Targa Tasmania aims to be bigger and better

Monday November 7, 2011

The Targa Tasmania course has been reshaped for the first time in five years, delivering an extra 70 competitive kilometres to entrants and an additional night to the state’s west coast.

The new 2012 course will see Launceston maintain its status as the event’s base for the first five nights – from Sunday to Thursday - but rally headquarters will then move to Strahan for Friday and Saturday nights, with the traditional finish in Hobart on Sunday afternoon.

George Town will still host the Prologue on Tuesday April 17, with the competitors tackling stages to the north of Launceston on the Wednesday with the traditional run to the East Coast maintained on the Thursday.




After a street festival in Launceston city on Thursday night, competitors will head towards Strahan where they will now spend two nights, taking advantage of the brilliant, but historically under utilised, roads of the west. Cars will still return to Ulverstone on Saturday, April 21 for the lunch break before returning to Strahan for a second night.

Event Director, Mark Perry, believes the changes will boost the appeal of the event for competitors and provide a stimulus to the towns on the west coast. “Five years ago we totally revamped the event and we said then we’d do it again after the 20th anniversary event in 2011.“We need to keep the event fresh to maintain its appeal to competitors."

“We also like to spread the economic benefits that flow from hosting this major event around the state. Competitors like being based out of Strahan, and the surrounding towns like Queenstown and Zeehan will all benefit by drivers and crew spending an extra night there.

“It allows us to build the competitive kilometres up to 570, that’s 70 more than last year and 120 more than in 2010, and nearly 200 kilometres more than it was before the 2006 revamp.

“The feedback we are getting is that the competitors want more bang for their buck, and that means extra competitive kilometres.

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