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Dunlop Targa NZ – Day 4
After leaving Wanganui at the beginning of the third day, the Targa cars looped back up the North Island towards the central plateau and Taihape. They then doubled back and finished the day at...
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Dunlop Targa NZ – Day 1
At the end of Day One of the 15th Anniversary Targa, it was perhaps no surprise that Australian entrant, Tony Quinn, in his Nissan R35 GT-R had driven to the front of the pack. More surprising was...
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Tony Quinn wins Targa NZ top spot
After a tough five-day event, Australian Tony Quinn bagged top honours at the 15th Anniversary Dunlop Targa NZ in his Nissan GT-R, followed by Clark Proctor and Jason Gill. After a minor mishap out on...
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Targa Rally Rotorua on next weekend – seedings announced
This coming Queen’s Birthday weekend will see Targa competitors descend on Rotorua for 318 kms of Special Stages and 500 of Touring. There are 40 competitors in the Modern Class, 28 in the Classic...
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Five R35 Nissan GT-Rs campaigning at this month’s Targa NZ
When it all kicks off at the Targa NZ rally later this month, there will be five hard-tuned R35 Nissan GT-Rs ready to battle it out. The R35 is no stranger to winning Targa NZ, specifically in the...
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2010 Dunlop Targa NZ sets off after huge prologue event
After a huge prologue day at Hampton Downs yesterday, the Targa NZ cars were officially launched this morning from the Telstra Pacific Events Centre in Manukau, Auckland. It’s a hardcore day of racing...
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Dunlop Targa NZ 2010 Update – Day Two
After an overnight stay in New Plymouth, the Targa field once again woke to a glorious, sunny day as they started the second day of competition. Although there were only four special stages on Day 2,...
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Dunlop Targa NZ 2010 Update – Day Three
It was an overcast start for Day 3, following the field’s second overnight stop in New Plymouth. The day consisted of only four stages (SS12 to SS15) before lunch in Wanganui, a 24km stage that...
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Dunlop Targa NZ 2010 – Tolich scores classics victory in Capri Perana
After five gruelling days of competition, Australian Nissan GT-R driver, Tony Quinn, secured back-to-back Targa Modern Competition victories, securing overall first position despite challenges from...
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Tony Quinn returning to NZ to contest Targa Rotorua
Reigning Targa champion Tony Quinn and his co-driver Adam Tillet will be campaigning their Nissan Skyline GTR-35 in a 101-strong entry for this year’s Targa Rotorua tarmac motor rally. The event is...
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12-hour endurance race series starting in NZ
Endurance racing was once the strict domain of highly funded race teams but has now become one of the most popular forms of international motorsport. The top tier events like the Le Man 24 hour race...
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Hoppers take top honours at Targa Rotorua
Orewa father-and-son pair Leigh and Gray Hopper have taken top honours in this year’s Targa Rotorua tarmac rally in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato over Queen’s Birthday weekend. Three years ago Leigh’s...
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Taupo hosts 12-hour endurance race next month
On the 16th of July Taupo Motorsport Park will host the first round of the inaugural VIP Petfoods 12 hour Endurance Series and the grid is filling up fast with a broad mix of racing machines. Tony...
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Shorter enduro races now included in VIP Petfoods 12-hour race
Shorter 3 hour and 6 hour endurance races will now be included in next month’s VIP Petfoods 12 hour race with entries being taken now. The endurance race is scheduled to take place at Hampton Downs on...
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VIP Petfoods team victorious in foggy Hampton Downs enduro
The VIP Petfoods team pushed through challenging conditions to win a Porsche dominated 9-1/2-hour endurance race at Hampton Downs last weekend. What was originally scheduled to be a 12-hour race lost...
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New direction for 2011 Targa NZ Rally
There’s both a new direction and new end destination for this year’s six-day Targa New Zealand tarmac motor rally which starts in Auckland on Tuesday October 25. When entrants line up at the new...
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Targa King Tony Quinn in for tough fight at Targa NZ
Targa ‘King’ Tony Quinn crosses the Tasman later this month to try and claim his third consecutive Targa New Zealand tarmac motor rally crown. But there are at least two local drivers in the...
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Quinn and Inkster wrestle for lead in 2011 Targa NZ
Defending champion, Gold Coast, Queensland-based Scot Tony Quinn and co-driver Naomi Tillett (Nissan GT-R35) head into the second day of the 2011 Targa New Zealand tarmac motor rally today with a 14...
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Glenn Smith challenges for lead in Targa NZ day two
The Taranaki pair of Glenn Smith and Andy Lowe (Mitsubishi Evo 10) joined the battle for the lead yesterday in the Modern category of this year’s Targa New Zealand tarmac motor rally on the second of...
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Tony Quinn wins third consecutive Targa NZ title
Queensland-based Scot Tony Quinn and co-driver Naomi Tillett (Nissan GT-R35) have successfully defended their Targa New Zealand tarmac motor rally crown, leading this year’s five-day event – which...
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