Targa Newfoundland

[msc66]

Watched this on Speed this morning and had goose bumps. Flying down narrow country roads. Taking turns 20 ft. from houses. The wipe outs. This is mayhem. Anyone else dig this?
This car took second.

http://www.targanewfoundland.com/carDetail.asp?id=196

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

Sweet, holy, hairy-knuckled mother of Jesus.

I totally dig it.

Brian

[HillbillySailor]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

Dude, that looks like fun! I wonder if there's anything in the Car Junkie stable for this event???

[msc66]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

There was a 65 Falcon with a teardrop hood that lost the brakes coming to a "T" in the road. He went into a yard and took out a tree which was the only thing that kept him from hitting the house. It was fun watching the home owner helping push the car off the tree. ;D

Here's another cool entry.

[fahrenschnell]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

I would love to go and race. My brother and I were going to go this year, until we found out it costs ~$6000 just to enter. Add in your travel expenses, hotel, and food and it gets real expensive really fast. I would still like to do it. 8)

[Fordplay0621]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

I saw a show on all these Cars not to long ago. It is a bit expensive for alot of us. I'd rather put the money into the car.

[JOES66FURY]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

Oh my god, its heaven...I was starting to wonder if there was a heaven...and there it is...In Newfoundland...i need to go to Newfoundlad...i wanna go I wanna go I wanna go I wanna go

[Blazerteam]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

http://www.targanewfoundland.com/promoFlvLarge.html

I am addicted long time ago ;D

[L98camino]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

OMFG!!!! That is the SH*T!!!

Thanks Blazerteam, man, I'd have to have the smile surgically removed from my face after that!!!! Was the '63 Impala cool or what!

[Blazerteam]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

http://www.targanewfoundland.com/event_test.asp

Not much old cars in these clips,but fon to watch ;D

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Targa-Newfoundland-Rally-07_157181.htm

http://www.spike.com/video/targa-newfoundland/2746259?cmpnid=800&lkdes=VID_2746259

[Mr.WFO]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

keep the vids comin'.

cool find.

[Blazerteam]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

This one is good ;D ;D

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bd3_1203174676

[Blazerteam]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

And of course the mother of all road races.......la carrera should have been fun 8) ;D ;D

http://thegarageblog.com/garage/tag/targa-newfoundland/

[HoosierGTA]

Re: Targa Newfoundland

And of course the mother of all road races.......la carrera should have been fun 8) ;D ;D

http://thegarageblog.com/garage/tag/targa-newfoundland/

I really like the old 50's cars sounding like indy cars .What a hoot .

[Brad54]

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I crewed for the YearOne-sponsored white Mustang two years ago.
Among other things, we found a shop to tack-weld u-joints into the drive shaft at 6am to keep us in the race (NASCAR teams had nothing on us during that parking lot driveshaft installation, in the rain--made it to the stage start with 15 whole seconds to spare), we chased brake issues the whole race, and we stole a whole slew of pushrods out of an abandoned Ford truck to replace the ones that pretzeled and broke.
Oh, when we stole them, there was a hurricane blowing, with the race stages canceled because they were under water, and the rain coming down sideways. We got really, really good at changing pushrods and setting hot valves in very, very short times.

The race is EVERY BIT as fun and insane as the show makes it out to be.

I'm trying to figure out how to get back.
-Brad

Oh...one thing they don't tell you in the show is that the female/male ratio in Newfoundland is 10:1. Seriously. 10 women for every one guy. The fishing industry collapsed, so all the guys went to work in the oil fields on the mainland's west coast, and logging on the mainland.
Now, Cod fish is still the main food staple in Newfoundland, and half the girls like their codfish fried--so they have the 3-foot wide Fried Codfish Ass. But the other half...I've never seen better. If you're a single guy (or a married guy with low morals), and can't get laid in Newfoundland, you must be really ugly AND have no personality. One or the other isn't a deal breaker there.