The Pfaff Motorsports team will return to the Canadian racing circuit in the 2012 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada with Castrol as lead sponsor on the No. 9 Porsche 911 GT3 racecar, which was publicly unveiled at the Thompson Hotel in Toronto this week. Kyle Marcelli has been hand-picked to debut the Pfaff Castrol motorsports team in the 2012 Porsche… Read more →
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Porsche GT3 Cup Canada Speeds Ahead
After a ground-breaking first season, the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin enters its second year with three times the entries and three more races for 2012. Last year, less than two months before the first race, Porsche Canada announced North America’s newest single-make racing series, the Porsche GT3 Cup Canada. Designed to develop new drivers and prepare them… Read more →
Insight Racing CTSCC liveries for Forza 4
Hey Forza fans! Following Insight Racing’s solid start to the CTSCC season in Daytona last week, I’ve made virtual replicas of both BMW race cars for road racing and Forza fans alike to drive and enjoy in Forza Motorsport 4. To show my support for the Ohio-based team, I’ll be giving away these designs for free for the duration of… Read more →
Targa Photos
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Targa Vids
Leg 1, Stage 2 – Conception Harbour – 6.02 kms/3.74 miles Leg 2, Stage 3 – Pleasantview – 7.57 kms/4.7 miles Leg 3, Stage 4 – Valleyfield – 7.66 kms/4.76 miles Leg 3, Stage 5 – Wesleyville – 4.39 kms/2.72 miles Leg 3, Stage 6 – Greenspond – 2.7 kms/1.67 miles Leg 3, Stage 7 – Port Blandford – 4.99… Read more →
Targa Newfoundland Final Report
From Rock star back to reality Following two days of rally school, a day of practice, one prologue day, and a full five days of competitive racing, I’m sad, happy and ultimately relieved the 2011 Targa Newfoundland is in the books. Let it be known, this was no cake walk. It’s been a tough slough and the Kia Forte Targa… Read more →
Targa Newfoundland Preview
Soldiering On: Life, Luck, Racing and Second Chances on the Rock Targa Newfoundland is a week-long 2,200-kilometre tarmac rally held annually throughout eastern and central Newfoundland. It is one of three internationally recognized Targa events and quite possibly Canada’s most-grueling motorsports event. The route is made up of approximately 40 competitive Targa stages where the road is closed to public… Read more →
2011 Targa Newfoundland
I was in Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada to compete in the 10th annual Targa Newfoundland from September 7th to 18th, 2011. I navigated for CTCC driver Jacques Deshaises in a 2010 Kia Forte Targa Koup SX. The car was owned by Kia Canada and powered by the 2.4-litre four-cylinder 16V DOHC engine that sends 176 hp and 170 lb-ft of… Read more →
Leg Five – Sept 16
Day 5: Staying Alive At 5:45 AM this morning, I sprang to my feet and looked out the window, face pressed to the glass like a child on Christmas morning, only to see curtains of driving rain blowing in the wind. It came as no surprise to anybody involved with the Targa Newfoundland rally, however, that Hurricane Maria would be… Read more →
Leg Four – Sept 15
Day Four: Gimme More This morning we awoke to fog, which turned into rain not long after we got onto the 135 km long transit between Clarenville and Marystown. In fact, the first stage of leg four (Boat Harbour) was the first one we ran in the wet. That said, it was like we were running the first stage of… Read more →