True to form it was event favourite Cam Ross (main photo) from Wellington and his Tauranga-based co-driver Matthew Buer (Subaru Impreza WRX STi hatchback) who enjoyed a healthy 46.3 second lead over fellow Unlimited 4WD class front runners Davd Rogers from Auckland and his co-driver Shane Reynolds from Temuka (Mitsubishi Evo 10 RS) at the end of the first day of competition of the new two-day Targa South Island tarmac motor rally event in the Nelson/Tasman region last night.
Targa South Island 2022 is a two-day (Sat Oct 15-Sun Oct 16) event comprising of 7 closed road special stages per day (for a total of 237.73km) and 353.63km of touring in-between.
Both contemporary 4WD came under intense time pressure from the purpose-built tarmac-spec 2WD 4-rotor powered Mazda RX8 of Marcus van Klink and his co-driver Matt Richards.
Unfortunately van Klink was forced to retire the car thanks to a persistent engine misfire.
Having no such issues with his recently acquired, new build , MK 2 Ford Escort BDA ‘tarmac car’, however, was Christchurch man Tim McIvor and co-driver Brent Wilson who simply got better and better as their day went on, eventually finishing third overall and first 2WD car home last night.
The best performance from a local crew meanwhile, came from Nelson man Bruce Farley and co-driver Glen Warner who ended up in 6th place overall in Farley’s hard-driven Classic 2WD class-leading BMW 325i.
A further 20 crews lining up to contest the Nelson One Day Tarmac Rally, an event-within-an-event doubling as a round of the 2022 Mainland Rally Championship.
It was won by the Subaru H6 of James MacDonald and co-driver Daniel Johnson, from the Toyota Corolla Trueno of Deane Buist and co-driver James Cowles, with the Subaru Impreza WRX of Sean and Bella Haggerty third
Leading the way, meanwhile, at the half-way point of the Vintage Car Club of NZ (VCCNZ) Targa Time Trial was the 1953 Jaguar XK120 ‘C’ type of Stephen Aldersley and co-driver Glen Wedlake from the MG ‘C’ Sebring of Mike and Mary Fitzgerald and the 1964 Mk 2 Jaguar of William and Leo Noordanus.
Spectators are more than welcome to come and check out the new event with all relevant stage maps, stage times and itinerary, information available to download from the Targa NZ website, www.targa.nz
2022 Targa South Island Nelson/Tasman District Sat-Sun Oct 15-16, 2022
Day 1 results
1/ Cameron Ross/Matthew Buer (Subaru Impreza WRX STi) 45:27.3.
2/ David Rogers/Shane Reynolds (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo RS 10) 46:13.6 +0:46.3 +0:46.3
3/ Tim McIver/Brent Wilson (Ford Escort BDA) 46:39.9 +1:12.6 +0:26.3
4/ Mike Tubbs/Richard Scoular (BMW M2) 46:53.3 +1:26.0 +0:13.4
5/ Brian Green/Fleur Pedersen (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10)47:33.0 +2:05.7 +0:39.7
6/ Bruce Farley/Glen Warner (BMW 325) 47:42.9 +2:15.6 +0:09.9
7/ Steven & Sean Blackley (Ford Escort) 50:15.7 +4:48.4 +2:32.8
8/ Matt Dellit/Matt Sayers (Mazda RX7 S1) 50:42.5 +5:15.2 +0:26.8
9/ John Hancock/Conrad Hancock (Audi RS4) 51:34.3 +6:07.0 +0:51.8
10/ Harry Dodson/Mark Storey (BMW M3) 51:54.7 +6:27.4 +0:20.4
Targa NZ – Nelson One Day Tarmac Rally
1/ J.MacDonald D.Johnson Subaru H6 HRH 47:09.8
2/ D.Buist J.Cowles Toyota Corolla Trueno CRC 47:29.3
3/ S.Haggarty B.Haggarty Subaru WRX Sti DRD 48:03.0
4/ R.McCallum N.McCallum Ford Sierra RS Cosworth RC 48:56.6
5/ L.Marston D.Neill Subaru WRX Sti DRD 49:37.7
6/ N.Marston P.Calvert Subaru Impreza H6 HRH 50:40.7
7/ D.Ollis G.Thomas Subaru WRX Sti DRD 50:57.7
8/ A.Sim B.Sim BMW 316i CRC 51:36.8
9/ P.Bowden R.Large Ford Escort CRC 53:26.0
10/ E.Clark T.Spark Subaru WRX Sti ERE 54:03.9
Targa NZ Vintage Time Trial
1/ S.Aldersley G.Wedlake Jaguar XK120 C Type VCC 1:06:51.8
2/ M.Fitzpatrick M.Fitzpatrick MG C Sebring VCC 1:12:42.8
3/ W.Noordanus L.Noordanus Jaguar Mk2 VCC 1:14:38.7
4/ R.Moston J.Munro Jaguar C Type VCC 1:14:40.6
5/ D.Brien P.O’Brien Datsun 1200 SSS VCC 1:15:00.7
6/ R.Corbett A.Corbett BMW E30 Alpina VCC 1:17:37.7
7/ M.Hawkes K.Hawkes Maserati Biturbo Spyder VCC 1:19:14.1
8/ J.Hart E.Laird Porsche 964 C4 VCC 1:26:42.2
9/ T.Reid S.Reid Ford Sapphire Cosworh VCC 1:31:51.1
10/ W.Evans T.Evans Lotus Elan Sprint VCC 1:31:55.3
11/ R.Greer C.Greer Holden Torana GTR XU1 VCC 1:31:56.7
12/ C.McKenzie J.McKenzie Austin Healey VCC 1:31:58.6
13/ S.Pellett X.Ennals-Pellett BMW 3.0 csi VCC 1:32:02.6
14/ A.O’Hara S.O’Hara Leyland Mini 1000 LE VCC 1:32:03.4
15/ D.North W.Dayton Triumph TR3A VCC 1:32:07.4
16/ J.Haack G.Haack Triumph Spitfire VCC 1:32:09.1
17/ R.Hamilton W.Hamilton Ford Escort VCC 1:32:10.2
18/ L.Scott V.Scott Ford Sierra Cosworth VCC 1:32:14.0
19/ G.Herkt A.Kilworth Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV VCC 1:32:19.0
20/ M.Toll R.Toll MG B Roadster VCC 1:32:19.3
21/ M.Errington P.Cameron MG BGT VCC 1:32:21.1
22/ W.Logan J.Glasgow Austin Healey 3000 Mk1 VCC 1:32:36.0
23/ M.Greig R.Chapman Mercedes Benz 300SE VCC 1:32:39.6
24/ J.Corbett D.Ryan Jaguar Series 1 FHC VCC 1:32:44.6
25/ P.Prior G.Reeve Jowett Javelin VCC 1:33:25.7
26/ D.Good T.Good Toyota Corona VCC 1:33:33.6
27/ G.Sharp J.Rapley Saab 96 Sport VCC 1:33:55.4
28/ D.Yates A.Inger Toyota W20 MR2 VCC 1:34:42.4
29/ K.Manchester B.Crossman Renault 12TL VCC 1:40:33.9
30/ G.Dacombe J.Dacombe Jaguar E-Type Roadster VCC
31/ M.Fle ming G.Jones MG Midget VCC –
32/ G.Chapman M.Curtis-Chapman Jaguar 3.8S VCC –
33/ K.Muir J.Muir MG BGT V8 VCC –
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