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"Hot early pace at Targa

Wednesday, 29 April 2009

Queenslander Tony Quinn has set the early pace in the modern car section of Targa Tasmania, holding a narrow lead at the end of the opening day, which included nine testing stages in the state’s north.

Quinn, driving the latest Nissan GTR, is six seconds clear of Tasmanian hope Jason White, in his striking Lamborghini. Eight-time winner, Jim Richards, is third, a further two seconds back."

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Breaking News: Richards out after TS23 accident

Friday, 01 May 2009

Eight time Targa Tasmania winner, Jim Richards, has retired from Targa Tasmania after an off-road excursion on TS23. The Porsche 911 GT2 suffered a holed radiator and broken suspension after hitting a bank.

This is the first time that Jim has failed to finish any Targa Tasmania stage that he has started.

Kevin Weeks now has a seven second lead over Tony Quinn, with Jason White a further two seconds back.

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Any NEW`s on STEVE JONES ?,as he have been taken to hospital ,hope he`s ok .

my on the scene reporter tells me its just precautionary, sore back and getting xrays. almost certainly hs is OK.

car on the other hand is a bunch of loosely tied together spare parts now.

Alford is out, small off

Russ is out, snapped tailshaft (but coming back tomorrow to keep running up the back).

Leemhuis is running 14th on road but with a 20min penalty for late in last night. big oops.

So that really leaves Tony Quinn flying the flag for the GTRs, he is doing well and won Rally Tas in it last time out. Hope he keeps it on the road, he has a bit of a history :P

However...it is perfectly clear that the r35 was built to a price and is not the beautifully over-engineered car that the r32 was. These guys are all having trouble with the car going into limp mode all the time (normally after VDC cuts in at over 100klm/h), damaged engine acc belts, broken boxes, turbo wheels coming off. And it seems launch control just breaks things. And hard to clear error codes galore. If you've got one stick to road driving.

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However...it is perfectly clear that the r35 was built to a price and is not the beautifully over-engineered car that the r32 was. These guys are all having trouble with the car going into limp mode all the time (normally after VDC cuts in at over 100klm/h), damaged engine acc belts, broken boxes, turbo wheels coming off. And it seems launch control just breaks things. And hard to clear error codes galore. If you've got one stick to road driving.

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Nissan is tryin to make a 2 tonne machine go fast and something has to give. I think the electronic gremlins might be there to safeguard the car from self destruction. The original 32 was built as a race car first and then road car, and the R35 is a road car first, shoed horned to be a race car.

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" The battle for modern section honours at Targa Tasmania has developed in to a two horse race between the Lamborghini of Kevin Weeks and the Nissan GTR of Tony Quinn cleared out from the field, with only the final leg from Strahan to Hobart remaining."

GO...Tony Quinn..... :banana:

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However...it is perfectly clear that the r35 was built to a price and is not the beautifully over-engineered car that the r32 was.

I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings......but ALL cars are built to a price :banana:

Some can afford the price of entry, others bitch about it :)

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I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings......but ALL cars are built to a price :banana:

Some can afford the price of entry, others bitch about it :)

Gee mate you need to calm down a bit. I dont see why you feel the urge to shoot down anyone that doesnt agree with your opinion that the R35 is the be all and end all of performance cars. You do seem to have a bit of a chip on your shoulder and come across as though you belittle anyone who doesn't have the budget for an R35 especially with comments that you have posted refering to older model GTR's as crappy imports from salt road city etc.

I dont see where Duncan was bitching about the price at all.

I dont think you could argue that the R32 was built and designed about around the group A rule book to fist and foremost win the grpA championship. While the R35 is built first and foremost as a road car all be it an extremely fast one. At this stage it seems that Duncans comments are a fairly reasonable observation.

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Quinn (GTR R35) has taken the overall lead from White driving the Lamborghini Gallardo......in this the last stage of the Targa Tasmaia.......

:banana::):ninja::mad:

PS: White in the other Lamborghini Gallardo is now over 3 mins behind :) ........Quinn (GTR R35) overall leader...

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