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First day of Targa South Island sees Ross and Buer lead

by Velocity News
October 17, 2022
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True to form it was event favourite Cam Ross from Wellington and his Tauranga-based co-driver Matthew Buer (Subaru Impreza WRX STi hatchback) who enjoyed a healthy 46.3 second lead over fellow Unlimited 4WD class front runners David Rogers from Auckland and his co-driver Shane Reynolds from Temuka (Mitsubishi Evo 10 RS) at the end of the first day of competition of the new two-day Targa South Island tarmac motor rally event in the Nelson/Tasman region last night.

Targa South Island 2022 is a two-day (Sat Oct 15 to Sun Oct 16) event comprising of 7 closed road special stages per day (for a total of 237.73km) and 353.63km of touring in-between.

Both contemporary 4WD came under intense time pressure from the purpose-built tarmac-spec 2WD 4-rotor powered Mazda RX8 of Marcus van Klink and his co-driver Matt Richards.

Mazda RX8 side view racing
Photo: Fast Company/Graham Hughes for ProShotz

Unfortunately van Klink was forced to retire the car thanks to a persistent engine misfire.

Having no such issues with his recently acquired, new build , MK 2 Ford Escort BDA ’tarmac car’, however,  was Christchurch man Tim McIvor and co-driver Brent Wilson who simply got better and better as their day went on, eventually finishing third overall and first 2WD car home last night.

The best performance from a local crew meanwhile, came from Nelson man Bruce Farley and co-driver Glen Warner who ended up in 6th place overall in Farley’s hard-driven Classic 2WD class-leading BMW 325i.

BMW 325i E30 drifting around corner
Photo: Fast Company/Graham Hughes for ProShotz

A further 20 crews lining up to contest the Nelson One Day Tarmac Rally, an event-within-an-event doubling as a round of the 2022 Mainland Rally Championship.

It was won by the Subaru H6 of James MacDonald and co-driver Daniel Johnson, from the Toyota Corolla Trueno of Deane Buist and co-driver James Cowles, with the Subaru Impreza WRX of Sean and Bella Haggerty third.

Jowett Javelin racing around corner
Photo: Fast Company/Graham Hughes for ProShotz

Leading the way, meanwhile, at the half-way point of the Vintage Car Club of NZ (VCCNZ) Targa Time Trial was the 1953 Jaguar XK120 ‘C’ type of Stephen Aldersley and co-driver Glen Wedlake from the MG ‘C’ Sebring of Mike and Mary Fitzgerald and the 1964 Mk 2 Jaguar of William and Leo Noordanus.

2022 Targa South Island Day 1 Results:

PositionDriverCo-driverCarTime
1Cameron RossMatthew BuerSubaru Impreza WRX STi45:27.3
2David RogersShane ReynoldsMitsubishi Lancer Evo RS 1046:13.6
3Tim McIverBrent WilsonFord Escort BDA46:39.9
4Mike TubbsRichard ScoularBMW M246:53.3
5Brian GreenFleur Pedersen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 1047:33.0
6Bruce Farley Glen WarnerBMW 325i 47:42.9
7Steven BlackleySean BlackleyFord Escort50:15.7
8Matt DellitMatt SayersMazda RX7 S150:42.5
9John Hancock Conrad HancockAudi RS451:34.3
10Harry DodsonMark StoreyBMW M351:54.7

Main image: Fast Company/Graham Hughes for ProShotz

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