lets just see more skids ;)

[QUOTE=Welby;585446]we are not running TW this year and are going to make our TT debut instead.

Welby[/QUOTE]

Good move Mark!

[QUOTE=fatboy;585234]I think they charge by the cartons of beer and sexual favours![/QUOTE]

That could get expensive....Mozza has a big tank!:eek:

I guess Targa West has appeal for some. If your sponsors are local businesses they're more likely to be interested in promotion to locals?

From a sporting side though, there's no roads in WA that can go close to what's on offer when you have real mountains to utilise and better local government support.

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From a sporting side though, there's no roads in WA that can go close to what's on offer when you have real mountains to utilise and better local government support.[/QUOTE]

There is probably a days worth of roads in the South West, from Bridgetown to Ferguson Valley, plus the roads currently used in Targa South West. There is also some potential in Busselton and Dunsborough, but I'm not as familiar with that area.

Couple of hill climb areas would Preston Rd from Mumballup to Glen Mervyn Dam, the old hill climb at Wellington Dam wall, Mornington Rd, up from South West Hwy. Plus Phils Hill (Flat) the motorplex which the old Dutton Rally used.

Being from the east, WA doesn't have that many mountains as Doug has said, but there is still enough (businesses and enthusiasts) over here if there is enough government support to run these type of events.

^^^^have done either events??? WA does not have numerous 20km+++ plus stretches of good roads to run a significant number of stages.

This is not carpark racing where a big stage is 2km long

A quick look at google maps in this area shows a number of tight twisty roads of about 40kms in length, so they are a bit longer than a sprint.

You are correct, I haven't driven in any of these events as yet, dipping my toe in club events, and SES, which are only sprints, but you have to start somewhere, and our goal, is to run in these longer type of events, if they are still around in a few years, next year its in the plan to run in the event held in Bunbury, and the Shannons classic car rally, and progress from there.

I do, with some mates, run a loop every couple of months in this area, and while you have to remember, the route is a public road, from home to Australind and back, with a stop for lunch and smoke, sees us home late afternoon, and 370km.

Not all of that would be available, but there are also roads off this that would also be suitable, and not all TW legs are 20+kms.

^^^ Tend to agree with you. I think people would happily accept the longer transport stages between legs if the quality of the roads were there. And there are definately some more engaging roads in the south west. I think if there was any future for TW, it would be in the south west, but as Doug points out, trying to get community support in a state that seems to have such a noisy minority could prove to be a challenge.

Tassie has its share of knockers, but thankfully its a well established event and the benefits to the community (one which is focussed on tourism) is easily demonstrated. It is also a reasonable expose of the region when televised.

Anyone read this...seems all the vehicle eligibility info was mass histeria?

[url=http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5891&Itemid=2]RallySport Magazine - Tarmac rallying gets dirty[/url]

Either way it will be 10 years before I can afford to do one anyways...

The targa west crew sent out an email today saying that it was all too late and too hard to run octagon compliant cars but they were allowed to run in an invitational class. Someone far more cynical than me might suggest that their numbers are terrible and even if they only get another 10 or so cars it might be enough to make the event profitable.

Brendon

If you want to do the event and the only things on the car that are questionable are the injectors and the rim width just do it and say nothing. They won't say anything at pre event scrutiny. Worst case would be if you won and were excluded, in that case you'd get 10 x the publicity of a normal win and you still get the champagne and the glory for the first few hours. If you finished nowhere and were excluded who gives a fark?