TN Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 1
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TN Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 1
Volume 15, Issue 1 January 1st, 2016 Targa Newfoundland September 10th - 17th, 2016 St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada Writer & Layout (unless identified): Darren Sheppard Targa Newfoundland Newsletter 15th Anniversary Targa Melton jackets for sale! 2016 is Targa Newfoundland’s 15th anniversary event. To celebrate this achievement and this remarkable event we are introducing the 15th Anniversary Special Edition Targa Newfoundland Crested Melton Jacket! This onetime special issue, beautiful black leather and Melton wool jacket, will have the Targa Newfoundland 15th Anniversary logos stitched on the left front chest and entire back of the jacket! With the 15th Anniversary event fast approaching next September, you will want to have this limited offer piece of Targa memorabilia. The image of a jacket without logo is to the right for reference purposes. with your name stitched on the front right breast or arm (please specify) for $15.00 extra. HST not included. Please identify your jacket size when ordering. The jackets will be ordered on January 11th as this deal has been public for the past few weeks, so have your order in by then. There will be no further orders! Delivery will take place in late January or early February. Email [email protected] with your order and payment information or call 1-877-332-2413 and provide all necessary information for your Melton Targa jacket! The cost of these jackets is a very special C$250.00 (retail value C$350.00). You can personalize your jacket Division Entry Fees for 2016 Targa Below are the entry fees and deadlines to enter the 2016 15th Anniversary Targa Newfoundland. We do accept a down payment on most entry fees (minimum of $2,500.00 CDN) and can work out a payment plan for the remaining balance. With the positive feedback from last year’s competitors regarding the course and the improvements the event will make for the 2016 Targa, we feel it will be one of the best and biggest Targa’s yet! It is something you do not want to miss! Enter early so we can promote your entry and you can take care of all of your logistics without having to rush. Please take note; the next deadline is January 31st, so enter this month to take advantage of the advanced discount! Add 13% HST to all fees below for total entry fees. Fast Tour Adv Discount to Jan 31st $3,695.00 Regular To April 30th $3,995.00 Late Entry to start of event $ 4,295.00 Grand Touring $5,995.00 $6,495.00 $6,795.00 Targa $6,895.00 $7,495.00 $7,795.00 $700.00 $850.00 $1,000.00 Quick Tour (1-3 days) Per Day Rate For entry forms or for more information on the fees or divisions and what is included with the fee, please contact [email protected] or call the office 1-877-332-2413. Payment plans are available, but monthly payments will be determined based on time of entry and the deposit amount. Points of interest for Targa 2016 Targa Newfoundland can confirm that both the Jack Byrne Arena in Torbay and the Eastlink Events Centre in Clarenville will be our “homes” for the event in 2016. Both locations have hosted the event in prior years and are perfectly suited to the needs of our competitors, their service crews and the public who come out to the car shows at these locations. We look forward to working with the staff at the Jack Byrne Arena and the Eastlink Events Centre for the 15th Anniversary Targa Newfoundland! New stages have been added to Leg 1, Leg 4 and Leg 5; with modified stages on Leg 2, Leg 3 and Leg 5. Additional new stages or modifications will be made over the coming months, with confirmation of all stages by early spring. Accommodations are quickly being booked in Clarenville. For best selection, we advise competitors to please book quickly if they are in need of hotels in the Clarenville area during the time of the event (overnights in Clarenville are September 12 - 15th, 2016). You can attempt to book yourself, or contact Maxxim Vacations at 1-800-567-6666 for all in one stop service. Quick Tour Division, associated with the Fast Tour Division, will allow participants to enjoy Targa for a minimum of 1 day to a maximum of 3 days; all paperwork and licenses must be completed prior to entry and all fees must be paid prior to entry. Quick Tour does not include any competition division (strictly Fast Tour). There are transport options for vehicles again this year from locations in North America to Targa and return. Please check out the ad’s below regarding a couple of the bigger transport options we recommend here at Targa. Other options may be available, so contact our office to see if other options would work best for your situation, location and vehicle. We are here to help. Lucas Oil Products sponsoring Targa for an 8th consecutive year Targa Newfoundland is proud to announce that it has, for the 8th year in a row, confirmed major sponsorship from Lucas Oil Products Inc. This sponsorship once again makes Lucas Oil Products Inc. the official motor oil and oil product distributor of Targa Newfoundland. Lucas Oil Products will have a display and products on hand for competitors and fans to use in their vehicles, and a representative will be on site to answer any questions regarding Lucas Oil Products and the benefits of using their brand over others to maintain peak performance. “The Lucas Oil sponsorship has been extremely rewarding for Targa over the past 7 years”, stated Robert Giannou, President and co-founder of Targa Newfoundland. “Having an international motorsports player like Lucas Oil attached to Targa shows that the motorsports world sees the event as an international attraction - a must on many motorsports enthusiast bucket list throughout the world!” Giannou continued by providing details on the newly created Lucas Oil Challenge, where competitors of Targa who sign up to use only Lucas Oil Products in their vehicles throughout the event, could win a free entry into the 2017 Targa. “We felt a thank-you to Lucas Oil Products was necessary after so many years of sponsoring the event, hence the creation of the Lucas Oil Challenge. We already have several competitors who have shown interest in using only Lucas Oil Products to be signed up for the Challenge and we expect more to sign up in the months leading up to the Targa. Once we have a complete list, we’ll announce that publicly so fans can see who is competing in the Challenge.” For further information on the Lucas Oil Challenge and to register for the 15th Anniversary Targa Newfoundland, please contact the Targa office at [email protected] or call 1-877-332-2413. Taking beautiful, personalized and unique images of Targa Newfoundland for the past three events! For more information on obtaining Targa images from Julia, or other photography, email her at [email protected] - www.facebook.com/JPrice2013/ Exchange rate benefiting potential U.S. competitors The Canadian dollar is currently trading at 0.72 cents U.S. This means the exchange rate is almost at 30% for Americans, or anyone else, who wishes to pay using American dollars. A good example of the savings is the current Targa division price, which is $6,895.00 CDN before taxes. Pop that into the exchange rate calculator and that comes out to be $4,935.49 U.S. dollars before taxes. That's almost $2,000.00 savings for paying with U.S. funds due to the exchange rate! The exchange rate applies to all the other division rates as well, meaning the Canadian dollar prices are just about 30% lower for Americans or anyone else who pays with U.S. funds. Make the decision to enter Targa Newfoundland soon. We can't control the exchange rate, so take advantage of the price if that is the only major obstacle keeping potential U.S. competitors from entering! It's well worth it! And keep in mind, the next deadline date is the end of January. At that time, the fees will increase to the Regular rate, which lasts until the end of April. So why wait to enter when you can take advantage of the rate now!? The 15th Anniversary Targa Newfoundland is almost 30% off the advertised price, friendly Canadians who welcome Americans (we had a couple American bases on Newfoundland soil for decades Americans hanging out with us is nothing new), and a bunch of other positives! Don’t delay, enter today! Transportation from Toronto east to Targa Scott Robbins (past competitor and master of everything mechanical) transported several vehicles to/from the mainland for the last several Targa’s. Competitors who used his services were impressed with the professionalism and the care he and his crew took in bringing the vehicles down and back to their respective homes. Scott will once again be transporting vehicles for the 2016 Targa. Scott has an enclosed transporter (see below) and a couple of open trailers that he will use to transport vehicles and gear for the event. The price of transport will be determined based on the number of vehicles, which transport option the competitor wishes to use (enclosed or open trailer) and the size of the vehicle itself. For more information on the cost and other questions, please email Scott at [email protected] or call him at 905-424-3732. He can pick up vehicles from Toronto and east along the way to St. John’s. Vehicles from western Canada and the U.S. are welcome to join the convoy at any point (Toronto and east) or meet the convoy at the starting point in Toronto. Targa Masters Challenge In last month’s issue of the newsletter, an article regarding the creation of the Targa Masters Challenge, in which all former division winners of the event are invited back to battle it out at the 15th Anniversary event in September was announced. Below is the list of all the former winners of each division that is being used to determine who is a Master. Those in bold and underlined have already signed up to participate in the 2016 Targa. As the months roll along, other Masters who enter will be highlighted so the public can see who has put their names in to possibly be crowd the Targa Grand Master at the conclusion of the 15th Anniversary Targa in September! THE TARGA COMPETITION (Classic, Modern, Open divisions) Four Wins Roy Hopkins – M 2004, C 2007, 08, 09 Adrienne Hughes – M 2004, C 2007, 08, 09 Bill Arnold – M 2002, C 2003, 04, 05 Three Wins Mathew Oldford - M 2010, 11, 14 Brian Oldford – M 2010, 11, 14 Ray Felice – C 2010, 11, 12 Scott Giannou – C 2010, 11, 12 Jim Kenzie – O 2005, 06 ,10 Brian Bourbonniere - O 2005, 06 ,10 Two Wins Mike Davenport – O 2013, 14 Brad Benson – O 2013, 14 Andrew Comrie-Picard - M2008, O 2012 Frank Sprongl – O 2008, 09 Rod Henderson – O 2008, 09 Jen Horsey – M 2006, O 2008 John Paynter – O 2006, M 2007 Clarke Paynter – M 2007, O 2006 Tamara Hull – M 2002, C 2004 One Win Billy Anderson - M 2015 Max Cline Abrahams - M 2015 Jean Luc Bergeron – O 2015 Mike Mercer – C 2015 Vincent Trudel – O 2015 Cory Prosser – C 2015 C J Strupp – C 2014 Jack Rogers – C 2014 Dan Aweida – M 2013 Tina Aweida – M 2013 Dave Didcock – C 2013 Ben Gill – C 2013 Brian O’Kane – O 2012 Justin Crant – M 2012 Paul Dyer – M 2012 Rob Pacione – O 2011 Brian Maxwell – O 2011 Steve Millen – M 2009 Mike Montecello – M 2009 Allan Ryall – C 2008 Evan Gambin – C 2006 Glen Clarke – C 2006 Keith Townsend – M 2006 Ernie Jacabowski – M 2003, 05 Bill Comat – M 2003, 05 Peter Guagenti – C2003 Tom Hayes – O 2003 Andy Vann – O 2003 Len Catlin – C 2002 Gail Catlin – C 2002 THE GRAND TOURING COMPETITION (Equipped & Unequipped divisions) Three Wins Alan Kearley – GTU 2007, 08, 09 Greg Martin – GTU 2007, 08, 09 Two Wins John Hume Sr. – GTE 2012, 14 Craig McMullen – GTE 2012, 14 Justin Crant – GTE 2010, 11 Justin Russell – GTE 2010, 11 Rev. Davis Burrows – GTU 2012, 14 Jason Fancey – GTU 2012, 14 One Win Renee Damn – GTE 2015 Marinus Damn – GTE 2015 Lauren Scheller – GTU 2015 Carson Scheller – GTU 2015 John Riddell – GTE 2013 Brier Delange – GTE 2013 Terry de Silva – GTU 2013 Graham Austin – GTU 2013 Alan Townsley – GTU 2010 David Fuhrman – GTU 2010 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff – GTE 2009 Christopher Trauttmansdorff – GTE 2009 John Vandemierden – GTE 2008 Stu Lehmann – GTE 2008 Michael Martin – GTE 2007 Cathy Martin – GTE 2007 Bruce Terris – GTE 2006 Brian Crocket – GTE 2005 Gail Walker – GTE 2005 Mark Hacking – GTU 2005 Lawrence Hacking – GTU 2005 Chris Collingwood – GTU 2004 Sean Longi – GTU 2004 Jean Francois Droulet – GTE 2003, 04 Regine Beaulieu – GTE 2003, 04 Lucas Oil Challenge new for 2016 Targa With the announcement of Lucas Oil once again being a main sponsor of the event, the Lucas Oil Challenge will now become an important part of the 15th Anniversary Targa Newfoundland in September. The Challenge is for competitors who have already or will enter the event, who decide to also sign up for the Challenge, and must run only Lucas Oil Products in their engines. products their engine needs prior to the event, and provide all details that are requested on the Challenge form that is provided to the competitor. Once the form is handed to the Lucas Oil representative, he will then provide all the necessary products, at no charge, to the competitor. The competitor with the least amount of penalty minutes at the conclusion of the Targa wins the Challenge and a free entry into the 2017 Targa Newfoundland. To obtain a form or if there are any questions regarding the Lucas Oil Challenge, please contact the office at 1-877-332-2413 or by email at [email protected]. The only rules are that competitors must use Lucas Oil Products in their engine, provide the type of oil Subaru Canada Announces Targa Support Program for 2016 Subaru Canada, a long-time participant and supporter of the Targa Newfoundland international rally ever since its inception in 2002, has announced the return of a broad ranging incentive and support program for Subaru competitors, their immediate families, and for Targa event staff. Targa 2015 Open winners Jean Luc Bergeron & Vincent Trudel of Quebec, in their 1999 Subaru Impreza 22B. Photo by Ralph Saulnier. The Subaru Canada program, implemented in recognition of the fact that Subaru products have competed in every Targa Newfoundland, sets out various incentives and awards for Subaru participants. Participants and/or any immediate family member (mother, father, spouse, son or daughter) who purchase or lease a new Subaru from January 1 – December 31, 2016 will be eligible for a C$750.00 rebate. This rebate is also being made available to the Targa event staff. Participants who use any model of Subaru for entry into any of the 4 main categories within Targa Newfoundland (Open, Modern, Classic, and Grand Touring) will receive a C$500.00 Entrant Award which goes towards their entry fee. Performance awards are also included in the program. These would apply towards Subaru entrants in any of the 4 competition categories: Open, Modern, Classic and Grand Touring. A Subaru that achieves first place in any of the categories will receive a cash award of C$2,000.00, second place C$1,500.00 and third place C$1,000.00. Mike Davenport & Brad Benson of Ontario, in their 2015 Subaru WRX STI, 2nd place 2015 Targa Open Division. Photo: Ralph Saulnier Brian Hyland, Director, After Sales - Parts Operations, states that “Subaru Canada has been a long time supporter of Targa Newfoundland and is very excited to be able to make this offer available once again to those Subaru participants in the 15th Anniversary 2016 Targa. Subaru’s finished 1-2 in Open last year and are hoping for the same type of results in 2016. We wish all participants good luck and safe driving in the coming event.” Owned and operated by Newfoundland International Motorsports Limited, Targa Newfoundland is one of three internationally recognized Targa motorsports events in the world. The 2016 competition will start in St. John’s on September 12th and concludes back in the capital on September 17th. The annual rally will cover more than 1,600 kilometers of the challenging, twisty roads of the central and eastern portion of Newfoundland, including over 440 kilometers of closed-road, flat-out Targa stages. Seeing Double Deal - Melton Targa 15th Anniversary Jackets Date: December 22nd (two 2’s) till January 11th (two 1’s). Enter Targa, Grand Touring or Fast Tour divisions in the above mentioned time frame and receive 2 Melton 15th Anniversary Targa jackets (see the double) free! We’ll include your names on the jacket too (right breast or either sleeve)! No cost whatsoever to you regarding the jackets! This is almost $600.00 worth of merchandise, free! *Must pay entry fee in full during the time period stated, deal does not include Quick Tour division, deal ends 11th of January, 2016. Deal cannot be used against prior entries to obtain free jackets. Please contact [email protected] or 1877-332-2413 to register for Targa Newfoundland 2016 and to receive more information! Targa Newfoundland Contacts targanfld.com - www.facebook.com/targanl - www.twitter.com/targanl Robert Giannou President [email protected] 303 Thorburn Road, Suite 2-D St John's, Newfoundland, Canada. A1B 4R1 Cell: 709-682-7900 Tel: 877-332-2413 Fax: 709-753-7646 Darren Sheppard General Manager [email protected] 303 Thorburn Road, Suite 2-D St John's, Newfoundland, Canada. A1B 4R1 Tel: 709-722-2413 Tel: 877-332-2413 Fax: 709-753-7646 Targa Newfoundland Sponsors
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