Targa Tasmania, 2021: Tarraleah

-

 

It is with considerable sadness that I bring you photos of Targa Tasmania's Tarraleah stage, held on Friday the 23rd of April, 2021.  Unfortunately, the preceding stage - Mt Arrowsmith, the tortuously windy section of road that begins the journey from Queenstown on the state's west coast to the capital city of Hobart in the south - saw the devastating loss of Shane Navin, a 68 year old veteran of several Targas, who lost control of his Mazda RX7, coming to rest in a culvert at Double Barrel Creek.  His navigator, Glenn Evans, reportedly only received minor injuries.

And now, at the time of writing this article - only one day later - comes the dreadful news that there has been a double fatality with a Porsche 911 crewed by 68 year old Leigh Mundy and his navigator, Dennis Neagle, aged 59, having crashed during today's Cygnet stage.  This has cast an even deeper pall over what was already a marred event.  As a Tasmanian and motorsports fan, I know that I am not alone in expressing my sorrow for all those affected by these terrible tragedies.  


What follow are my photos from Tarraleah, in no particular order.  Messrs Mundy and Neagle's car is amongst those images.  If this causes anyone with close associations with either of the deceased distress, I will not hesitate to remove the image.



























































































































































































































Valete, Shane Navin, Leigh Mundy and Dennis Neagle.  The Tasmanian motorsports community is thinking of you, your family and friends at this most tragic of times.





U M P H

(uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.)


Comments

  1. Alastair Watson25 April 2021 at 18:14

    Ha! I did wonder who was driving Richard C’s greatest contribution to the Service. Those Subies do look pretty! Thought you might’ve been involved when the topsy turvy pic arrived the following day. Cheers.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

EJ or EH Holden? (Up-dated December, 2022)

-
Image
EJ or the later EH? Several years ago, I posed the question:  Can somebody please explain the difference between an EJ and an EH Holden ute or van?  The response at the time wasn't overwhelming, so I did a bit of Googling and ferreting through my photos and came up with my own rough guide to EJ and EH identification.  Sedans and wagons are easy to tell apart ;  the EH's vertical rectangular tail lights are a dead give-away.  However, the workhorse versions of both models share the rear-end treatment of the earlier EJ, making it harder to identify one from the other.    No super obvious hints here. Or here ...  . It turns out that the main clues are in the placement of the front   H O L D E N   lettering and GMH lion emblems, the style of the radiator grille and the width of the vents in front of the windscreen, with all EJs - sedans, wagons, utes and vans - having one combination and the EH line-up having th...
Read more

An Electric Fiat X1/9

-
Image
For several years, there have been whispers that an electric X had been constructed in Tasmania's south.  However, no one seemed to know much about the car and how it had been built. That's not to say that it was some kind of skunkworks project; it seems to have simply been an under-the-radar affair, quietly put together by a bloke in his shed.  It was actually so U-T-R that I'd seen it at least twice without me realising that it'd been electrified. The car's since been sold but this is what I could glean from its current owner:  - It's a 1980 model and, as such, was delivered to Australia as a "Series 1.5," meaning that it originally had the Series 1's 1300 cc / four-speed in a Series 2 body with impact-absorbing bumpers and the higher engine compartment lid, as well as the latter's interior; - The motor is a 120 volt DC unit from US company Advanced Motors and Drives, rated at 10 HP / 7.355 kW ( http://evalbum.com/advdc , accessed 03 JUN 24);...
Read more

Random # 301: Nanna-Spec KE36 Corolla

-
Image
  Once upon a time - six or seven years ago, actually - there was a lovely pale yellow GC Galant station wagon getting around Hobart.  It was totally nanna-spec; its paint was umarked, the chrome work and hubcaps were immaculate, and its very original interior was pristine. Then someone stuck feathers in its dashboard.  Next, the windows were adorned with Tibetan prayer flags.  And a hubcap went missing.  And the the rear bumper was pushed in, mangling the bodywork behind it.  And a mudguard got dented.  And rust set in.   I fear for this sweet, innocent KE36 Corolla.  Somebody please save it before it's too late.  Nanna needs you to do it. Hello, reader! I've noticed that this seems to be a particularly popular post.  Something to do with Google's algorithms, I guess ... .  But it's not my best piece!  Sure, it's ok, but there are so, so many more interesting classic, sports and performance cars on this site - as wel...
Read more