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Re: Targa Tasmania

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Subject: Re: Targa Tasmania
From: "otmc@bc1.com" <otmc@bc1.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 15:55:01 -0800
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Does anyone remember who the actors were driving the Cobra in Gumball? I
know that Raoul Julia was the ringer-driver in the Ferrari Daytona.

Thanks

At 10:48 AM 24/03/98 +1100, Allen Nugent wrote:
>
>Speaking of the Gumball...
>
>I joined the list only a few months ago, so I don't know if you've already
>done a thread about the Targa Tasmania. For those who haven't heard of it,
>it's probably the biggest, classical-style, legal road rally in the world,
>held on the isle (and state) of Tasmania, Australia. A hundred or more cars,
>from modern V8's to classic exotics, antique racers to works rally cars,
>compete over about a week and 1,000's of km.
>
>There was a TR7 V8 in last years' race that came 3rd overall and won on
>handicap! The Kiwi owner, Mark Parsons's, is apparently nicknamed "Mr.
>Sideways". (His copilot was Aussie named Ojars Balodis.) The car was "built
>in England for rallying", according to Triumph World.
>
>Now, what's all this rot about old, inferior cars that only an enthusiast
>would put up with (eg. Miata vs. TR6)?
>
>Allen Nugent
>Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
>University of New South Wales
>Sydney  2052  Australia
>
>

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