A special sports car celebrates a special anniversary I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but 2013 is the year of the Porsche 911. At PRN Ignition, we began the celebration early. While I am fully aware that snow is the last thing on most people’s minds this time of year, any day is as good as the next to reflect… Read more →
Category: Rally
Petter Solberg’s garage
I met Petter Solberg in Sardinia, Italy during the 2004 Rally Italia Sardina. Cool guy, awesome driver and quite the collection of Subarus and other awesome hardware according to this circa Dec. 2010 vid I have stumbled upon. Related posts: Italy in (my) pictures 2011 Targa Newfoundland coverage Back in Block! A gymkhana redux: session 1 to today Read more →
Targa Photos
Related posts: 2011 Targa Newfoundland coverage 2011 Targa Newfoundland Targa Newfoundland Preview Targa Newfoundland Final Report Read more →
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 →
Leg Three – Sept 14
Day Three: Lucky Me The town stage in Gander last night was a real trip and, despite taking a whole bunch of time penalties on it, we ran it as hard and fast as the Kia Forte Targa Koup would allow. We’re still well under our trophy time, which is great, but we’re not there yet. The Gander stage is… Read more →