Targa West 2006 - 997TT, 996's, 993's, STi's, Evo's etc

[dingo]

A huge 8 responses in my last topic , lets hope this is more interesting then.

This is the event in which Peter Brock (Aussie racing legend) was killed in last weekend, so it was a sombre mood in the following days. I headed out for a look with a few friends on the Sunday, despite the 2006 Gallardo and Brocks Daytona Coupe no longer being in the event.

RIP PETER BROCK.

Not very spectator friendly this year and no real displays in which to take still shots, so only one pic of most cars. :bah:

All 35 high-res pics can be viewed on my website :arrow: www.ozcarsightings.com

GT3, common weapon for this event!






997TT, finished 2nd overall.






The overall winner, Japanese pride!!


All 35 high-res pics can be viewed on my website :arrow: www.ozcarsightings.com

[salegosse]

Nice, what is the story of this race, why do they use such type of cars ?

[yo_spc]

Originally Posted by salegosse why do they use such type of cars ?

because Australian Road Trains are too slow ?
:silly:

[TT]

Some nice panning shots and nice Porsches! Well done! It almost seems there was no sun.. weird considering we are talking about Australia

And indeed, RIP Peter Brock

[dingo]

Originally Posted by salegosse Nice, what is the story of this race, why do they use such type of cars ?

It is a tarmac rally which are pretty common in Australia, the most famous probably being Targa Tasmania. Basically its made up of maybe 20 stages run over 3 days and you add up all the times to get an overall winner....same as WRC in a way.

[Schwalbe]

Thanks a bunch dingo for this Porsche pictures set.

I love the red GT3 MK1 and those stickers on the 996 turbo look really great. :good:

[5vz-fe]

Yeah, this event always have a healthy variety of cars. Nice panning shots Dingo, thanks for the lovely Porsches ~

[stmoritzer]

wow, great panning shots :good:
I liked the black cars most, 2nd pic with the Porsche and the Subaru with the wheel in the air

Thanks for the pics dingo!

[Wutputt]

Cool cars to do a rally in. My favourite pic is the first one on your site. It just is a great panning shot!!

[TopGearNL]

There's a Belgium guy competing in Dutch and Belgium Rally's with a Porsche GT3. very cool to see, and the same goes for the Porsches on your pics. There not bad rally cars I imagine

[adman31]

:shock: :shock: :shock: me Like the Porsches.

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

BTW TopgearNL; do you mean Marc Duez?

[Wutputt]

Originally Posted by Ford Capri 2.8i BTW TopgearNL; do you mean Marc Duez?

or Timothy Van Parijs. And in 2005 Patrick Snijers and Yannick Bodson also have driven these rally prepared GT3's.