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Postby wishihadaTE27 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:14 pm

Anyone following the targa ?

First day today, mate of mine is doing his first targa and is sitting in 4th currently :D
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Re: NZ Targa

Postby Rick » Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:39 pm

Yip, Iam helping out as machinic for the Toyota Levin.


wishihadaTE27 wrote:mate of mine is doing his first targa and is sitting in 4th currently :D


Is your mate coming 4th in the classics or modern?
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Postby Mr Revhead » Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:46 pm

is this targa bambina or something?
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Postby Rick » Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:45 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:is this Targa Bambina or something?


Correct! :)
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Re: NZ Targa

Postby wishihadaTE27 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:29 pm

Rick wrote:Yip, Iam helping out as machinic for the Toyota Levin.


wishihadaTE27 wrote:mate of mine is doing his first targa and is sitting in 4th currently :D


Is your mate coming 4th in the classics or modern?



Sorry should have said ! In the Modern :) Driving an evo IV
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Postby wishihadaTE27 » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:29 am

He finished up 3rd :D not bad for his very first event with zero sponsorship :D
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Postby Rick » Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:39 am

wishihadaTE27 wrote:He finished up 3rd :D not bad for his very first event with zero sponsorship :D


Yes I did see that, thats a good effort, he might get sponsorship now.
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Postby wishihadaTE27 » Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:30 am

Yeah thats what i said to him :D

Hey do you know if there is going to be any coverage of it ?
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Postby Rick » Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:36 pm

wishihadaTE27 wrote:Yeah thats what i said to him :D

Hey do you know if there is going to be any coverage of it ?


It will be on TV, usually on sundays, TV1 "Powerbuilt Motorsports" but I would imagen it will be a while away before it is shown, also Ground Sky photography were there so it wont be long before they load photos onto there website http://www.groundsky.co.nz/
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Postby wishihadaTE27 » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:53 pm

Yeah im hoping it gets uploaded somewhere - hard to watch tv1 from Sydney !

Thanks for the Groundsky link - ill keep an eye out on there !

I should be back in NZ in time for the dunlop targa in October so ill be sure to attend that one :D ( as a spectator :( )
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Postby wishihadaTE27 » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:20 pm

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Haha yeah thats his gf co-driving, she didnt bat an eyelid the whole rally, not even in the 95km/h 180 spin they did ! :P
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Postby Emperor » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:54 pm

Geez i'd most likely have to take over co-driving after the first corner if my mrs did it for me
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Postby wishihadaTE27 » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:08 pm

haha theres a pretty tough examination process to go through from what i hear in order to be allowed to co-drive.
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