News from way up north! The world-famous Targa Newfoundland is under new ownership and on the calendar for some time in 2020, after a hiatus in 2019.
You probably had the thought at some point “wouldn’t it be great if the police closed this road and we could just run it wide open?”
Here we run a Targa stage through a tiny village dating to the 17th century. HIghlights include our driver testing the first generation BMW ABS while narrowly avoiding a telephone pole. Co-driver profanity has been deleted.
Here’s an event that just about has it all. The recipe: take one part Nurburgring Nordschliefe, mix with some autocross, add in one part One Lap Of America, cover with a cup of spec racing and garnish with a sprig of vintage cars. If that sounds interesting, read on as we break down the details below.
We are not rallyists. In fact, we don’t know much about rally, other than the accumulation of names and facts that car people pick up over the years; stuff like 33 EJB, Eric Carlsson, Mille Miglia, Audi Quattro, Lancia Delta S4, Colin McRae and Sebastian Loeb. That and the scores of YouTube videos we’ve watched of rally cars jumping and crashing spectacularly. We were, therefore, somewhat surprised to find ourselves packing for a trip to Newfoundland to spend a week running the 40 or so stages of the Targa.