2000 TARGA TASMANIA 8 – 14 May Cartoons by Jump to List of Contents Page 1 of 17 2000 FLAG CAR 1916 Ford Speedster crewed by Jock McLean and Geoffrey Reader The car was rebuilt by Jock McLean to the same specifications as was raced at Indianapolis in 1923. It was capable of reaching 170km/h John Shortland and Barry Hynes on the ‘Hobart’ targa stage in their 1930 Desoto CF Roadster Jump to List of Contents Page 2 of 17 LIST OF CONTENTS 1. THE COURSE 2. ENTRIES 3. PLACINGS 4. ORGANISATION 5. COMPETITION 6. PHOTOGRAPHS Acknowledgement of the major references I used to research the information from which I have taken direct quotes, and photographs, are: • Targa Tasmania – ‘The Ultimate Tarmac Rally – 1992 to 2001 The First 10 Years’ produced by Octagon Motorsports edited by Michael Browning; • ‘The Legend’ published by Media Productions Pty Ltd, covering the 1992 to 1995 events. • ‘Targa Tasmania 1992-1993’, Clipper Press, Hobart; • Targa Tasmania Official Programs, 1992 to 2003; • Internal event documents from 1993 to 2003 that I have in my possession. I take full responsibility for the information listed and I apologise for any errors made by me and will be most pleased to hear from anyone seeking to correct any issue –
[email protected]. Jump to List of Contents Page 3 of 17 1: COURSE MAP LEGEND DAY COLOUR LOCATION - LOCATION 0 Pink George Town Prologue 1 Brown Launceston-Launceston 2 Pink Launceston - Launceston 3 Blue Launceston - Hobart 4 Dark Blue Hobart - Hobart 5 Green Hobart - Burnie 6 Red Burnie - Hobart To commemorate the Millennium Targa Tasmania the event was conducted over six days instead of the usual five.