060
8:30:00 28 207 Eddie Grooten Ben Grooten Porsche 911 SC 1978 1280
8:31:00 29 280 Bernie Hiestand Jilly Hutson Ford Capri 2.8i 1983 1350
8:32:00 30 152 Nicholas Cooper Murrary Brown Chrysler Valiant Charger E55 1971 1564
8:33:00 31 275 Vincent Bristow Jeff Ashfield Ford Escort RS 1800 1975 1074
8:34:00 32 122 Garth McGregor Adrian McGregor Holden Torana XU1 1971 1192
8:35:00 33 430 Mike Lea Grant Hanley BMW E30 SR20 Turbo 1990 1285
8:36:00 34 420 Dion Arnold Lani McIsaac Toyota FX GT 1987 1090
8:37:00 35 803 Masao Take Takako Akaba Nissan 380Z 2008 1640
8:38:00 36 459 Allan Lewis colin Cole Datsun 240Z V8 S/C 1972 1540
8:39:00 37 367 Barry Kirk-Burnnand Steven Kirk-Burnnand BMW E30 M3 1989 1325
8:40:00 38 473 Stuart Rose Gary Renall Toyota Hilux V8 S/C 1990 1540
8:41:00 39 393 Mark Kirk-Burnnand Chris Kirk-Burnnand BMW E30 M3 1987 1325
8:42:00 40 997 Tony Quinn Naomi Tillett Nissan GT-R35 2008 1840
8:43:00 41 945 Glenn Inkster Spencer Winn Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 2000 1420
8:44:00 42 957 Clark Proctor Tony Callaghan Nissan GT-R35 2008 1840
8:45:00 43 969 Leigh Hopper Shaun Bawden Subaru Impreza WRX Sti 2003 1593
8:46:00 44 975 Steve Millen Jen Horsey Nissan Stillen GT-R35 2008 1840
8:47:00 45 944 Rick Giddy Joel Giddy Subaru Impreza WRX Sti 2003 1593
8:48:00 46 998 Harry Dodson Glenn Cupit Nissan GT-R35 2007 1840
8:49:00 47 917 Glenn Smith Andy Lowe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2009 1580
8:50:00 48 948 Mark Whyte Tracey lance Toyota Altezza V8 1999 1255
8:51:00 49 970 Stuart Scoular Bret Scoular Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2003 1593
8:52:00 50 947 Brian Green Fleur Pedersen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X RS 2010 1580
8:53:00 51 811 Todd Murphy Rodney Smythe BMW 135i 2008 1690
8:54:00 52 818 Ross Johnson Hamish McIntosh Porsche 996 GT2 2002 1600
8:55:00 53 840 Martin Dippie Greg Ball Porsche 997 GT3 RS 2007 1495
8:56:00 54 859 Rick Martin Elliott Martin BMW 135i 2008 1690
8:57:00 55 981 Brent Early Andy Oakley Nissan Skyline GT-R 34 2001 1700
8:58:00 56 953 Kim Blatchley David Free Subaru Impreza ra 1999 1360
8:58:30 57 835 Bob Boniface Simon Butler BMW 135i 2008 1615
8:59:00 58 861 David Rogers Aidan Kelly Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X RS 2009 1580
8:59:30 59 591 Rick Finucane Derek White Toyota MR2 1990 1270
9:00:00 60 789 Richard Skilton Nigel Edger Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2005 1520
9:00:30 61 785 Nelson Marshall Blair Thompson Ferrari F355 Challenge 1997 1510
9:01:00 62 748 Paul Halford Andy Booth Maserati Trofeo 2003 1642
9:01:30 63 775 Barry Hare Tyson Jemmett BMW MINI Cooper Turbo 2002 1285
9:02:00 64 675 John Birch Chris Birch Ford Escort Cosworth 1992 1435
9:02:30 65 670 Gary Murphy Terry Rouse BMW E36 M3 1993 1450
9:03:00 66 788 Graeme Wong George paterson Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2001 1490
9:03:30 67 604 Mike Sexton Neil Tolich BMW E36 M3 1996 1450
9:04:00 68 911 Danny Stutterd Richard Scoular Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 1999 1420
9:04:30 69 746 Robert Darrington David Abetz BMW E46 M3 2002 1545
9:05:00 70 702 Stuart McChesney Matthew Newport Honda Civic EP3 Type R 2002 1430
9:05:30 71 755 Mike Walsh Nigel Walsh Mercedes-Benz CLK55 AMG S/C 2000 1765
9:06:00 72 860 John Glaister Craig Simpson VW Golf GTI Mk V 2006 1496
9:06:30 73 519 Gary Morgan Kingsley Smith Subaru Legacy RSR 1990 1450
9:07:00 74 643 Frans De Court Rick van Swet BMW E36 M3 1993 1400
9:07:30 75 916 Tony Lentino Roy Crane Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2002 1593
9:08:00 76 826 Graham Browne Ian Down Renault Megane-R26 2006 1415
9:08:30 77 615 Kelly Silverthorn Michelle McLeod BMW E36 M-Spec 1995 1400
9:09:00 78 582 Vivian Eden Steve King Subaru Legacy RS 1994 1450
9:09:30 79 745 Rhodes Allan Alex Allan Suzuki Ignis 2003 1095
9:10:00 80 757 Antony Rountree Mathew Foster Ford Mustang 1997 1707
9:10:30 81 597 Peter Dudson Dave Hannah Honda Integra DC2 Type R 1997 1220
9:11:00 82 512 Bevan Claridge Jason Easton Holden Commodore V8 1992 1540
9:11:30 83 543 Noel Simpson Craig McEwan Honda Integra DC2 Type R 1994 1220
9:12:00 84 629 Euen Burke Simion Burke T Car TG Sports 2007 1120
9:12:30 85 728 Alex Grant Steve Groves Peugeot 206 2003 1185
9:13:00 86 534 Graham Sword Garry Morrell Alfa Romeo 33 QV 1990 1230
9:13:30 87 567 Chris Simpson Simon Calkin Honda Integra DC2 Type R 1996 1220
9:14:00 88 531 John Torrance Debbie Bevins Honda Prelude 1992 1305
9:14:30 89 594 Donald Webster Peugot 106 Clubsport 1994 1060
9:15:00 90 593 David O'Neill Blair Brookbanks Honda Civic 1991 1198

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:54 am

Couple of media links from the Targa Media guys

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motorsport/ne ... d=10759963

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motorsport/ne ... d=10759799

ZMAD · Post by **ZMAD** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:01 pm

The weights are interesting. Whats with the 380Z, 2008?

Pest · Post by **Pest** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:49 pm

You mean Masao? Kelvin can tell you all the juicy details, but in short it's a Nismo special 350Z with a 3.8L VQ in it.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:15 pm

Google Fairlady Z NISMO Type 380RS-Competition, Its a 400bhp Nismo mod job

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:12 pm

Great to see all the cars and chat to their owners this afternoon.

Lots of the same campaigners, and some new ones too.

Go Zeds!!! Hope you all do well in your respective classes this week.

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:03 am

Results here:

http://targa.trackit.co.nz/

When I checked last night good old TargaZ was number 2 in the Classic group. Go all the Z's!!!!!

us2 · Post by **us2** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:47 pm

Allan is doing very well, and Andy about midway in class. Well done.

We sat on a bank at Rotongaro this morning and watched. Nice.
Met Limezed there as well.

limezed · Post by **limezed** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:12 am

Another hard day in the office.
There is something special about the whine of the supercharged LS1

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:32 pm

Yup another great event. Alan placed 1st in Category 4, if I am not mistaken a winner for the first time!

I will report on our mis adventure via the club magazine but sufficient to say that at different times of the event and particularly at the v beginning and the v end The Buildlink Zed has got it in it to take the class win. It went real well when it was running but suffered in order, broken cam pedestals, lower arm inner ball joint breakage and serious front rotor distortion.

Not one of these items was a design failure, everyone can be put down to poor prep. Back for next event, improvements needed in gear spacings, brakes and driver needs to upgrade his brave pill prescription.

Also once again the club members were instrumental in getting the car back in action and helping keep it in action. Anthony Baker had a new cam run for us on Wednesday and fitted and timed it in at his house with ex member Greg Gillespies very capable and knowledgeable assistance. Kelvin and Mike both lending accurate and helpful advice and offering parts.

us2 · Post by **us2** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:40 pm

Been following progress. Well done both. Very cool.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:59 pm

Not forgetting Mike Cartmer getting awards for, I think, Best Presented Tour Car and a Strength in Adversity award. Mike put us right on this mate.

Also he gets an award from me for dissing Auto Electricians at the prize giving, or as I read it, the only way to get your car right is to do it yourself!

limezed · Post by **limezed** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:36 pm

Well done guys. Just to finish is an achievementin itself.

old_datto_fan · Post by **old_datto_fan** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:49 pm

My award was "in the Spirit of Targa" and was awarded for the 3 days we put up with electrical problems and missing 2/3rds of the stages while we lined the pockets of various auto electricians. Day 1 was smoke from under the dash and burnt out wiring, day 2 was a blown voltage regulator probably as a result of day 1 and day 3 was a repeat of day 1. In the end I found the problem on day 5 and it was a wire that had got trapped behind the accelerator pedal and had exposed bare wire. That was intermittently shorting on the accelerator pedal and causing the problem. A quick application of insulation tape seems to have fixed things. I am frustrated in that I didn't spot it sooner and annoyed that none of the auto electricians bothered to check the other wires under the dash as it was fairly obvious. Sometimes it pays not to rely on the "experts" to do a proper job.

Apart from that we had a great time running as the first of the classics and giving the odd modern car the occassional hurry up. And the car ran like a charm apart from the wiring.

Another lesson for those of you who have fitted non-standard rotors. I have been putting up with a little bit of vibration from the front wheels since I have owned the car and it got worse just before we headed off to Targa. The only thing I could see that we had changed was the fitting of new wheel bearings. Tried 3 different pairs of balanced wheels on the front to no avail. In the end we found that one of the caliper bolts was not tight enough (not loose just needed another 1/4 turn) and at the same time noticed that when the rotors were drilled to suit my hubs that it must have been about 1mm to 2mm off centre - picked up by noticing that the pad contact area on the rotor was not consistent all round the rotor. So, some new rotors will be on the list shortly and they will be machined by someone who has the right gear to do it properly. And the 1/4 turn of the bolt made enough of a difference to about halve the vibration issue.

And there is a desperate need for some more older classic cars on the Tour - this year there were only 5 of us and 3 of them were travelling at a pace that any standard Z could keep up with. I did enjoy both following and being followed by Larry in his 350Z (and beating him at the Springhill Farm airstrip "drags"). The neat thing about the Tour is that you can drive at your own pace - I think you have about 80% of the fun at 30% of the cost of the full Targa.

Interestingly enough, 3 of the navigators of other cars on the Tour owned 240Zs!!!