Raw Motorsport

The trip over in the boat this year was uneventful, as in I didn’t get locked out of my room in my jocks, so things were pretty quiet. The regulars were there and we ate, drunk then discussed Targa 2008 into the wee hours of the night.

The traditional stop at “Strawberry farm” for breakfast on the Saturday didn’t disappoint us, and we then made our way into Launceston to collect our rental car ready to recckie.

A Nissan Tiida, and worst of all automatic, but no hassle, it was economical in place of being fast.

Saturday showed us some rain, and concern again on tyre choice as we contemplated a wet Targa. Fortunately Sunday and Monday have proved to be fantastic, so we think there is no worry of rain in the foreseeable future.

On Sunday we went through the quickest and easiest scrutineering in our history in Targa. With no hassle our car was given the “ready to start” sticker.

Monday has seen us shop in town, then meet our fellow “Dial Before You Dig” team and their cars for a group photo session.

More details on the participants will be forthcoming, but basically we have four cars of Porsche 911 model and classic vintage ranging from a 1973 RSR to our 1985 Carrera.

I have been very slack in not updating this blog since Targa 2007 concluded. Just goes to show how busy I have been, and how dedicated this site is to the one event.

The car has had the engine out and reconditioned and that has only just been completed. I will go into the details of that job in the next view days. I unfortunately had a grand opportunity to get pictures with it out, and missed them.

The car is sporting a slightly different look this year as we (royal we, Paul and myself) have decide to run the car with spoilers front and back. In the past, based on the rules we couldn’t, but either the rules changed last year and we missed it, or they have lightened up on the strict criteria for standard classes. Any way we have read the rules and our interpretation means a tail, front spoiler and wider wheels. Basically this was how the car was delivered in Australia in 1985, so it is nothing new.

Well today is boat day, so by 4:00pm this afternoon I will knocked off work and we will be loading the car for the 7:30pm ferry.

Glad to have my regular followers back for this this event, and we hope to keep you up todate on our progress most nights. There is a new layout this year,so some exciting new stages.

Will keep you posted. DR