Thursday, April 30, 2009

It also sounds awesome!


Well Day 1 and 2 are over and it's still very tight among the modern class in this years Targa Tasmania. With 2 Lamborghini's, a Porsche and a GTR making up the top 4. I will stick my neck out and tip Tony Quinn in his Nissan GTR to win especially if starts to rain. The thing is a monster just hope Quinny can keep it on the road.

The 2 Lambos have been spectacular with flames shooting out the back and very quick. As I am shooting for Mazda again I was pretty pleased to catch the RX9 of Steve Glenney with some flames too. You can see my images on Mazdas website. www.mazda.com.au and look for the link to Targa bottom right of the page.

There are some fabulous classics that have made the trip down to Tassie but the pick has to be the 1960 Porsche 356B Carrera Arbath. Its one of only 21 made and is driven by Klaus Bischoff director of the Porsche museum in Stuttgart. The car won the world championship in its class 3 times and the Targa Florio in 1962. Plus it also sounds awesome!

And yes it's cold in Tassie! As we were heading up to shoot on the famous Sideling stage early this morning it was -2c. Very chilly but when the sun came out it was not bad at all but this afternoon in Longford it was bloody freezing. I'm just thawing out now 2 hours later.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Opposite lock and flames shooting out the back

Yes it's Targa Tasmania time again and what a welcome. It was 25c at home when I left home and when I got off the plane in Launceston it was 9c, raining and blowing a gale! Still when the clouds cleared the snow on the mountains was pretty.

I'm shooting for Mazda again this year and we have a 3 car team with 2 Mazda 3MPS' and an RX8 SP Turbo. The Rx8 is being driven by Steve Glenney who won last year in an EVO. Be interesting to see how he goes in the 2wd RX8. I must say it looks pretty too, same colour as the snow.

Not so pretty was Jason White in his Lambo Gallardo although he was spectacular in full opposite lock and flames shooting out the back at media day today. When you see how careful (re.obssesive) some teams are with their cars and then Jason who drives out to Symmons Plains, thrashes it and then drives home it makes you appreciate just how tough that Lambo is. The action starts tomorrow with the prologue at Georgetown so check back for more updates as the week goes on.

Monday, April 06, 2009

swim 3.8km, then bike 180km and then go for a quick 42.2km run

1400 competitors swim 3.8km, then bike 180km and then go for a quick 42.2km run. All in under 9 hours. Think your fit? Think again!
Story coming soon.











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