Targa Tasmania is a tarmac-based rally event held on the island state of Tasmania, Australia, annually since 1992. The event takes its name from the Targa Florio, a former motoring event held on the island of Sicily. The competition concept is drawn directly from the best features of the Mille Miglia, the Coupe des Alpes and the Tour de Corse.
TNT is a television station based in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, owned by Southern Cross Austereo. Originally broadcasting only to Launceston and Northern Tasmania, it has broadcast to the whole of Tasmania since aggregation of the Tasmanian television market in 1994.
The Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near the island's capital of Palermo. Founded in 1906, it was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1973. While the first races consisted of a whole tour of the island, the track length in the race's last decades was limited to the 72 kilometres (45 mi) of the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, which was lapped 11 times.
Coral Taylor is an Australian female rally co-driver. Taylor comes from a strong rallying family, she is the daughter of veteran rally driver Norm Fritter, married to former Australian Championship driver Mark Taylor and mother to emerging driver Molly Taylor.
Targa West is a rally event held in and around Perth, Western Australia. The event takes its name from the Targa Florio, a former motoring event held on the island of Sicily, as well as more recent Australian events including Targa Tasmania, now defunct East Coast Targa, Targa New Zealand and Classic Adelaide.
Glenn Daryl Ridge is an Australian television and radio presenter, and the owner and managing director of the Q Media Group, a production company making television specials and documentaries.
The Daytona Sportscar is an Australian built reproduction of the Shelby Daytona coupé from 1964. It was built by Richard Bendell, designed by Ross Holder and the chassis builder was Michael Borland. So far eight have been built, by Victorian race car builder Borland Racing Developments, with the first car built in 2001. It has competed in several Australian tarmac rallies since, including Targa Tasmania and Targa West.
Launceston City Council is a local government body in Tasmania, located in the city and surrounds of Launceston in the north of the state. The Launceston local government area is classified as urban and has a population of 67,449, which also encompasses the localities including Lilydale, Targa and through to Swan Bay on the eastern side of the Tamar River.
Seven Regional is an Australian television network owned by Southern Cross Austereo that is available in Tasmania, Darwin, the South Australian Spencer Gulf, Broken Hill and Remote Central and Eastern Australia. The network is the primary affiliate of the Seven Network in the areas it serves.
Sport in Tasmania is participation in and attendance at organised sports events in the state of Tasmania in Australia. Sport is an important part of Tasmanian culture; though, while spectator sports have grown in recent decades, overall participation in sports has declined and is currently lower than the national average.
The 2008 Targa Tasmania was the seventeenth running of the five-day Tarmac Rally event. It was held between 15 April 2008 and 20 April 2008 on 38 competitive closed road stages in the state of Tasmania, Australia. It was contested by over 300 competitors breaking the previous record field for the five-day format of 291 in 2002 and 2004.
Targa Wrest Point is a tarmac-based rally event held on the island state of Tasmania, Australia, annually. The inaugural event was 2009. The event has a short course design by Stuart Benson of approximately 200 competitive kilometres covered in two days over sixteen closed road competitive rally stages.
Targa Canada West is a tarmac-based rally race in British Columbia, Canada.
Country Club Tasmania is a casino in Launceston, Tasmania, owned by Federal Hotels. It is Tasmania's second casino. It is also used for a variety of local events and is home to an 18-hole golf course. Targa Tasmania uses the casino as a starting point for the race.
The Lucalia Clubman is a Clubman-style sportscar designed by Nick Lockyer in 1966. It was based upon the Lotus Super Seven (1957) design. A total of ten Lucalia Clubman's were produced in the 1970s to early 1980s and were manufactured in Tasmania, Australia. The company was sold in the late 80s initially to a partnership of 4 which over the first year became 2, Lawrence Barton-Johnson and brother Rodney Barton-Johnson who had the wealth of building and construction knowledge as well as the workshop space needed to continue building the cars. As time passed differences in opinion led to the company being completely bought out and owned by Rodney and a 2nd car was completed which has great success in local high calibre racing events such as Targa Tasmania.
Christopher Alp is an Australian former Paralympic athlete.
Targa High Country is a tarmac-based rally event held on the state of Victoria, Australia, annually. The inaugural event was 2010. The event has a short course design of approximately 200 competitive kilometres covered in two days over sixteen closed road competitive rally stages.
Targa Adelaide is a tarmac-based rally event held on the state of South Australia, Australia, annually. The inaugural classic only event was 2011, but included modern vehicles from 2012. The event has an intermediate-length course design by Stuart Benson of approximately 260 competitive kilometres covered in five days over twenty nine closed road competitive rally stages.
Australian Targa Championship is a tarmac-based rally Championship held in Australia, annually. The inaugural event was 2012. The Championship uses closed public roads in a variety of different sports cars in competitive events over three states.
The Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy is a motorsport honour awarded to the competitor who exhibits tenacity to overcome adversity while completing the Targa Tasmania. The award was first made in 1993.
