Targa Tasmania - Definition and Overview

Targa Tasmania is a tarmac-based rally racing event held on the island state of Tasmania, Australia, annually since 1991. The event takes its name from the Targa Florio, a former motoring event held on the island of Sicily.

The rally started as a five day event, expanded to six days in 1994.

• Leg 0 (prologue) - George Town to Launceston.
• Leg 1 The Northern loop - Launceston - Devonport - Launceston
• Leg 2 The North east loop - Launceston - Bicheno - Launceston
• Leg 3 The Southern loop - Launceston - Cygnet - Hobart
• Leg 4 Hobart to Mole Creek to Burnie
• Leg 5 The West Coast Enduro - Burnie - Queenstown - Hobart

The Targa is not part of the Australian rally championship, and as well as attracting elite drivers going all-out to win has a large field of cars of all speeds and drivers of varying seriousness. The rally prides itself on having a large range of rally cars from all ages of motoring - in the past they have included:

Modern cars:

• Ferrari F40 and Testarossa
• Lamborghini Diablo VT
• Lotus Espirit S4
• Porsche Boxster
• BMW Z3

Classic cars:

• Lancia Aurelia
• Jaguar SS100
• Invicta 'S' Type
• Locomobile Speedster
• Rolls Royce Silver Ghost
• Alfa Romeo Mille Miglia Spider

Past and current competitors have included Sir Jack Brabham, Dick Johnson, Peter Brock, Glenn Ridge, Eric Bana, Jim Richards, Barry Sheene, Michael Doohan, and Murray Walker.

External link: http://www.targa.org.au