Wrest Point Targa

Octagon, the organiser of Targa Tas, decided to run a 2 day event in the South of Tasmania, to give its competitor base a warmup before the big event, and to restore some tarmac racing to the southern roads after their change to a northern-based Targa last year.
DWR was more than happy to race on local roads, some very close to home! Some more time was spent on the dyno dropping the fuel octane to 98 to suit the new Targa requirements. Then off to the track to fiddle with the handling some more, and shakedown any changes.
David Catt, back from a few years on the big island, stepped in to call the notes over the 2 days, and the crew had a pretty good run, despite having a brake issue that kept us on our toes. This was traced to worn calipers, and in conjunction with floating rotors, this caused consistent, random pad knock-off giving us quite a few interesting "pedal on the floor" moments. Not much could be done about it, so we learnt to drive around the problem!
The faster open stages showed up a lack of grunt, but the tight, bumpy stuff suited us, and a 9th fastest over Pelverata was excellent. Two runs through Longley provided exactly the same time, so consistency was good, also.
The end result was 11th outright, and this was much better than expected in a field of this calibre. Now we will de-brief, and work on the problem areas before the 5 day Targa gets under way.